I am not sure about this. My son is going to be 12 this year. He was adopted about 10 months old. He has been through alot of therapies. He was extremely emotionally deprived in fostercare. Confined to a seat the entire time. He was revived twice in the hospital and diagnosed a failure to thrive baby. He wasn't given much hope to do anything. He had to be taught to cry , get mad, crawl, walk and alot of physical and speech therapy. He still has alot of difficulty turning knobs, and opening doors. He severely banged his head at night in bed. He doesn,t do it as severe now. He bangs his action figures--not as intense as he did. He will talk outloud to himself- sometimes loudly . He really hates loud noises--especially parades and 4th of July. He has extreme learning difficulties and appears to just stare at you when you are trying to teach him things. Trust me, he has come a long ways, more than they thought he would. Because I love him sooo much, I really work with him. He is very loving, polite and eager to please. Could this be a form of autism??? I have had him to 2 doctors and they say no--its just ADD. What do you think?
Gwen
