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08/31/2004 10:43:14 PM · #26 |
One grownup and one child! Feel free to use as you wish!
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08/31/2004 10:56:18 PM · #27 |
The doctor we have been seeing is reluctant to label him with anything just yet. He is borderline normal and autism. I would be happy to have anything that could point me in a direction to get information through to him...or get him to feed it back to us at least.
I don't know if anyone has told you this but after doing research on PDD I learned rather quickly not to accept that diagnosis...Thats the fancy term to say "Ummm your child has a problem but ummm we don't know what exactly it is."
Fortunately, for him he does show the emotions to some extent. His problem is in interupting others and reading them. In other words he just doesn't get the social expressions and guestures. [/quote]
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09/01/2004 12:00:22 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by luv2photo:
The doctor we have been seeing is reluctant to label him with anything just yet. He is borderline normal and autism. I would be happy to have anything that could point me in a direction to get information through to him...or get him to feed it back to us at least.
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It was my sheer determination not to accept anything other than a complete diagnosis. My little boy is classified as a borderline Asperger's Child and the doctor told me had it not been for the fact that I refused to sit around and wait we wouldn't have the diagnosis yet.
He was misdiagnosed as ADHD in the beginning, then his counselor through a private agency picked up on the autistic traits and referred me to a local mental health clinic that specializes in childhood mental disorders. His one doctor there referred to him as PDD and due to a language barrier between us due to his heavy accent I chose to come home and research it. He was back in the office the very next day with me refusing to accept anything until they could prove something...and it was a thread very much like this that got me motivated not to let them sit around and twiddle their thumbs as far as my little boy's future goes.
I requested IQ tests at school and a complete in-office evaluation by a second doctor at the clinic and within 6 weeks we had the diagnosis. The second doctor said he was PDD with a possible OCD. Clear up til the minute I stood up and slammed my fist into his desk and said LISTEN UP! He has been seeing an independent counselor who believe he has either Aspergers or high frequency Autism. I want him tested and I want him tested TODAY! I sat back down and smiled waiting...ROFL he got in his filing cabinet pulled out a folder on Autism and Aspergers and started to go over a list of symptoms with me and at the same time scoring it. Anything under an 80 would be Autism over 120 would be Aspergers and anything inbetween is normal. He scored a 123.
I can't remember anymore who it was here that told me not settle for PDD but rather push for answers. I'm very pleased with the diagnosis of Aspergers and the treatment he is now receiving. He started third grade last week without incident and has a TSS in the classroom daily just incase. He receives Autistic Support now from the school and all cause I refused to accept PDD.
We don't medicate him and the school now has it on his student file DO NOT MENTION MEDICATING HIM!!! LOL that after an IEP meeting where I was sick of being asked that question and I told them not to ask me if he was on medication again that I would not put him on medicine to make up for an ineffective teacher.
I don't know how old your boy is but I will tell ya the sooner you push the doctors the sooner he will get what he really needs cause PDD is nothing more than a cop out on the doctors part due to fears of malpractice suits. PDD is the generic term for mental disorder which covers a vast array of problems.
I've had a very informed counselor helping me all along and the first thing she recommended that I do was read a book called Exiting Nirvana. It does shed a lot of light onto the issues of autism and the woman who wrote it is the parent of a now adult autistic person. So you are reading about another parent's issues rather than some doctors journals. She also includes quite a few places to seek help and infromation from.
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10/05/2004 11:17:26 PM · #29 |
I wanted to thank everyone for all the photos i have gotten from everyone. Today was a really rough day for my little boy and even though I should be upset about his behavior I can't help but be very happy. Today he actually got so frustrated and upset at school that I had to go spend the morning with him at school but in doing so he expressed his feelings and started to cry real tears. Yeah I know 8 year old little boys shouldn't cry cause Mommy is leaving them but the truth be known if he is gonna express any emotions I'm not gonna tell him little boys don't do that.
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10/05/2004 11:35:54 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by OneSweetSin:
... he expressed his feelings and started to cry real tears. Yeah I know 8 year old little boys shouldn't cry cause Mommy is leaving them but the truth be known if he is gonna express any emotions I'm not gonna tell him little boys don't do that. |
Why the heck not? The alternative is to let the feelings stay bottled up until they emerge as rage.
Sorry I haven't sent more photos -- my trip to my mom's got delayed, but I'm lining up more candidates as models; at least one and maybe two of Isaac's sisters will do it. |
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10/05/2004 11:55:49 PM · #31 |
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