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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 302731" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Nice to see that you don't waste time!</p><p> </p><p>I'm only a parent hence no expert, but from what you're describing, I would be inclined to think there may be some issues of his own going on. Oftentimes neurotypical children pick up a behavior here or there from an older sibling with challenges, but if the children are living in a stable environment frequently what parents see is the younger one passing the older one up in areas like ability to cope, social skills, self-control, etc. </p><p> </p><p>A few things that might speed up the process for you:</p><p>1) Ask to be put on the waiting list and then prepared to drop everything and go if they call. Cancellations aren't real frequent but with the winter sick season coming up you just might be surprised.</p><p>2) Get working on having the audiology, Occupational Therapist (OT) and speech/language evaluations done so you'll have that data by the time you have your first appointment. You may want to call the developmental pediatrician's office to see who they recommend if you don't have anyone in mind. </p><p> </p><p>Another thought: there are several disorders that can have a lot of overlap with Autism so you may want to do your homework on those. Fragile X in milder forms, Tourette's Syndrome, and Non-verbal Learning Disability come to mind.</p><p>It must be a relief to know he's already heading into a program that you trust. That's one huge hurdle you won't have leap. </p><p> </p><p>Please keep us posted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 302731, member: 701"] Nice to see that you don't waste time! I'm only a parent hence no expert, but from what you're describing, I would be inclined to think there may be some issues of his own going on. Oftentimes neurotypical children pick up a behavior here or there from an older sibling with challenges, but if the children are living in a stable environment frequently what parents see is the younger one passing the older one up in areas like ability to cope, social skills, self-control, etc. A few things that might speed up the process for you: 1) Ask to be put on the waiting list and then prepared to drop everything and go if they call. Cancellations aren't real frequent but with the winter sick season coming up you just might be surprised. 2) Get working on having the audiology, Occupational Therapist (OT) and speech/language evaluations done so you'll have that data by the time you have your first appointment. You may want to call the developmental pediatrician's office to see who they recommend if you don't have anyone in mind. Another thought: there are several disorders that can have a lot of overlap with Autism so you may want to do your homework on those. Fragile X in milder forms, Tourette's Syndrome, and Non-verbal Learning Disability come to mind. It must be a relief to know he's already heading into a program that you trust. That's one huge hurdle you won't have leap. Please keep us posted. [/QUOTE]
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