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Shannon... your brother sounds a little like Nathan. He can be "normal", but not around other kids that he doesn't know well. My best friend even thought I was crazy when I mentioned my suspicion of autism, because Nathan had always played really well with her son, but it was because he was used to him... plus they were both young and into toddlerish things. But, she's starting to see it now that Nathan is getting older and gets obsessed with his interests (which are quite different from most kids' interests at this age) and talks about them non-stop. Right now he's obsessed with ants. I know more about ants than I ever thougth there was to know LOL!! Nathan will lay cups of yogurt out that still have a little in them to draw ants so he can watch them. He pours water on a group of ants to see how they will move away from it. He likes the patterns that ants move in. It's kind of cool to me, but, of course, other 7yos can't appreciate it as much when he goes on and on ;-)

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