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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 233087" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>JANNA! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bigsmile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigsmile:" title="big smile :bigsmile:" data-shortname=":bigsmile:" /> It's wonderful to see you, have thought about you from time to time and wondered how you were doing.</p><p></p><p>It's wonderful to hear that Brandon has had a lightbulb moment and has been choosing that better path, that he didn't like the future the other way was leading him and he seems to want something better out of life. Yeah, it does take some time for that trust in their choices and actions to be there completely, I'm not quite there yet still and my difficult child has been doing very well for almost 2 years LOL.</p><p></p><p>And it's good to hear that you finally seem to have the right diagnosis for Dylan, and that he's improving. Amazing how having that diagnosis and the right interventions can work isn't it. It was for us too, after getting the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis and the right solutions it's been steady improvement for the last 4 years (after 3 years of steadily getting worse with no diagnosis and therapy up the wazoo). We last saw the psychiatrist in June/08 and she said we really had no need to come in anymore, keep on how we were and we'd have no problem. Though it's a relief to know she keeps his file "open" till he's 18 and I can call to get an appointment any time (well it takes a couple months to see her but still nice to know she's there...if needed). I think with the coping skills, the maturity comes a little faster too, at least for us it did. I don't know why I still feel even a tingle of disbelief when I hear things like "that doesn't mean he's Autistic or that he is entitled to Autism services" from schools. Schools always seem to have their own agenda or plan and the kids are supposed to fit into it no matter what, and they better not need any extra money from our budget because that's all spoken for. Sorry, our round pegs don't fit into your square holes. in my opinion it isn't that hard to fix the hole so our kids will work with it too. I'm one of those who prefers Autism Spectrum Disorder to the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, it's what they are, on the spectrum. My difficult child too has traits of Aspie, but doesn't quite fit all the traits. When I say autism spectrum to someone they get it a lot easier than when I say Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), I always have to explain then.</p><p></p><p>And nice to hear your regular kid is doing well at being regular. LOL They do seem to not get mentioned as much when the other stuff takes so much of our time and attention. But they are wonderful to have around. At times my easy child was my happy ray of sunshine in the chaos. And a nice way to see that it wasn't me being a bad parent, my regular kid was doing pretty regular being raised the same way LOL.</p><p></p><p>Very nice to hear from you again, and hope everything contines to improve with you and your family. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/thumbsup.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbsup :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 233087, member: 1161"] JANNA! :bigsmile: It's wonderful to see you, have thought about you from time to time and wondered how you were doing. It's wonderful to hear that Brandon has had a lightbulb moment and has been choosing that better path, that he didn't like the future the other way was leading him and he seems to want something better out of life. Yeah, it does take some time for that trust in their choices and actions to be there completely, I'm not quite there yet still and my difficult child has been doing very well for almost 2 years LOL. And it's good to hear that you finally seem to have the right diagnosis for Dylan, and that he's improving. Amazing how having that diagnosis and the right interventions can work isn't it. It was for us too, after getting the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis and the right solutions it's been steady improvement for the last 4 years (after 3 years of steadily getting worse with no diagnosis and therapy up the wazoo). We last saw the psychiatrist in June/08 and she said we really had no need to come in anymore, keep on how we were and we'd have no problem. Though it's a relief to know she keeps his file "open" till he's 18 and I can call to get an appointment any time (well it takes a couple months to see her but still nice to know she's there...if needed). I think with the coping skills, the maturity comes a little faster too, at least for us it did. I don't know why I still feel even a tingle of disbelief when I hear things like "that doesn't mean he's Autistic or that he is entitled to Autism services" from schools. Schools always seem to have their own agenda or plan and the kids are supposed to fit into it no matter what, and they better not need any extra money from our budget because that's all spoken for. Sorry, our round pegs don't fit into your square holes. in my opinion it isn't that hard to fix the hole so our kids will work with it too. I'm one of those who prefers Autism Spectrum Disorder to the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, it's what they are, on the spectrum. My difficult child too has traits of Aspie, but doesn't quite fit all the traits. When I say autism spectrum to someone they get it a lot easier than when I say Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), I always have to explain then. And nice to hear your regular kid is doing well at being regular. LOL They do seem to not get mentioned as much when the other stuff takes so much of our time and attention. But they are wonderful to have around. At times my easy child was my happy ray of sunshine in the chaos. And a nice way to see that it wasn't me being a bad parent, my regular kid was doing pretty regular being raised the same way LOL. Very nice to hear from you again, and hope everything contines to improve with you and your family. :thumbsup: [/QUOTE]
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