Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 , i noticed you said you were going to talk to 's' school psychologist! where do you live? because my son has been seeing the school dr. for over 3 yrs. now and i was just told by the school and her that a new law was passed that no dr. working for the school can give prescriptions. does your son receive any medications from this dr? thank you sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 >For whatever reason, he will not look with both eyes at the same time. He didn't know if this was (or could be) related to autism. I tried to search online, but couldn't really find anything about this. Do you know anything about it?< I've mentioned this in a recent posting that Dr. confirmed that lazy eye and strabismus is related the the vestibular system. This may be why most of the surgeries and treatement done by optamologists don't work permanently if at all. (in my daughter's case). He may be able to help you as he most likely will tell you that it is related to the autism in a biological way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 No. doesn't get meds from the school psychologist. In fact, psychologists can't prescribe drugs at all - they are Ph.D.'s ... not M.D.'s. I am speaking with the school psychologist about how we can help to best adapt socially in junior high. ( is a 7th grader.) The only medication is on right now is 20mg time release Ritalin because he was previously diagnosed with ADHD - which the professionals now believe was an inaccurate (or incomplete?) diagnosis. This is a very low dose of Ritalin for 's size, and it does seem to help him to focus and sit still in class ... so we will probably stick with it. Lynda Re: 's eye exam , i noticed you said you were going to talk to 's' school psychologist! where do you live? because my son has been seeing the school dr. for over 3 yrs. now and i was just told by the school and her that a new law was passed that no dr. working for the school can give prescriptions. does your son receive any medications from this dr? thank you sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 My sister has had numerous surgeries for strabismus and still sees double. We both have the ability to tell which eye we are using to focus with. Two different ophthalmologists have told us that this is uncommon and a genetic " defect " . I also have a son with Autism. Sure wouldn't surprise me if there was a connection somewhere. Tonya Hettler Cell TX Federation of Families, training specialist http://www.txffcmh.org Unlocking Autism, TX Rep http://www.unlockingautism.org West Texas Information Network, Owner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/w-i-n Re: 's eye exam >For whatever reason, he will not look with both eyes at the same time. He didn't know if this was (or could be) related to autism. I tried to search online, but couldn't really find anything about this. Do you know anything about it?< I've mentioned this in a recent posting that Dr. confirmed that lazy eye and strabismus is related the the vestibular system. This may be why most of the surgeries and treatement done by optamologists don't work permanently if at all. (in my daughter's case). He may be able to help you as he most likely will tell you that it is related to the autism in a biological way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 My 16 yo daughter also has a strabismus (an exotropia where the eyes turn out) and often only sees with one eye...her eye doctor says that her brain turns off the other eye! She has had surgery to correct it but still has problems occasionally. My understanding of at least an exotropia-type strabismus is that they are somewhat common in people with developmental disabilities, particularly cerebral palsy. My daughter has been diagnosed with a mild cerebral palsy in addition to autism. nna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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