Eddie* has a choleric temperament which made him difficult for people to deal with. When he was just over two years old, he was given a tablet to play with. After that, he spent a lot of time in front of the screen.
At the age of eight, his parents brought him to Asst Prof Wimontip Musikaphan, a lecturer at the Human Development National Institute for Child and Family Development, Mahidol University. Since the age of six, Eddie had problems socialising. He could not understand his friends’ facial expressions when they did not want to play with him and he continued to pester them.
In Grade 2, he became furious when other classmates were able to read and write, but he could not. Since he did not know how to express himself, he often screamed and threw tantrums. His classmates later ignored him which caused him to dislike going to school.
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