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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 92852" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Please take time out to do nice things for yourself. That 10 minutes of quiet with a cupof coffee, the bubble bath, a nice hand lotion, things to lift YOU. If mommy isn't happy, nobody is happy.</p><p></p><p>An autism diagnosis is not cut and dried. It is a whole spectrum, just like the rainbow is. Some kids have just a few problems, some have very severe ones. Pediatricians do not normally pick up on this.</p><p></p><p>Parents do, schools do, and there are several kinds of docs that do very thorough testing. It sounds like you are going to see a developmental pediatrician at Vanderbilt. I completely LOVED our devel. pediatrician. He was completely wonderful, would respond to phone calls and emails, did a lot of testing, much like what midwest mom got from the neuropsychologist. </p><p></p><p>In general, a multidisciplinary evaluation will include most of the types of docs we talk about, though it is tough to get a multidisc evaluation outside of a Children's hospital. Sounds like it is certainly worth the wait.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion, husband's are very resistant to the idea there is something "wrong" with their son. Bio, adopted, or simply present, dads just don't want it to be true. My husband was SO hard to convince, but when it got through it made life a whole lot easier. There is a parenting guide you may find interesting and useful. We love it, and there are a number of FREE things on the website. It is <a href="http://www.loveandlogic.com" target="_blank">http://www.loveandlogic.com</a> I love it because it helped us, and because my husband thought it made sense. Since husband understands it, we are on the same page and it is harder for the kids to irritate and agitate.</p><p></p><p>An autism diagnosis is NOT a prescription for life-long dependence and helplessness, nor is it a sign of low intelligence. Often Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (autistic spectrum disorder) kids have very high IQ's. They jsut don't think the way other people do, nor do they process things the way others do.</p><p></p><p>My son (16 in 3 weeks - EEK!) has aspergers. He is not as severely affected as other people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and I am sure there are people who are even less affected. He is now a junior in high school, finishing his last core class this year so he can take classes in metalworking at the Tech school his senior year and the year after that.</p><p></p><p>I fought like a mama bear to get what he needed. I truly thought he would NEVER function outside of a locked facility. We had some pretty great days and some really really horrible ones.</p><p></p><p>We got the right interventions, helps, parenting tools, medications, and I am pretty sure he is going to be OK. He has really worked to learn to be a good big bro.</p><p></p><p>There is hope with an autism diagnosis. There really is. Please check out the love and logic info. The books are on the website, and many are carried in bookstores also. You may also find help in The Explosive Child by Ross Greene.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to our cyber home!</p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 92852, member: 1233"] Please take time out to do nice things for yourself. That 10 minutes of quiet with a cupof coffee, the bubble bath, a nice hand lotion, things to lift YOU. If mommy isn't happy, nobody is happy. An autism diagnosis is not cut and dried. It is a whole spectrum, just like the rainbow is. Some kids have just a few problems, some have very severe ones. Pediatricians do not normally pick up on this. Parents do, schools do, and there are several kinds of docs that do very thorough testing. It sounds like you are going to see a developmental pediatrician at Vanderbilt. I completely LOVED our devel. pediatrician. He was completely wonderful, would respond to phone calls and emails, did a lot of testing, much like what midwest mom got from the neuropsychologist. In general, a multidisciplinary evaluation will include most of the types of docs we talk about, though it is tough to get a multidisc evaluation outside of a Children's hospital. Sounds like it is certainly worth the wait. in my opinion, husband's are very resistant to the idea there is something "wrong" with their son. Bio, adopted, or simply present, dads just don't want it to be true. My husband was SO hard to convince, but when it got through it made life a whole lot easier. There is a parenting guide you may find interesting and useful. We love it, and there are a number of FREE things on the website. It is [url="http://www.loveandlogic.com"]http://www.loveandlogic.com[/url] I love it because it helped us, and because my husband thought it made sense. Since husband understands it, we are on the same page and it is harder for the kids to irritate and agitate. An autism diagnosis is NOT a prescription for life-long dependence and helplessness, nor is it a sign of low intelligence. Often Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (autistic spectrum disorder) kids have very high IQ's. They jsut don't think the way other people do, nor do they process things the way others do. My son (16 in 3 weeks - EEK!) has aspergers. He is not as severely affected as other people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and I am sure there are people who are even less affected. He is now a junior in high school, finishing his last core class this year so he can take classes in metalworking at the Tech school his senior year and the year after that. I fought like a mama bear to get what he needed. I truly thought he would NEVER function outside of a locked facility. We had some pretty great days and some really really horrible ones. We got the right interventions, helps, parenting tools, medications, and I am pretty sure he is going to be OK. He has really worked to learn to be a good big bro. There is hope with an autism diagnosis. There really is. Please check out the love and logic info. The books are on the website, and many are carried in bookstores also. You may also find help in The Explosive Child by Ross Greene. Welcome to our cyber home! Hugs, Susie [/QUOTE]
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