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Asperger's/PDD

Demeter

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2. Ditto

Reply to Throckmorton (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 06:56 AM

Apr 2013

My neighbors thought I was a bad parent, because she was out of the yard, talking to herself.

She's still talking to herself, especially if her medication levels are off, but the wandering has (mostly) abated. She will go off to her own interests in a store or library, but at least she has the sense to look for me at some point.

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Study Shows Children With Autism Tend to Stray [View all] alp227 Oct 2012 OP

My, now 16 year old PDD-NOS daughter was hell on wheels Throckmorton Oct 2012 #1

Ditto Demeter Apr 2013 #2

One reason I'm a huge proponent mzteris Apr 2013 #3

When I was a younger child, I had a bad habit of doing this... TudorGothicSerpent Dec 2013 #4

My older son, who has Asperger's, didn't stray. SheilaT Dec 2013 #5

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