SearchingForRainbows
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We were very fortunate because difficult child was approved for SSI on our first try. We were lucky because he fully cooperated with his developmental pedi and neuropsychologist - He loves talking about himself and will ramble on endlessly if allowed to. He looks forward to these appointments and views them as major social events, a chance to talk about himself, his extremely limited interests (primates), to a captive audience.
difficult child 2 has average to above average intelligence, an exceptional memory when it comes to facts (especially those that most people would find useless) and does very well academically. While his academic capability hurt us at hearing, it didn't seem to matter when it came to obtaining SSI. If you talk to him for just a few minutes, his immaturity, lack of social skills, hit you like a red flag. This combined with executive functioning deficits, inability to take what he already knows in one situation and apply that knowledge to a similar situation, and constant need for reminders and assistance with ADL's, probably did the trick.
Keeping my fingers crossed all goes well with the appeal... SFR
difficult child 2 has average to above average intelligence, an exceptional memory when it comes to facts (especially those that most people would find useless) and does very well academically. While his academic capability hurt us at hearing, it didn't seem to matter when it came to obtaining SSI. If you talk to him for just a few minutes, his immaturity, lack of social skills, hit you like a red flag. This combined with executive functioning deficits, inability to take what he already knows in one situation and apply that knowledge to a similar situation, and constant need for reminders and assistance with ADL's, probably did the trick.
Keeping my fingers crossed all goes well with the appeal... SFR
