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Ok this might be a really naive question, but I don't quite understand...what does atypicality mean in Mason's testing?  I was scanning his IEP into my laptop and was just glancing at the test scores and saw atypicality was one of his worst scores...so I went back and looked over some old evals and it is on others too.

What exactly is he atypical in?  I mean they score him in all sorts of behaviors and obviously he is atypical in a lot of his behaviors but they are all listed...but atypicality is listed as a separate category.  Anyone know?

I think atypicality is a measure of their 'autistic behavior'.  The test this, I think with tests like the CARS or the ADOS.Yes I think it does...for example, my son has no idea of what is socially right as far as running outside NAKED!  He just walks out there with no worries, lol...would that fall under atypical?Yeah, I think any behavior that an NT kid wouldn't do would be considered
"atypical" Think: hand flapping, spinning, and more subtle ways that he
reacts to his enviornment differently than a more typical child would.
That's my understanding of the word, although you may want to clarify what
context they were using it on his records.

I think "atypical" refers to behaviors that NT children do not engage in, as
opposed to " developmentally delayed" which would be behavior milestones
that apply to all children, just hitting them late, or not at all.
Does that make any sense?

Thanks Fred...I got it off the BASC that his teacher filled out for his re-evaluation...it was on his first eval too by the school and then I found it again on a test that his neuropsych did, but I can't seem to find the name of that test listed in the papers...I'm wondering if she just forgot to list the test because most of the other test scores, the test name is listed.

I was just curious as to what that meant, that does make sense, that it would be autistic behavior...thanks again.

'Atypical' can also relate to scatter. 'Atypical' is an indcator of a disorder
as opposed to a 'simple' delay.
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