: 's diagnosis

[Guest guest]

We met yesterday with the Psychologist. She talked to my husband alone

for more than an hour, while and I waited in teh waiting room.

Then she went in with alone. She came out after about 15

minutes. When she came out she said " you can come in now, (whisper) you

can come in now. Can you believe I'm being beaten by a rug? " . (excerpt

from Disney film Aladdin). We knew that she had met the real

!!!!

She filled out some DSMII form. Then she told us basically that the

autism was obvious to her. She couldn't formally diagnose him with

autism, because DSMII requires the onset at 3 years. Of course, at 3

was still crawling and not talking, so couldn't determine if the

onset was then. BUt, he has seemed to regress over the years. So, she

said her formal diagnosis will be PDD/NOS.

What a relief. I thought it was going to be difficult and maybe she

would say it was our imagination. We believed it so strongly. It's

good to get confirmation.

Judy (step mother to 14)

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[Guest guest]

IF someone is using the DSM II, they need to get a new book - the standard

now is DSM IV.

Secondly, it helps alot if the parent takes an autism check list with them

to visit a doc. It helps convince them when they cannot see somethings.

Elie was 12 years old before we had a dx of ASD>

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

>From: duffey48@...

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>To:

>Subject: Re: : 's diagnosis

>Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:19:22 EST

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>In a message dated 4/1/2004 9:58:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,

>melville@... writes:

>She couldn't formally diagnose him with

>autism, because DSMII requires the onset at 3 years.

>Hmmm. Is that new or something? Maddie's autism surfaced at about the

>age of 18 months.

>WEll, having the label is helpful and hopefully will get the

>appropriate education now!! Good luck.

>Donna

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/1/2004 3:50:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,

melville@... writes:

> Last year his

> teacher said he wasn't autistic, just a loner. And he would give him

> his space. This year the teacher used some behavioral rewards etc, and

> it worked so very well. He made the dean's list this year!

Hi Judy,

The transition from one teacher to the next each year is hard enough not to

mention transitioning into yet another school. I hope the new diagnoses with

help with the accomodations to ease the transition.

Charlyne

Mom to Zeb 11 DS/OCD

[Guest guest]

No, i think this psychologist had the current dsm. She just said that

the onset of characteristics had to be by 3 years old. And was

not observable at that time. He wasn't doing much at 3, let alone

exhibiting definable behavior.

Judy (wicked step mother to , 14)

Re: : 's diagnosis

>Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:19:22 EST

>

>In a message dated 4/1/2004 9:58:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,

>melville@... writes:

>She couldn't formally diagnose him with

>autism, because DSMII requires the onset at 3 years.

>Hmmm. Is that new or something? Maddie's autism surfaced

at about the

>age of 18 months.

>WEll, having the label is helpful and hopefully will

get the

>appropriate education now!! Good luck.

>Donna

>

>

>