Puzzled

[bstmom]

I have a 5 year old son who will me attending kindergarden this year.  He had a difficult time adjusting to the routine and classroom setting of pre-k, but is doing better now.  What is concerning me is his tendency to blurt out things that have happened to him in the past or things that he has seen on television for instance almost like searching his mind for something to say..  I will say things to him like thats not real or don't talk about it, it happened along time ago, and he will say ok but will do it again later.  He has a great memory  and can repeat most anything he has heard or seen.  He has a normal attention span for a 5 year old.  He likes to be in a social setting with others but has a difficult time interacting, he will blurt out something that he has seen in a movie or something that has happened to him in the past.  The bad thing is the kid or parent look at him and me as if he is crazy????  Anyone ?????????????

[bstmom]

I have done some reading on the aspergers, can you give me anymore information on your personal situtation.  All the things that I have read seem so extreme and he really does not have any other characteristics but the one that I have already mentioned.  I know that I am a mom that is in denial no one wants to admit that there is something wrong with their child, but I am on my last nerve when it comes to this... what do you say to him????  I feel horrible when I yell at him, "Its not real, stop talking about it".  I thought maybe it was due to the fact that he is just immature?  For the first three and a half years of his life my husband worked first shift and  I worked third, so that I would not have to put him into daycare.  Unfortunately, the worst thing possible happened he ended up in front of the television most of the time with no social interaction at all. A little over a year and a half ago our family made a move from PA to VA, so I could be a stay at home mom, and he has come so far in that time,  he potty trained in a week and he never has accidents.  He has had a 66% growth rate from the begining of  pre-k to the end when  he was tested.  Myself and family members have seen such a change in him since I have been home with him, with his speaking abilities and personality.  What should I do???  Is he too young to say something is wrong??  Would he have come so far if he had aspergers or something else???

[jdtm]

I might suggest you do a search for "asperger's" on the internet.  Much of what you said reminds me of my nephew who was diagnosed with this disorder on the autism spectrum early this spring.