Well it looks like we're back to square 1 *update from his latest dev ped appointment*

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Hey everyone, I know it's been a while since I have posted anything but things have been a little busy. had another Developmental Ped appointment yesterday. This time we saw a Dr. instead of the NP that he always sees. She just wanted someone else to give us their input becuase she says sometimes a fresh eye can help. Well this fresh eye didn't really help, she actually wound up confusing me a whole lot more than I already was. She doesn't think has autism. Well for the last 9 months that's what we'd been told and that's what we accepted. Now someone is telling me that autism is not right and I have to start all over on figuring my son out. She thinks he might have ADHD. She looked at the GARS tests from the past visits and said that the school had scored him as not having autism and that I had scored him as having it. Well that wasn't right

because the school put that he had a low average of having autism. The school's diagnosticians had some concerns of autism when they first met him so I know it wasn't all in my head. Anyway, his appointment wasn't till 3:00 that afternoon. He didn't get to have a nap cause as soon as he got off the bus from school they had to load up to come get me so we could go. Needless to say he was very fidgety and antsy because he was doing everything in his power to keep from falling asleep. She just didn't seem to account for that when she was doing her tests on him in the office. She did 2 of the tests where she shows him pictures and says "which one is digging?" Well he'd point to one and she'd say " are you sure?" So of course he starts thinking well maybe I'm wrong and changes his answer. She didn't really engage him, she would look at the paper she was writing on and then she'd ask the question not even looking up and then look up when he pointed to his answer and then she'd

look back down and write and then go to flipping pages. She refused to reword questions so that could understand them better. She was getting frustrated with him because he was fidgety and not really responding the way she wanted him to. She was in and out of the appointment to go get this and to go get that. She said that it couldn't be autism because if it was he'd present all the charactaristics all the time no matter if he was in school or at home or in the grocery store. Well I'm thinking that some of all have said that you'r kids are one way at home and a completely different child at school. Am I wrong? She thinks it could also be a chromosome problem because he had several "deformations". His ears are really flat, one of them is pointed at the top like a little elf's ear. His feet turn in a little. His pallet is really high, narrow, and the arch is really high and narrow. She also thought she detected a heart murmur but wasn't sure because was being

too noisy. So now we have to have the High Resolution DNA test and the Fragile X Test done to see if that could be causing some of his behaviours. gets along amazingly well with adults and I think that that is because he thinks that they all want him to act a certain way and that if he doesn't act that way then he is gonna get in trouble. He is usuallly really good for new people he meets because he doesn't know how they are gonna react and so the Dev Ped said that he couldn't have autism because the core problem of autism was social interaction and he had no problem there because he interacted with her just fine during the tests and stuff. To top everything off, she actually asked me why did I want my son to have Autism, what did I gain by him having autism? So we are having his teacher, both teacher's aides, his OT, his ST, his Grandparents, and me redo the GARS tests to see what they say. I couldn't believe she actually thought I wanted my son to have autism. I

thought about telling her yeah that's what every mother dreams of for her son. So the only thing I can think of is to buy a video camera and record him and take the tapes with me to that woman. Hopefully I'll be able to go back to seeing the NP that he'd been seeing before. Well sorry to have made that so long, but I look foreward in hearing what you all have to say about this appointment and how your children are. Leighanne

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Leighanne,Sounds like what I am going through with Regional Center - Hope has a diagnosis of HFA - with ABA, GF Diet and Meds she no longer has the physical characteristics of autism, but it is still there - regional center says she is pdd - nos - I am appealing it. I would simply look at things like this - no one knows your child as well as you do - you have to advocate for him! Educate yourself and know the DSM - you can do it!!!!!!Leighanne Ratliff <a_cute_tx_cowgirl@...> wrote: Hey everyone, I know it's been a while since I have posted anything but things have been a little busy. had another Developmental Ped appointment yesterday. This time we saw a Dr. instead of the NP that he always sees. She just wanted someone else to give us their input becuase she says sometimes a fresh eye can help. Well this fresh eye didn't really help, she actually wound up confusing me a whole lot more than I already was. She doesn't think has autism. Well for the last 9 months that's what we'd been told and that's what we accepted. Now someone is telling me that autism is not right and I have to start all over on figuring my son out. She thinks he might have ADHD. She looked at the GARS tests from the past visits and said that the school had scored him as not having autism and that I had scored him as having it. Well that

wasn't right because the school put that he had a low average of having autism. The school's diagnosticians had some concerns of autism when they first met him so I know it wasn't all in my head. Anyway, his appointment wasn't till 3:00 that afternoon. He didn't get to have a nap cause as soon as he got off the bus from school they had to load up to come get me so we could go. Needless to say he was very fidgety and antsy because he was doing everything in his power to keep from falling asleep. She just didn't seem to account for that when she was doing her tests on him in the office. She did 2 of the tests where she shows him pictures and says "which one is digging?" Well he'd point to one and she'd say " are you sure?" So of course he starts thinking well maybe I'm wrong and changes his answer. She didn't really engage him, she would look at the paper she was writing on and then she'd ask the question not even looking up and then look up when he pointed to his answer

and then she'd look back down and write and then go to flipping pages. She refused to reword questions so that could understand them better. She was getting frustrated with him because he was fidgety and not really responding the way she wanted him to. She was in and out of the appointment to go get this and to go get that. She said that it couldn't be autism because if it was he'd present all the charactaristics all the time no matter if he was in school or at home or in the grocery store. Well I'm thinking that some of all have said that you'r kids are one way at home and a completely different child at school. Am I wrong? She thinks it could also be a chromosome problem because he had several "deformations". His ears are really flat, one of them is pointed at the top like a little elf's ear. His feet turn in a little. His pallet is really high, narrow, and the arch is really high and narrow. She also thought she detected a heart murmur but wasn't sure

because was being too noisy. So now we have to have the High Resolution DNA test and the Fragile X Test done to see if that could be causing some of his behaviours. gets along amazingly well with adults and I think that that is because he thinks that they all want him to act a certain way and that if he doesn't act that way then he is gonna get in trouble. He is usuallly really good for new people he meets because he doesn't know how they are gonna react and so the Dev Ped said that he couldn't have autism because the core problem of autism was social interaction and he had no problem there because he interacted with her just fine during the tests and stuff. To top everything off, she actually asked me why did I want my son to have Autism, what did I gain by him having autism? So we are having his teacher, both teacher's aides, his OT, his ST, his Grandparents, and me redo the GARS tests to see what they say. I couldn't believe she actually thought I wanted

my son to have autism. I thought about telling her yeah that's what every mother dreams of for her son. So the only thing I can think of is to buy a video camera and record him and take the tapes with me to that woman. Hopefully I'll be able to go back to seeing the NP that he'd been seeing before. Well sorry to have made that so long, but I look foreward in hearing what you all have to say about this appointment and how your children are. Leighanne Sponsored LinkMortgage rates near 39yr lows. $510,000 Mortgage for $1,698/mo - Calculate new house payment A great teacher never strives to explain his vision - he simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.... The Rev. R. Inman Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them - Lady Bird Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming - Haim Gnott

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Run as fast as you can away from this person. And yes, my son who's 10 and diagnoised autistic and adhd is different at home then when at school. he is also different when with different people. Leighanne Ratliff <a_cute_tx_cowgirl@...> wrote: Hey everyone, I know it's been a while since I have posted anything but things have been a little busy. had another Developmental Ped

appointment yesterday. This time we saw a Dr. instead of the NP that he always sees. She just wanted someone else to give us their input becuase she says sometimes a fresh eye can help. Well this fresh eye didn't really help, she actually wound up confusing me a whole lot more than I already was. She doesn't think has autism. Well for the last 9 months that's what we'd been told and that's what we accepted. Now someone is telling me that autism is not right and I have to start all over on figuring my son out. She thinks he might have ADHD. She looked at the GARS tests from the past visits and said that the school had scored him as not having autism and that I had scored him as having it. Well that wasn't right because the school put that he had a low average of having autism. The school's diagnosticians had some concerns of autism when they first met him so I know it wasn't all in my head. Anyway, his appointment wasn't till 3:00 that afternoon. He didn't get

to have a nap cause as soon as he got off the bus from school they had to load up to come get me so we could go. Needless to say he was very fidgety and antsy because he was doing everything in his power to keep from falling asleep. She just didn't seem to account for that when she was doing her tests on him in the office. She did 2 of the tests where she shows him pictures and says "which one is digging?" Well he'd point to one and she'd say " are you sure?" So of course he starts thinking well maybe I'm wrong and changes his answer. She didn't really engage him, she would look at the paper she was writing on and then she'd ask the question not even looking up and then look up when he pointed to his answer and then she'd look back down and write and then go to flipping pages. She refused to reword questions so that could understand them better. She was getting frustrated with him because he was fidgety and not really responding the way she wanted him to. She was in

and out of the appointment to go get this and to go get that. She said that it couldn't be autism because if it was he'd present all the charactaristics all the time no matter if he was in school or at home or in the grocery store. Well I'm thinking that some of all have said that you'r kids are one way at home and a completely different child at school. Am I wrong? She thinks it could also be a chromosome problem because he had several "deformations". His ears are really flat, one of them is pointed at the top like a little elf's ear. His feet turn in a little. His pallet is really high, narrow, and the arch is really high and narrow. She also thought she detected a heart murmur but wasn't sure because was being too noisy. So now we have to have the High Resolution DNA test and the Fragile X Test done to see if that could be causing some of his behaviours. gets along amazingly well with adults and I think that that is because he thinks that they all

want him to act a certain way and that if he doesn't act that way then he is gonna get in trouble. He is usuallly really good for new people he meets because he doesn't know how they are gonna react and so the Dev Ped said that he couldn't have autism because the core problem of autism was social interaction and he had no problem there because he interacted with her just fine during the tests and stuff. To top everything off, she actually asked me why did I want my son to have Autism, what did I gain by him having autism? So we are having his teacher, both teacher's aides, his OT, his ST, his Grandparents, and me redo the GARS tests to see what they say. I couldn't believe she actually thought I wanted my son to have autism. I thought about telling her yeah that's what every mother dreams of for her son. So the only thing I can think of is to buy a video camera and record him and take the tapes with me to that woman. Hopefully I'll be able to go back to seeing the NP that

he'd been seeing before. Well sorry to have made that so long, but I look foreward in hearing what you all have to say about this appointment and how your children are. Leighanne Sponsored LinkMortgage rates near 39yr lows. $510,000 Mortgage for $1,698/mo - Calculate new house payment

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my one son is like that he can be very open and engaging but does have the characteristics of pdd which is what he was diagnosed well during his one testing with a new guy and 3 learneing people they all agreed cuz he engaged with them and made eye contact he want pdd yet his teacher in his autism support class ,his sunday school teacher who is a teacher with autistic kids, his therapists ,his pediatrician,and the dr that deals with the autism.and myself see the pdd this guy didnt.but he said he wont change the dignosis cuz he is getting the help he needs.i am sorry but that other person who saw ur child i think is a quack .and i would make sure u dont have to see her again .u dont make a comment about u wanting ur kid to have autismthat is just rude.kids are like that they will act one with one person and differntly with others my one son talks all day long to no one yet wont talk to people he will

talk to some people but not others but either way it is only what he wants to talk about it is not an actual convobut just cuz he has the abilty to talk to one and not another doesnt mean he isnt autitic she should of taken in the factors of the appt and all and u can have characteristics of autsim but not all at once and they can be differently where ever u go sorry i will try to talk more later my lil girl is trying to get my computer keys

Well it looks like we're back to square 1 *update from his latest dev ped appointment*

Hey everyone,

I know it's been a while since I have posted anything but things have been a little busy. had another Developmental Ped appointment yesterday. This time we saw a Dr. instead of the NP that he always sees. She just wanted someone else to give us their input becuase she says sometimes a fresh eye can help. Well this fresh eye didn't really help, she actually wound up confusing me a whole lot more than I already was. She doesn't think has autism. Well for the last 9 months that's what we'd been told and that's what we accepted. Now someone is telling me that autism is not right and I have to start all over on figuring my son out. She thinks he might have ADHD. She looked at the GARS tests from the past visits and said that the school had scored him as not having autism and that I had scored him as having it. Well that wasn't right because the school put that he had a low average of having autism. The

school's diagnosticians had some concerns of autism when they first met him so I know it wasn't all in my head. Anyway, his appointment wasn't till 3:00 that afternoon. He didn't get to have a nap cause as soon as he got off the bus from school they had to load up to come get me so we could go. Needless to say he was very fidgety and antsy because he was doing everything in his power to keep from falling asleep. She just didn't seem to account for that when she was doing her tests on him in the office. She did 2 of the tests where she shows him pictures and says "which one is digging?" Well he'd point to one and she'd say " are you sure?" So of course he starts thinking well maybe I'm wrong and changes his answer. She didn't really engage him, she would look at the paper she was writing on and then she'd ask the question not even looking up and then look up when he pointed to his answer and then she'd look back down and write and then go to flipping pages. She refused to

reword questions so that could understand them better. She was getting frustrated with him because he was fidgety and not really responding the way she wanted him to. She was in and out of the appointment to go get this and to go get that. She said that it couldn't be autism because if it was he'd present all the charactaristics all the time no matter if he was in school or at home or in the grocery store. Well I'm thinking that some of all have said that you'r kids are one way at home and a completely different child at school. Am I wrong? She thinks it could also be a chromosome problem because he had several "deformations" . His ears are really flat, one of them is pointed at the top like a little elf's ear. His feet turn in a little. His pallet is really high, narrow, and the arch is really high and narrow. She also thought she detected a heart murmur but wasn't sure because was being too noisy. So now we have to have the High Resolution DNA test and the

Fragile X Test done to see if that could be causing some of his behaviours. gets along amazingly well with adults and I think that that is because he thinks that they all want him to act a certain way and that if he doesn't act that way then he is gonna get in trouble. He is usuallly really good for new people he meets because he doesn't know how they are gonna react and so the Dev Ped said that he couldn't have autism because the core problem of autism was social interaction and he had no problem there because he interacted with her just fine during the tests and stuff. To top everything off, she actually asked me why did I want my son to have Autism, what did I gain by him having autism? So we are having his teacher, both teacher's aides, his OT, his ST, his Grandparents, and me redo the GARS tests to see what they say. I couldn't believe she actually thought I wanted my son to have autism. I thought about telling her yeah that's what every mother dreams of for

her son. So the only thing I can think of is to buy a video camera and record him and take the tapes with me to that woman. Hopefully I'll be able to go back to seeing the NP that he'd been seeing before. Well sorry to have made that so long, but I look foreward in hearing what you all have to say about this appointment and how your children are.

Leighanne

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