Well, as far as Sherlock goes...I don't really think he seriously means it when he says "high functioning sociopath". I somehow doubt that he cares what label he's given...he just labels himself something that he thinks will let him get away with his actions and push people away. Later, in HoB, Lestrade and John are talking and they say "it appeals to his..." "Asperger's?" So they aren't really fooled by his attempts to "cut himself off" from others.

I haven't seen Hannibal, so I can't speculate as to what it means.

On a personal note, I do understand where you are coming from.  My son just turned 2 years old and has a speech delay, but it otherwise very normal in his development.  He started preschool, and after only a few days, his teacher has come to me with "concerns" for his development...insinuating that he has autism.  Her reasons?  He ignores her, plain and simple.  Because he ignores her and doesn't talk much, she has brought it upon herself to diagnose my son with autism.  He shows no signs of autism (he has been evaluated and receives development therapy for his speech delay), but she has interpreted his ignoring her as "something's wrong!"  People are quick to label others whose behavior doesn't match their expectations, and many don't actually know what they are looking for.

Last edited by sj4iy (October 6, 2013 1:16 pm)

NotYourHousekeeperDear wrote:

sj4iy wrote:

On a personal note, I do understand where you are coming from.  My son just turned 2 years old and has a speech delay, but it otherwise very normal in his development.  He started preschool, and after only a few days, his teacher has come to me with "concerns" for his development...insinuating that he has autism.  Her reasons?  He ignores her, plain and simple.  Because he ignores her and doesn't talk much, she has brought it upon herself to diagnose my son with autism.  He shows no signs of autism (he has been evaluated and receives development therapy for his speech delay), but she has interpreted his ignoring her as "something's wrong!"  People are quick to label others whose behavior doesn't match their expectations, and many don't actually know what they are looking for.

 
The exact same situation happened to me. I even published an article about the experience in a parenting magazine about it (I can pm you this if you are interested it is a pdf file). My daighter is naturally very shy and at her creche they told me they were very concerned something was wrong. She also screamed everytime the "cleaning up song" came on . They told me this was due to sensory processing difficulties. Turns out, my daughter is a shy,quirky little soul who doesn't like cleaning up, but I remember how awful and scary it was to be told something was wrong even when it was by someone much less qualified than myself professionally and who didn't know my daughter well at all. At the time, I was very freaked out and sent my poor daughter to paediatrician, psych, speech, ot assessments. I really regret not trusting myself more and also not reconsidering the childcare centre, which I kept her at miserable for another year.

That's awful...but I'm glad she had someone like you fighting for her

My son is literally the youngest child in his class (he only turned 2 on Sept 16th), but I noticed around 18 months that he was behind on his speech development.  I had him evaluated by Early Intervention services and he qualified for their developmental therapy.  He was evaluated for everything and anything because of his young age...and it became clear that he had no other developmental delays or warning signs.  However, he is a very strong willed child, which, combined with his lack of verbal communication and his immaturity, probably makes him stand out (and not in a good way) in his class.  He's also never been in a daycare situation,  so it's all very new to him.  I told his therapist, and she is going to go and observe the class with me this week to see if we can come up with solutioins for helping Jack in the class...otherwise, I will move him to another school.  Personally, I think the teacher is probably expecting too much of him at this point (4 classes isn't very long for a 2 year old to 'fall in line'), but I will see what is going on in his class and make a decision from there.

Relations can be...odd!