PDD - NOS, now what?

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Registered: 09-11-2004
PDD - NOS, now what?
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Wed, 12-21-2005 - 6:16am

Not sure where we go from here... we will be waiting on the Neuro Psyche's written report for her favorite resources. Obviously we are waiting until after the holidays to contact anyone. We will first be increasing her speech therapy, and then go from there to look into ABA.

Any thoughts?

I updated our website with the information for family and friends... www.aliandpeanut.com Go to Peanut's Current Events, and Ali's Current Events.

Thanks in advance...


Our Webpage: www.aliandpeanut.com

Our local Down syndrome group:

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 12-24-2005 - 5:11am
Interesting. That is exactly why I asked. Your earnestness, your penchant for research, and ability to spell all seemed so familiar to me. Have you been formally diagnosed or do you just have a lot of the traits?
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Registered: 09-11-2004
Sat, 12-24-2005 - 3:59pm

I actually contacted my former therapist after I started researching this for my daughter. I asked him (because he saw me just as Asperger's was becoming a diagnosis) if he thought it was possible. He went back through my records again and said he definitely thinks that is what it is. I don't know if you'd consider that a formal diagnosis or not, but the diagnostic criteria reads like my life story.

Spelling is my strong point...typos are common though! I actually won the spelling bee in 5th grade, and still can't believe I got up on stage and did it at all. I was popular in school for about a week after that but it went away. :)

www.aliandpeanut.com


Our Webpage: www.aliandpeanut.com

Our local Down syndrome group:

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 12-25-2005 - 5:24am

I understand, lol. My brother used to get in trouble at school, because he did not really pay attention, but raised his hand anytime the teacher made a spelling error on the blackboard. My father never reads fiction and for years I thought that maybe he was dyslexic, until I realized that he spells beautifully. I see the spelling ability as part of the heightened visual sense associated with the spectrum.

My father remembers his school days with horror. He too was teased, as was his twin. There is no doubt in my mind that this was partly related to the social difficulties that you have with autism. It also did not help that they were incapable of playing any kind of ball. In spite of their good spelling and uncanny math ability, they were not admitted to HS. By JH, they had trouble with some parts of the curriculum. So they took a HS degree by correspondence course (which also saved them from having to deal with the other kids) and went onto higher education that way.

It is great that you are on top of it. I am convinced that early intervention can make a huge difference.

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