Comments on: Possible Autism Signs in the Young Infant http://babyshrink.com/2009/05/possible-autism-signs-in-the-young-infant.html Child and parent development by licensed psychologist, Dr. Heather. Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rachel http://babyshrink.com/2009/05/possible-autism-signs-in-the-young-infant.html/comment-page-1#comment-4463 Rachel Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:51:51 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=556#comment-4463 I keep trying to tell people this, but they just get mad at me! To make matters worse my daughter is developmentally delayed. I've lost friends before because they are convinced she is autistic and that I'm just being stubborn. My hubby and I had to move eventually because by the time she turned 3, our sources to help her were almost gone. The state didn't offer help past age 3. I keep trying to tell people this, but they just get mad at me! To make matters worse my daughter is developmentally delayed. I’ve lost friends before because they are convinced she is autistic and that I’m just being stubborn. My hubby and I had to move eventually because by the time she turned 3, our sources to help her were almost gone. The state didn’t offer help past age 3.

]]> By: CC http://babyshrink.com/2009/05/possible-autism-signs-in-the-young-infant.html/comment-page-1#comment-3315 CC Tue, 12 May 2009 20:03:53 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=556#comment-3315 Thank you for this. My 20-month-old son was recently diagnosed with apraxia of speech and sensory processing disorder. Two out of three evaluators felt he didn't have signs of autism, but one evaluator recommended further assessment. What we've decided to do is to have my son go through speech and occupational therapy for a few months, then have him reassessed. There are people we know who are urging us to push for an autism eval, but I don't see the point of doing that if he doesn't need those services. My son's speech therapist has a son on the spectrum and she feels pretty strongly that my son does not need ABA or floortime and that he's getting appropriate treatment, so I feel confident that we're doing the right thing for the time being. Apraxia and SPD do occur at high rates in autistic children, but they also occur in non-AS kids and it's disconcerting to see that diagnosis being pushed in situations where it's not appropriate. Thank you for this. My 20-month-old son was recently diagnosed with apraxia of speech and sensory processing disorder. Two out of three evaluators felt he didn’t have signs of autism, but one evaluator recommended further assessment. What we’ve decided to do is to have my son go through speech and occupational therapy for a few months, then have him reassessed.

There are people we know who are urging us to push for an autism eval, but I don’t see the point of doing that if he doesn’t need those services. My son’s speech therapist has a son on the spectrum and she feels pretty strongly that my son does not need ABA or floortime and that he’s getting appropriate treatment, so I feel confident that we’re doing the right thing for the time being.

Apraxia and SPD do occur at high rates in autistic children, but they also occur in non-AS kids and it’s disconcerting to see that diagnosis being pushed in situations where it’s not appropriate.

]]> By: babyshrink.com » Blog Archive » The amygdala, babies, and Autism http://babyshrink.com/2009/05/possible-autism-signs-in-the-young-infant.html/comment-page-1#comment-3308 babyshrink.com » Blog Archive » The amygdala, babies, and Autism Tue, 05 May 2009 18:49:19 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=556#comment-3308 [...] Please excuse the “science geek” in me, but this stuff is really important for us to understand. It will help us to better diagnose and help even very young children with Autism-related difficulties, and it will help us to screen out those who SEEM to have Autism, but don’t (see yesterday’s post). [...] [...] Please excuse the “science geek” in me, but this stuff is really important for us to understand. It will help us to better diagnose and help even very young children with Autism-related difficulties, and it will help us to screen out those who SEEM to have Autism, but don’t (see yesterday’s post). [...]

]]> By: WonderingWilla http://babyshrink.com/2009/05/possible-autism-signs-in-the-young-infant.html/comment-page-1#comment-3306 WonderingWilla Tue, 05 May 2009 16:42:33 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=556#comment-3306 Two anecdotes to add. When the subject of the MMR shot came up for discussion in my mommy group, one woman, an occupational therapist, said that she had done her pediatric training with autistic babies (or babies suspected to have autism) and she felt there were some very observable differences from non-autistic babies. She said it to say that none of the kids in the group seem to have autism. There was a pretty good documentary on PBS on a family with a grown-up son with Asperger's, not super high functioning -- I was flipping channels so I did not get the title. In an interview with the mother, she mentions that she thought something was off with him early in infancy... I think she said something about his strange behavior nursing. Two anecdotes to add. When the subject of the MMR shot came up for discussion in my mommy group, one woman, an occupational therapist, said that she had done her pediatric training with autistic babies (or babies suspected to have autism) and she felt there were some very observable differences from non-autistic babies. She said it to say that none of the kids in the group seem to have autism.

There was a pretty good documentary on PBS on a family with a grown-up son with Asperger’s, not super high functioning — I was flipping channels so I did not get the title. In an interview with the mother, she mentions that she thought something was off with him early in infancy… I think she said something about his strange behavior nursing.

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