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NAS75657

My Son is seven and has ASC. He’s speech and language is at a three and three and a half year old level. He was in mainstream until last year when he was six, he was classed as having the developmental age of between two and three by the teaching staff and SENCO. This year he’s attended a Specialist setting and made a lot of progress, he’s Year 2 but probably between Pre school and Year 1 academically. He knows a lot and is very sharp but can’t express. My Mum says he is so bright on one hand then on the other he isn’t functioning like a seven year old, what does she mean?

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  • NAS75657 said:
    My Mum says he is so bright on one hand then on the other he isn’t functioning like a seven year old, what does she mean?

    He probably shows good problem solving skills, ability to pick up tasks like building lego models or knowledge on particular areas of interest to him (the being bright part of the sentence), but lacks the communication abilities, social skills and interactiveness of children that age (the "functioning" part).

    These are all classic autistic traits and since he is getting the education in the right sort of environment for his needs, he should be able to catch up at least academically over time.

    Work on his communicatin and socialising skills may be an issue so I would recommend finding out how you can help develop these skills through day to day life with him as well if you have the time.

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  • NAS75657 said:
    My Mum says he is so bright on one hand then on the other he isn’t functioning like a seven year old, what does she mean?

    He probably shows good problem solving skills, ability to pick up tasks like building lego models or knowledge on particular areas of interest to him (the being bright part of the sentence), but lacks the communication abilities, social skills and interactiveness of children that age (the "functioning" part).

    These are all classic autistic traits and since he is getting the education in the right sort of environment for his needs, he should be able to catch up at least academically over time.

    Work on his communicatin and socialising skills may be an issue so I would recommend finding out how you can help develop these skills through day to day life with him as well if you have the time.

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