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19 1/2 Year Old Struggling With Complex Developmental Challenges
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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 686419" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>Hi and welcome, T.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Would your son be open to going to a psychiatrist for an evaluation, to find out if he has any issues that could be diagnosed? He may qualify for some assistance based upon certain diagnoses. Of course he has to be willing and cooperate, which is the main obstacle for most of our D Cs.</p><p></p><p>He may very well be autism spectrum or bi-polar or any of a number of things combined. He won't know unless he submits to testing. I hope he will.</p><p></p><p>He talks to himself? Can you tell if he is talking to a 'voice' in his head? Some people do talk out loud to themselves, but others hear voices talking to them in their heads. Can you tell which it may be?</p><p></p><p>I think this is the hardest part to know--whether they choose to live and behave as they do, or whether they could do better but choose not to. Or something in between. Where helping stops and enabling starts.</p><p></p><p>Is he following the rules you have set down, more or less?</p><p></p><p>Was he adopted?</p><p></p><p>Any possibility of Fetal Alcohol damage or brain injury?</p><p></p><p>Stay with us and keep posting. It helps.</p><p></p><p>Apple</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 686419, member: 16024"] Hi and welcome, T. Would your son be open to going to a psychiatrist for an evaluation, to find out if he has any issues that could be diagnosed? He may qualify for some assistance based upon certain diagnoses. Of course he has to be willing and cooperate, which is the main obstacle for most of our D Cs. He may very well be autism spectrum or bi-polar or any of a number of things combined. He won't know unless he submits to testing. I hope he will. He talks to himself? Can you tell if he is talking to a 'voice' in his head? Some people do talk out loud to themselves, but others hear voices talking to them in their heads. Can you tell which it may be? I think this is the hardest part to know--whether they choose to live and behave as they do, or whether they could do better but choose not to. Or something in between. Where helping stops and enabling starts. Is he following the rules you have set down, more or less? Was he adopted? Any possibility of Fetal Alcohol damage or brain injury? Stay with us and keep posting. It helps. Apple [/QUOTE]
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