Some children in the Autism Spectrum avoid sensory, and others crave it, and seek it out. Our son is one who seeks out sensory experiences, and we got him a crash pad; so that he can crash safely into it, and not get hurt. But it has other uses, such as the whole family can play on it, or it can be a comfortable lounger.
Showing posts with label PDD-NoS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PDD-NoS. Show all posts
Friday, January 10, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
Introduction to me and my blog
I don't know whether it had to do with the fact that in the womb my son yanked, and pulled at his umbilical cord or the few minutes that he was blue at his birth; but my son was delayed. We didn't notice anything major until he missed milestones that other babies were making such, as crawling, and babbling, etc. We tried doing research online, and found something called Early Intervention 
. We soon set up and appointment to have them evaluate our son, and he started to get services to help him catch up a little to where he should be before starting pre-school. I do remember a couple of the aids that came to our home had mentioned that they thought he was very smart child, but they thought that he was Autistic in his behaviours. We got a recommendation from one of these aids to get him diagnosed by a Behavioural Pediatrician in our area. Upon going to this appointment we discovered that our child was diagnosed as having PDD-NoS( Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified); this basically meant that he had some of the symptoms and behaviours of a child in the Autism Spectrum, but still seemed like a typical child. We found a book about this diagnosis here - this was one of the best books that we had come across while doing research about it. I rated this book 5 stars on goodreads.com It answered a lot of questions that we had and gave us some hope for our son.
The main reason I wanted to write this blog was so that others who may be experiencing the same thing have a resource of their own; and so that I can share with others just what it is like so that maybe people can feel some compassion for children in the Autism Spectrum.
. We soon set up and appointment to have them evaluate our son, and he started to get services to help him catch up a little to where he should be before starting pre-school. I do remember a couple of the aids that came to our home had mentioned that they thought he was very smart child, but they thought that he was Autistic in his behaviours. We got a recommendation from one of these aids to get him diagnosed by a Behavioural Pediatrician in our area. Upon going to this appointment we discovered that our child was diagnosed as having PDD-NoS( Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified); this basically meant that he had some of the symptoms and behaviours of a child in the Autism Spectrum, but still seemed like a typical child. We found a book about this diagnosis here - this was one of the best books that we had come across while doing research about it. I rated this book 5 stars on goodreads.com It answered a lot of questions that we had and gave us some hope for our son.The main reason I wanted to write this blog was so that others who may be experiencing the same thing have a resource of their own; and so that I can share with others just what it is like so that maybe people can feel some compassion for children in the Autism Spectrum.
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