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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 463088" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Malika,</p><p></p><p>I completely understand your frustration. We struggled for years trying to reach some understanding of our difficult child. Because he was our second child, we literally knew from the first week that something was very, very different about him. We had his lead blood levels tested at 18 months (interestingly he calmly watched the two burly guys who were sent to draw his blood and didn't make a peep- they said "what a strong fella"). We had his hearing tested at age 2. He had his first psychological "evaluation" at age 3 as we were attempting to get him into an early intervention program. He began to get into serious trouble in his pre-K program, and he threatened suicide when he was five.</p><p></p><p>We took him for several psychological evaluations and the psychologist said he was perfectly normal and should be promoted to the second grade from the first grade (the teacher thought he should be retained). We took him to see a therapist for an extended period of time, and the psychologist thought that husband and I needed counseling to "better understand him".</p><p></p><p>Things became more and more apparent when he went to middle school and it was all painfully obvious in high school. After years of searching and reaching out for assistance, we got a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) when he was 16! His teachers and others who dealt with him on a daily basis all knew something was out of kilter. The medical professionals never got it. difficult child was in numerous accidents over his early years; he was incredibly gifted at finding trouble. We saw the inside of an emergency room repeatedly - once he had his stomach pumped because he got into my friends purse and took her cardiac pills within a three minute period. We barely got him to the hospital on time!</p><p></p><p>I'm listing this difficult history to let you know that , in my humble opinion, many medical professionals are very, very reluctant to diagnose young children. In our experience, they were actually more suspicious of husband and me. I hold some bitterness over this issue, because I believe we lost years of intervention time for difficult child. Trust yourself and your observations about your son. I agree that the label is not the most important thing. But, behaviors do need to be understood and children can receive interventions to help them in their present and future lives.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts are with you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 463088, member: 3704"] Malika, I completely understand your frustration. We struggled for years trying to reach some understanding of our difficult child. Because he was our second child, we literally knew from the first week that something was very, very different about him. We had his lead blood levels tested at 18 months (interestingly he calmly watched the two burly guys who were sent to draw his blood and didn't make a peep- they said "what a strong fella"). We had his hearing tested at age 2. He had his first psychological "evaluation" at age 3 as we were attempting to get him into an early intervention program. He began to get into serious trouble in his pre-K program, and he threatened suicide when he was five. We took him for several psychological evaluations and the psychologist said he was perfectly normal and should be promoted to the second grade from the first grade (the teacher thought he should be retained). We took him to see a therapist for an extended period of time, and the psychologist thought that husband and I needed counseling to "better understand him". Things became more and more apparent when he went to middle school and it was all painfully obvious in high school. After years of searching and reaching out for assistance, we got a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) when he was 16! His teachers and others who dealt with him on a daily basis all knew something was out of kilter. The medical professionals never got it. difficult child was in numerous accidents over his early years; he was incredibly gifted at finding trouble. We saw the inside of an emergency room repeatedly - once he had his stomach pumped because he got into my friends purse and took her cardiac pills within a three minute period. We barely got him to the hospital on time! I'm listing this difficult history to let you know that , in my humble opinion, many medical professionals are very, very reluctant to diagnose young children. In our experience, they were actually more suspicious of husband and me. I hold some bitterness over this issue, because I believe we lost years of intervention time for difficult child. Trust yourself and your observations about your son. I agree that the label is not the most important thing. But, behaviors do need to be understood and children can receive interventions to help them in their present and future lives. My thoughts are with you! [/QUOTE]
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