DS (13) is having a very rough time at the moment - various mitigating factors - but he just does not seem to have any anger management ability nor have any social intelligence. He often says completely random things or inappropriate. He finds it incredibly hard to fit in to any social circle let alone make friends. He has caused three incidents at school - one completely out of nothing and we are waiting to hear if he is to be expelled.
Academically highly able. He just does not seem to "get" socialising and is now friendless and very much an outsider. That said he does have quite sophisticated speech and can use irony and sarcasm (almost constantly) so that doesn't really fit the profile I have read about. He is dyslexic. And of course being 13 doesn't make him the most sociable person so be around anyway.
Two different people have questioned whether there might be something more to it. I have appointment with GP next week to ask where else we can go for support but was wondering if anyone else had experience of a diagnoses at such a relatively late stage. I'm not convinced but then don't have much experience of people with aspergers - just what I have been manically reading on the web!
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Would it be possible not to be diagnosed with aspergers until 13?
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claricebeansmum · 23/06/2009 12:56
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