Autism, NVLD and lesion on right temporal lobe PLS NEED HELP! DESPERATE MOM!

I have a 7 yr old son who was diagnosed with PDD-Nos at age 3. Currently he is doing well academically, but socially(not good) and his nonverbal skills is an everyday learning experience. His neurologist, which is not the one who diagnosed him, say he is not autistic or at least not PDD-Nos, nor the gagging that he does when it comes to eating, has nothing to do with sensory issues, it is him just being a kid. about a year and half ago my son had two, i call them episodes where he told me he was not feeling so good, he got up one morning and went to use the restroom. he complained his tummy hurt and grabbed his head, he looked a little pale at that time, he fainted, the whole body went limp. i picked him up carried him to his room, woke him up. that was the first one. the second one was worst and happend about 3 months later. he has not had one since but between this time we have had a sleep deprived EEG and has shown no seizures. then we had an MRI, and it should a 5.8 mm x 4.1 mm lesion in the right temporal lobe. what worries me, is the first neurologist never did any tests on my son at age 3. I know that lesions on the right temporal lobe affect lang.and that would explain alot of my son thinking and his NVLD (nonverbal lang. disorder), he is unable to read body lang, well he is doing much better. anyways any help or advice would be greatly aprreciated.Autism, NVLD and lesion on right temporal lobe PLS NEED HELP! DESPERATE MOM!
Autism is a complex disorder of the central nervous system that has the following 3 defining core features:



Problems with social interactions



Impaired verbal and nonverbal communication



A pattern of repetitive behavior with narrow, restricted interests



If you want to test if your son has autism, buy him toys which are colour coded or differ in height and see if he can arrange them in order from say brightest to darkest colour, or smallest to highest toy. If he does he might be autistic.

Also, try to be affectionate to him, try when talking to him, to see if he looks at you when he talks, if he doesnt, tell him to and he should do it, but if he is autistic then he wont look at you and continue on with whatever he is doing.





Also with right side lesions to the temporal lobe:



Right side lesions result in decreased recognition of tonal sequences and many musical abilities. Right side lesions can also effect recognition of visual content (e.g. recall of faces).





Anyway, i hope he gets better and good luck, i know you'll do fine



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Wow honey I am sorry for what you are going through. I don't know what to tell you other than I understand because my daughter has autism and has had seizures. As for the guy who suggested that you buy special toys to see if he has autism, this is not a good idea. My daughter can't sort things and she is definately autistic. And you son is 7 so he probably has that skill regardless. The only advice I can give is trust your instincts and don't accept bandaid answers. Get to the bottom of it. That lession is scary. I would definetly get to the bottom of that. I really hope your son is not on the spectrum and that there is another explaination that can be addresed. Good luck. I also must add that the other poster is not an expert and that is obvious. My daughter has fairly good eye contact with her father and I but not others. She is extremetly affeciate with us which is a huge reason we can make it through the day. There is however no doubt that she is autistic. She has been diagnosed by several doctors. Every child on the spectrum is different. TRUST YOURSELF you know him better than anyone.Autism, NVLD and lesion on right temporal lobe PLS NEED HELP! DESPERATE MOM!
It's possible that the lesion caused your child's autism--or at least made him predisposed to it. However, there is no way a lesion on the brain can lead to language difficulties in and of itself. This naive thinking was discredited in the ninteenth century, and yet pop neurology keeps the misconception alive. I don't know why. It's a gross reductionistic oversimplification. Look at this:



http://www.thestar.com/article/198170



The author of the above article acts as if he is reporting something new, but the exact same thing was carefully explained by Freud's book "On Aphasia" in 1891:





http://www.smithsrisca.demon.co.uk/PSYfr鈥?/a>



The last major proponent of the theory that brain areas control *specific* activity--rather than reflect activity--was Charleton Bastian, director of the University of London neurology clinic:



http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/895鈥?/a>



He was a loud and vehement adversary of Freud, until one day a patient checked into his clinic suffering from severe headaches and a slight stutter. Ten hours later the patient was dead. An autopsy revealed that a cyst had destroyed an entire brain hemisphere, including the entire speech center!



Shortly after, Bastian quit his post and spent the rest of his life studying the possiblity of spontaneous generation of life. He failed in that too.