An Answer? More questions?

We just returned from our parents' information session at Children's Hospital. For those of you who don't know, we had Zachary evaluated with the a-dos test for autism spectrum disorder. So, in a nutshell, Zachary has Asperger's Syndrome. His verbal test scored very, very high (99th percentile), and the a-dos did NOT score out with a number that would place in him on the autism spectrum. However, the difference between the two scores indicates he is at a very high-functioning level on the spectrum. Maybe this didn't make sense, but anyway, he's a very smart kid who has some very definite quirks. We will go back to see a psychologist who is a behavioral therapist, probably 8-10 times. Other that that, we're already doing most of what we should be doing. I'm not sure what else to say. I don't think this is bad news or good news. Zachary is just Zachary. We kind-of already knew this. We love him!!

(After I originally posted this, some people asked me what it means to be diagnosed with Asperger's. Here's a good link with some basic information on Asperger's.)

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html

I don't think everyone HAS look at any of this, but if you're interested in learning more, here are some other links. I will probably post more soon.

There are a lot of radio stories on NPR that talk about Asperger's. This is a great one:

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=7382362&m=7382363&live=1

and others:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6254308
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5488463

Here's another one that talks about a particular person with Asperger's:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89225415

An interesting book is "Look Me In the Eye" by John Robeson.