Comments on: Is Your Young Baby Showing Signs of Autism? http://babyshrink.com/2010/01/is-your-young-baby-showing-signs-of-autism.html Child and parent development by licensed psychologist, Dr. Heather. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:45:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://babyshrink.com/2010/01/is-your-young-baby-showing-signs-of-autism.html/comment-page-1#comment-3640 Lisa Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:19:05 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=846#comment-3640 He was diagnosed by a pediatrician working with a speech pathologist and he was at his absolute worst during the evaluation. I actually refused services through the school district after two sessions because it was inappropriate for my son. We are fortunate that I have outstanding health insurance and do not have to pay anything for weekly speech and OT. He has made considerable progress with his private speech therapist and OT but we've beenf ortunate to find good matches for him close to home. He was diagnosed by a pediatrician working with a speech pathologist and he was at his absolute worst during the evaluation.

I actually refused services through the school district after two sessions because it was inappropriate for my son. We are fortunate that I have outstanding health insurance and do not have to pay anything for weekly speech and OT.

He has made considerable progress with his private speech therapist and OT but we’ve beenf ortunate to find good matches for him close to home.

]]> By: Dr. Heather http://babyshrink.com/2010/01/is-your-young-baby-showing-signs-of-autism.html/comment-page-1#comment-3639 Dr. Heather Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:19:41 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=846#comment-3639 Lisa ~ You ask excellent questions, questions that I often have when I am presented with a case of "presumptive PDD". I do worry that PDD is often "thrown around" liberally in the Early Intervention community. Partly, it's due to funding; services are increased when there is a diagnosis "on the spectrum", including PDD. But if you want concrete answers, you should keep asking the questions. In your son's case, who diagnosed the PDD? I would go back to that particular clinician and ask him/her your questions, as well as seeking out a second opinion. You also need to keep in mind that if the PDD diagnosis is removed, any free services you have may be cut. But the bottom line as parent is that you want to see progress, right? So in a way, diagnosis is one thing, but progress is another. Make sure he continues on with the therapies that help him, regardless of the diagnostic confusion that may be happening. Good luck! Lisa ~
You ask excellent questions, questions that I often have when I am presented with a case of “presumptive PDD”. I do worry that PDD is often “thrown around” liberally in the Early Intervention community. Partly, it’s due to funding; services are increased when there is a diagnosis “on the spectrum”, including PDD. But if you want concrete answers, you should keep asking the questions. In your son’s case, who diagnosed the PDD? I would go back to that particular clinician and ask him/her your questions, as well as seeking out a second opinion. You also need to keep in mind that if the PDD diagnosis is removed, any free services you have may be cut. But the bottom line as parent is that you want to see progress, right? So in a way, diagnosis is one thing, but progress is another. Make sure he continues on with the therapies that help him, regardless of the diagnostic confusion that may be happening. Good luck!

]]> By: Lisa http://babyshrink.com/2010/01/is-your-young-baby-showing-signs-of-autism.html/comment-page-1#comment-3638 Lisa Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:59:43 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=846#comment-3638 I have a 3 year old who has been diagnosed PDD-NOS because of his reduced eye contact and severe language delay (which I attribute to two periods of hearing loss due to his Eustachian tubes). He receives speech and OT once a week. His OT and his preschool teachers don't see the PDD-NOS (nor did his pediatrician). His OT thinks he primarily has sensory issues while his speech therapist sees him as on the spectrum. His eye contact has significantly improved over the past three months since his diagnosis as has his speech. How do you distinguish between the two? I have a 3 year old who has been diagnosed PDD-NOS because of his reduced eye contact and severe language delay (which I attribute to two periods of hearing loss due to his Eustachian tubes). He receives speech and OT once a week. His OT and his preschool teachers don’t see the PDD-NOS (nor did his pediatrician). His OT thinks he primarily has sensory issues while his speech therapist sees him as on the spectrum. His eye contact has significantly improved over the past three months since his diagnosis as has his speech.

How do you distinguish between the two?

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