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<blockquote data-quote="Otto von Bismark" data-source="post: 464920" data-attributes="member: 12905"><p>Nope, that's not my real name. Otto Von Bismark was a Prussian political figure. : )</p><p></p><p>We are in the South Eastern US.</p><p></p><p>The original evaluation was by his public school when he was five years old. We tried to have further evaluations but they were not covered by insurance and we didn't have the 3 grand that it seemed to cost down here to get it all done.</p><p></p><p>medications: Other than the zoloft which he has been on for 3 days -- no medications</p><p></p><p>IEP: We have abandoned IEP as we are now in a private Special Education school. They gave him a very high "matrix number" when he was in public school, so we now qualify for a very good state scholarship to help with tuition costs. They also said he had Asperger's Syndrome. </p><p></p><p>MOTOR SKILLS: He has enough motor problems, both fine and gross, for my husband to suspect very mild cerebral palsy ( he works with CP kids so he knows), but the PT and Occupational Therapist (OT) we used to get in elementary school just worked on proprioception and handwriting -- putting him under the autism umbrella. Very clumsy now, no sports, spills things, terrible handwriting.</p><p></p><p>Auditory testing: they said he was normal with the exception of auditory memory -- he got a zero percent on that part of the test. They said they had never seen that before and had nothing to offer.</p><p></p><p>Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) : somewhat hyperlexic, no other Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) issues that stand out. He reads brilliantly, but doesn't comprehend well.</p><p></p><p>Other medical -- born with midline defects -- cleft palate, hernia, had multiple aspiration pneumonias, very bad shot reaction, and turned blue 1/2 hour after birth -- choked on mucous from unnoticed cleft palate.</p><p></p><p>He lives with me (bio mom), my husband (stepfather) and two older sisters (full siblings). His dad and I divorced when he was 1. : (</p><p>His dad lives in another region of US, with new family, but he does come to visit and my son goes to visit him. We have a great marriage, overall happy family, but as he gets older, the dynamic is changing because his behaviors are getting worse and his sisters, (15 and 17) are unable to tolerate him. They have caught him masturbating many times in public areas of the house, plus, unfortunately, he rattles on and on and talks about minutiae and relates poorly to what is really going on, so it is hard on everyone, let alone him.</p><p></p><p>My kids and I seem to get side effects for medications very easily, and we seem to be very sensitive to medications. I could fill a post or two on those adventures. We have used a lot of biomedical interventions with our son and many have helped, but things seem to be changing markedly with adolescence. Also, he has about a seven second attention span but we don't do ADD medications because he has possible Long QT Syndrome. Docs can't decide if it is definitive diagnosis or not.</p><p></p><p>I will create a signature today. Thank you for your reply. It seems as if even the smallest acts of kindness are suddenly very meaningful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto von Bismark, post: 464920, member: 12905"] Nope, that's not my real name. Otto Von Bismark was a Prussian political figure. : ) We are in the South Eastern US. The original evaluation was by his public school when he was five years old. We tried to have further evaluations but they were not covered by insurance and we didn't have the 3 grand that it seemed to cost down here to get it all done. medications: Other than the zoloft which he has been on for 3 days -- no medications IEP: We have abandoned IEP as we are now in a private Special Education school. They gave him a very high "matrix number" when he was in public school, so we now qualify for a very good state scholarship to help with tuition costs. They also said he had Asperger's Syndrome. MOTOR SKILLS: He has enough motor problems, both fine and gross, for my husband to suspect very mild cerebral palsy ( he works with CP kids so he knows), but the PT and Occupational Therapist (OT) we used to get in elementary school just worked on proprioception and handwriting -- putting him under the autism umbrella. Very clumsy now, no sports, spills things, terrible handwriting. Auditory testing: they said he was normal with the exception of auditory memory -- he got a zero percent on that part of the test. They said they had never seen that before and had nothing to offer. Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) : somewhat hyperlexic, no other Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) issues that stand out. He reads brilliantly, but doesn't comprehend well. Other medical -- born with midline defects -- cleft palate, hernia, had multiple aspiration pneumonias, very bad shot reaction, and turned blue 1/2 hour after birth -- choked on mucous from unnoticed cleft palate. He lives with me (bio mom), my husband (stepfather) and two older sisters (full siblings). His dad and I divorced when he was 1. : ( His dad lives in another region of US, with new family, but he does come to visit and my son goes to visit him. We have a great marriage, overall happy family, but as he gets older, the dynamic is changing because his behaviors are getting worse and his sisters, (15 and 17) are unable to tolerate him. They have caught him masturbating many times in public areas of the house, plus, unfortunately, he rattles on and on and talks about minutiae and relates poorly to what is really going on, so it is hard on everyone, let alone him. My kids and I seem to get side effects for medications very easily, and we seem to be very sensitive to medications. I could fill a post or two on those adventures. We have used a lot of biomedical interventions with our son and many have helped, but things seem to be changing markedly with adolescence. Also, he has about a seven second attention span but we don't do ADD medications because he has possible Long QT Syndrome. Docs can't decide if it is definitive diagnosis or not. I will create a signature today. Thank you for your reply. It seems as if even the smallest acts of kindness are suddenly very meaningful. [/QUOTE]
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