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I suspect that it could happen, if an aspergers kid were neglected he would develop RAD. However, an aspergers kid is going to show bonding in a different way. My aspergers kid (bio and definataly not RAD) was never really cuddly and still is not. He does not make eye contact with most people ever. He does with only three people on earth, me, his dad and his brother. His brother is the only person he hugs without a thought. His brother taught him all his social skills and they are very, very close. We have two empty bedrooms in the house and they still share one. My aspergers kid though had he not been cared for as a child would never have figured out how to con people like my RAd son does. My aspergers kid cannot read body language or facial expressions, nor does he use very many. Now, he is also very black and white in his thinking, (he went balistic when he heard someone quote a scripture verse that had been his memory verse and they used a different version, it took him a while to accept different versions of the Bible existed) Had he been removed from me as an young child or infant he would not have accepted another mother or even been able to pretend. (he can't pretend, his brother has tried to teach him, but the very concept bothers him).
Anyway, I would say it would be silly to think a child is bonded to a caseworker, after all how often do they see them? An hour a week at most? Also this would be the person who moves them from one home to another so they would not be someone a child would be happy to see. A child (a normal one at least) bonds with a person who cares for them, it takes time for that bond to form. The person who cares for their needs, food, warmth, dry diapers, etc. That is who they will bond with. I have seen children bond with a nanny or a day care worker they have for a long time, but not with someone they only see sometimes and don't spend very much time with. So I would discount that bonding the CW is discribing. Especially if the kid really is aspergers. Now, I did just remember my aspergers kid did accept his adopted siblings very easily. For him it was again, black and white. You tell me this is my sibling, OK, it's my sibling, case closed. Indy has an aspergers kid too and his is adopted so maybe he has more insight.
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