Re: New and lost!

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I agree with . Sad as it is, autism is " in " lately. So that

diagnosis opens up a lot of services that some other ones don't.

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Valeri Dugan

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05/23/01

10:06 PM Subject: RE: New

and lost!

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Hi Dawn,

My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed in November, but I pushed for that for

a year. It probably doesn't seem like it now, but getting the diagnosis is

a good thing. It's what will get your daughter the treatment she needs.

She can now qualify for special education funding, respite, OT, ST, etc.

Regardless of what she really has, the treatment is the same, and the more

she can get, the better.

You need to contact CARE if you have it where you are, your daughters case

worker, and find a local support group with people who can guide you

through the IEP process.

Valeri

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From: dawndes@...[sMTP:dawndes@...]

Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:13 PM

To: Autism_in_Girls

Subject: New and lost!

Hi all, I just joined the group. I just got back from the final

county evaluation meeting for my 4 yr old. Her diagnosis is PDD-NOS.

I honestly thought they were going to say ADHD and I was prepared for

that, not this. I'm still not sure they are right, yes possibly in

denial. At 2 I knew she was spirited and mentioned it to her ped, but

she said we needed to wait. So here we are 2 years later. She just

got kicked out of her preschool and I'm pulling my hair out. I don't

know where to begin with this.

Allie is bright, knows her numbers into the 50's, in english and

french, can spell big words, do sums in her head, colors, shapes, all

of that fun stuff was learned really early. She's inquisitive and

stubborn and displays self destructive behavior. As of maybe 2 weeks

ago, she's playing with her little sister, rather than beside. She's

also started engaging people in conversations, instead of the other

way around. She can write her name, likes to garden, do puzzles,

cook, ride her bike. She's outrageously agile. She screams, bounces

off walls, throws tantrums when things don't go exactly as she thinks

they should, she's controlling, she repeats everything she hears, and

can mimic a dance routine down to the last step after seeing it just

once. Her little sister is starting to potty train, but she refuses.

I'm frustrated, confused, and don't know what to do next. I'm usually

pretty good about hunting things down, but seem to be in a fog right

now. Any good websites or books you know of would be highly

appreciated.

Dawn

Allie 4 and Shelby 2

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn, No I haven't looked into Sensory Integration. I'll see what I

can find out about it. For that matter, I don't even know what kind of

doctors I need. Allie was diagnosed through the county education

program here, so she only has her normal pediatrician right now as a

doctor.

I hadn't mentioned before that Allie is adopted. We tried to contact

the birth mother to see if any of the other kids have these types of

problems, but she's moved. Not much help there.

Dawn

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