If he's nine they can request testing through the school.
My son has diagnoses of ADHD and Aspergers.
Both may have presentations of oppositional disorder.
Best to examine when the opposition happens. Could be sensory overload. Could be frustration. And not actually willful opposite.
If its oppositional disorder, it will be for nearly everything. If you say the sun is shining, they will say no.
An autistic\Aspergers kid, will say there is clouds too and explain that the sun can't shine with clouds covering it.
An adhd kid will probably stop what they doing and go look to see if the sun is shining and then want to go outside but then bounce on the couch because the window was near the couch and then see something on tv and ask over and over again for a new toy.
But there are wide variations of behaviors for each. That's why testing is important.
Edited by
tanyaann
on Fri 01/23/15 08:08 AM