Hello, we've heard great things about the school districts in Irvine. My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with moderate ASD. She's been in a special day class in San Leandro, CA and has been in every type of service since she was initially diagnosed (private OT, ABA, Speech and music therapy). The school has offered the basics, and not even OT! After sending letters she will finally have an assessment. She is transitioning to Kinder. At this point we are willing to move wherever services are… read more

My 5 year old son suspected hogh functioning Autism. We are living in a place where no therapist is avaolable can any one help us in getting a preformed plan

He is going to be 7 end of the year.

Started recognizing A- Z about one year ago - 5 to 6 yrs old

Can recognize and say shape of square, circle, triangle
Can recognize 1 to 10.
Basic vocabs are fine, though limited - cat, car, house, flower, fan, etc etc.....

Had also started basic phonics for him about 4 months ago, results had been rather inconsistent and tend to forget easily, and also has tendency to keep repeating confused sounds -
at , ap, ick, all..

Just started to try spelling… read more

Does anyone have suggestions on how best to find a good oral surgeon who specializes in working with special needs people? I took my 18 yr old autistic son in to the oral surgeon for his xray and consultation. I was not impressed with how they delivered the information to him..it made him MORE anxious!!! I am also very concerned about the general anesthetic..and how he will come out of it..combative? sick? also, knowing how autistic people handle pain (not very well, thank you) and the 3 or 4… read more

My youngest is displaying signs of ASD. We have had her evaluated once, she was a little behind in speech and language but the evaluator was not concerned. We are trying for another eval with videos of her range of behaviors. My concern is that after watching her older brothers regress that she will do the same. She needs some dental work and outright fights the dentist. He says she needs to be put under general anesthesia to complete the work. I read somewhere that kids on the spectrum do… read more

My son has autism and is non-verbal. I feel that seeing the dentist would require sedation as well. Thanks in advance!

It's time to take my daughter to the dentist but she doesn't talk, and she screams around people she doesn't know, and I don't know what to do

I have a group of friends who have been such great mom friends. But ever since Johns Diagnosis they seem to not be as helpful. They don’t quite understand the demands of therapy and ABA and the schedule juggling. They try to help but often I find them more annoying then helpful. They even try to talk to me about their Neurotypical kiddos problems at school and I try to help but also find myself getting annoyed at there problems as well. Does anyone else feel this way. Is it part of the process… read more

My 4 year old is moderately autistic, and non-verbal. I know I should be starting to take him to the dentist on a regular basis now... but the thought of bringing him in there, and trying to get him to let the dentist do xrays or a cleaning kind of scares me. I live in a very small town, there is one dentist here, and I'm not sure if there are any pediatric dentists in the region that deal with autistic kids. Just wondering what other parents that might be in the same boat do when it comes to… read more