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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Update and more questions |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2016, 8:51 pm
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YippySkippy wrote: :D Glad you got the right answer in the end
Thank you! And thank you for you guidance! I'm looking forward to learning more on here. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Update and more questions |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2016, 5:43 pm
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| We got the diagnosis today! ASD Level 1. It sounds like the Speech Pathologist noticed the error and did some work to correct things. Thank you so much for your clarifications! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Update and more questions |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2016, 5:58 pm
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| It might be hard to figure that out in a 2 year old without a speech delay. So maybe that was your doctor's problem? If there is no demonstrated problem with communication, there is no way to make an autism diagnosis. But there is a huge group of autistic kid who do fine with speech until they get ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Update and more questions |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2016, 5:25 pm
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| [/quote]It might be hard to figure that out in a 2 year old without a speech delay. So maybe that was your doctor's problem? If there is no demonstrated problem with communication, there is no way to make an autism diagnosis. But there is a huge group of autistic kid who do fine with speech until th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Update and more questions |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2016, 7:12 am
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| 3) Aspergers does still exist in the USA. It is still in the ICD - 10, which is the book insurance agencies use to decide who gets compensated for what treatments. However, the new criteria for autism include everything that aspergers used to have. If they are seeing children who are meeting the ol... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Update and more questions |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 5:38 pm
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| Hi everyone, A few months ago I posted a question on here about whether I should seek a second opinion for my now two-and-a-half year old. He had received a neurotypical diagnosis which felt out of the blue because the messages I had been receiving from his psychologist made me believe we were all o... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 8:35 pm
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| I do feel I spent too much time in my son's preschool years worrying and not enough enjoying. While we didn't know he was ASD, we did have a sense "something" was up. That is why I try to get parents to hold off the intensity just a little longer, if I believe their child's issues can han... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 11:37 am
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| My son, for example, would start to appear more excited and engaged, but would also be increasing his efforts to gain control of the situation (giving out more directions, trying more and more to direct the actions of those around him, or might start actively trying to change the physical landscape... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 11:30 am
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| I will share that at 19 my son is considered a success story, eventually leaving behind his IEP (which I had mixed feelings about, but officially that is considered success) and moving onto a well respected University, where he is a computer science major and top student. It may surprise you to hea... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 10:28 am
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| Do you have a community center in your city or county that offers "parent/child" classes? Before we started suspecting Asperger's, last year at about this time we enrolled him in a parent/child Kindermusik class. He loved to dance at the time. Boy, did Kindermusik change that. It was a on... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 10:00 am
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| I can't tell you how many times in his short little life that my husband and I have utter the phrase "THAT'S why he's been doing that!" I'm stuck for examples at the moment, but basically almost every one of his frustrating behavior or responses that we were just positive was defiant rebe... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 9:47 am
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| I hope I didn't make this post seem like I was trying to make it about my son, and not yours. That's my way of saying "I totally understand what you're saying", but in about 500 more words than necessary. (Okay, maybe more like 1000. I have ADHD, and my editing skills suck!) anyhow, I hav... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 9:12 am
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| So many replies this morning! You all are amazing! It will take me some time, but I'll work through them and get back to you all! Thank you so very, very much!! !! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2016, 8:00 am
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| Unless they are offering an alternative (if not ASD, then what?), I would get a second opinion. Ask around to be sure you get a good one. Good luck. Yes, this is the issue exactly, the insistence despite all the evidence I have provided, and despite the mixed messages I felt I was getting through t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2016, 7:53 am
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| I think part of the problem in their mind is there are diagnostic questions that involve that the behavior exist in multiple environments, and so therefore they want confirmation in different environments. We had out assessment done by the school district (after he was too old for the zero to three... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I seek a second opinion? |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2016, 7:12 pm
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Replies: 51
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| Just saw your question of what we did - here's a (partial) list. Obviously, you'd tailor it to your own child and their needs. 1. Occupational therapy to address sensory issues and dysgraphia. Handwriting Without Tears program used (and, oh, there were still tears!). 2. Speech therapy - working on ... |
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