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<blockquote data-quote="mamabeardefendinghercubs" data-source="post: 218352" data-attributes="member: 6411"><p><em>Marg.... I did my homework yesterday and found some disturbing problems standing in my way of getting anywhere with a diagnosis or even an assesment I live in Canada on an island called vancouver island and well there is a shortage of dr's here and none are accepting new patients i have had three dr's in te last 2 years and well right now i am at a point where i am once again starting from scratch with this.... there is no facilities to get my son assessed where I live and I found taht we have a mass case of misdiagnosis of ADHD in our community obviously some kids have it but there are alot of kids gettting mislabled do to lack of rescources ... I am currently on a path to find some one to do the tessting privatley for a price BUT my search is leading me nowhere all of the canadian Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and autism sites say theere are private phsyicians that can make an assessment but noone says where they are located.... and My experience with the pediatricians in this town havent been a good one they have under estimated alot of serious health issues with children including mine and I have been forced to take them to bc's childrens hopsitle on the main land I Looked into doing that but the sunny hill center for kids is only accessed by a refferral and thats where they can make an assessment ..IM stupified at what to do now???? looking at all of my sons history and what occured when he was a child and even now his struggles surffacing at school its becoming clear to me that this very well could be a form of autism and its like there is nothing here for it.... there are several parents in town with children like mine and there kids are going undiagnosed aswell and are being forced to make it on their own .. my mom is a librarian and has alot of connections she was telling me about her many friends and patrons in the same boat as me.... I wish i could even get my hands on a study I would gladly find away to get there in order to have my kids assessed ... sorry im ranting im so fustrated over this I feel annoyed over the lack of services for children of any disability in my town there is little or next to nothing and the wait lists are huge years long infact..... urghhhh.. free health care comes at huge cost in the quality of care and testing that you recive here in my area I my self have been misdiagnosed over and over again suffering for the last 9 years and not alot further ahead in a solid diagnosis ggggrrrrrr i could go on and on but im sure im not the only one htat is going through this type of thing i guess i just have to stay calm and think outside the box</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Tara</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mamabeardefendinghercubs, post: 218352, member: 6411"] [I]Marg.... I did my homework yesterday and found some disturbing problems standing in my way of getting anywhere with a diagnosis or even an assesment I live in Canada on an island called vancouver island and well there is a shortage of dr's here and none are accepting new patients i have had three dr's in te last 2 years and well right now i am at a point where i am once again starting from scratch with this.... there is no facilities to get my son assessed where I live and I found taht we have a mass case of misdiagnosis of ADHD in our community obviously some kids have it but there are alot of kids gettting mislabled do to lack of rescources ... I am currently on a path to find some one to do the tessting privatley for a price BUT my search is leading me nowhere all of the canadian Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and autism sites say theere are private phsyicians that can make an assessment but noone says where they are located.... and My experience with the pediatricians in this town havent been a good one they have under estimated alot of serious health issues with children including mine and I have been forced to take them to bc's childrens hopsitle on the main land I Looked into doing that but the sunny hill center for kids is only accessed by a refferral and thats where they can make an assessment ..IM stupified at what to do now???? looking at all of my sons history and what occured when he was a child and even now his struggles surffacing at school its becoming clear to me that this very well could be a form of autism and its like there is nothing here for it.... there are several parents in town with children like mine and there kids are going undiagnosed aswell and are being forced to make it on their own .. my mom is a librarian and has alot of connections she was telling me about her many friends and patrons in the same boat as me.... I wish i could even get my hands on a study I would gladly find away to get there in order to have my kids assessed ... sorry im ranting im so fustrated over this I feel annoyed over the lack of services for children of any disability in my town there is little or next to nothing and the wait lists are huge years long infact..... urghhhh.. free health care comes at huge cost in the quality of care and testing that you recive here in my area I my self have been misdiagnosed over and over again suffering for the last 9 years and not alot further ahead in a solid diagnosis ggggrrrrrr i could go on and on but im sure im not the only one htat is going through this type of thing i guess i just have to stay calm and think outside the box[/I] [I]Tara[/I] [/QUOTE]
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