Replies to 'Asperger's Syndrome'

What you describe when there is a fire drill at school might be auditory sensitivity.  Many children with autism/ asperger's have sensory sensitivities.  They experience not only anxiety with loud noises but actual pain.  Often children with this sensitivity cannot tolerate the hum of fluorescent lights which are in almost all classrooms.  Most people don't even hear this hum, but to kids with this sensitivity it can be distracting or even painful.

Many doctors are hesitant to label a child autistic.  Parents are more accepting (for what ever reason) of the diagnosis of ADD.  The important thing is that they need a diagnosis to get services from the schools.  What ever your son's diagnosis his Individualized Education Program (IEP) should be adapted to fit his needs regardless of diagnosis.

See my message of November 12. 

Our kids might not be able to catch a baseball or skip, but they have so many other talents to accentuate!  Compliment him often on the things he is good at.   When he is into one of his "interests" get interested with him.  My son changed interests so quickly I could hardly keep up but we have had fun together with them.