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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 493923" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is a different beastie than Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... which may be why you're finding autism support groups etc. to not be helping you.</p><p>Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified means... the child does not meet the definition for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), or even for Asperger's... but does have "pervasive" issues that fall within certain bounds.</p><p>So... it would make sense that your child could be more socially aware etc., and maybe even a tad less rigid than an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid... and still be a handful.</p><p></p><p>Our family didn't even get Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified... difficult child doesn't meet diagnostic cutoffs for most things.</p><p>But I can feel for you - because our difficult child is also considered "unique" (I don't believe he is... rather, schools and docs just aren't recognizing these kids yet...) - a combo of dxes that work against each other, and it makes it really tough to get services etc., because no one diagnosis is severe enough to "rank" for funding, interventions, and so on.</p><p></p><p>It would be easier to get some services, with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label - but we'd never get the right services, and never enough anyway... so I'll take what I have and do most of the work ourselves (until the money runs out)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 493923, member: 11791"] Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is a different beastie than Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... which may be why you're finding autism support groups etc. to not be helping you. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified means... the child does not meet the definition for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), or even for Asperger's... but does have "pervasive" issues that fall within certain bounds. So... it would make sense that your child could be more socially aware etc., and maybe even a tad less rigid than an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid... and still be a handful. Our family didn't even get Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified... difficult child doesn't meet diagnostic cutoffs for most things. But I can feel for you - because our difficult child is also considered "unique" (I don't believe he is... rather, schools and docs just aren't recognizing these kids yet...) - a combo of dxes that work against each other, and it makes it really tough to get services etc., because no one diagnosis is severe enough to "rank" for funding, interventions, and so on. It would be easier to get some services, with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label - but we'd never get the right services, and never enough anyway... so I'll take what I have and do most of the work ourselves (until the money runs out) [/QUOTE]
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