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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 335101" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">OH---and for the record.....<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">if my sig is now showing, you'll see i'm not new to the party--only to this specific <em>branch</em>.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">and one thing i know for a <strong>fact</strong>...while no one but a doctor IS a doctor....the best, and most useful sources of info for both diagnostics and services IS other parents or directly involved people.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">every.single.one of her docs reccommended a social skills group. not ONE could tell me where to find one.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">went to a support group for the first time in my life last night, not so much for support but for info....two other parents showed up. by the time i left i had phone #'s, contact people in hand, for a good amount of specific rec opportunities (no formal social skills group, but close enough, not a service either had even known about), a complete working knowledge of who's worth seeing and who's not for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) stuff, and much more.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">and it only took two hours out of my life.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">based on what i've read here, i already trust that you all are VERY knowledgeable, will be VERY helpful.......</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">of course, i always do my <em>own</em> homework</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 335101, member: 8831"] [SIZE=5]OH---and for the record.....:winking:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]if my sig is now showing, you'll see i'm not new to the party--only to this specific [I]branch[/I].[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]and one thing i know for a [B]fact[/B]...while no one but a doctor IS a doctor....the best, and most useful sources of info for both diagnostics and services IS other parents or directly involved people.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]every.single.one of her docs reccommended a social skills group. not ONE could tell me where to find one.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]went to a support group for the first time in my life last night, not so much for support but for info....two other parents showed up. by the time i left i had phone #'s, contact people in hand, for a good amount of specific rec opportunities (no formal social skills group, but close enough, not a service either had even known about), a complete working knowledge of who's worth seeing and who's not for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) stuff, and much more.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]and it only took two hours out of my life.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]based on what i've read here, i already trust that you all are VERY knowledgeable, will be VERY helpful.......[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]of course, i always do my [I]own[/I] homework[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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