I am having difficulty organizing my thoughts for a preliminary evaluation with the pediatrician. I feel like I have such a long laundry list I'm having a hard time approaching it. Tips?
Did you write it down? I kept a list for years.
My 10 year old son desperately wants friends. We don't have too many kids in our neighborhood. It would be nice to find some sort of play date with group outings to periodically meet up with so he can have play time with kids his age. He does belong to Scouts but they really don't do that many outings, surprisingly.
Hi,
I have 5 years old autistic son and we are leaving in Maryland.My son was receiving ABA therapies from a private company.ABA services were provided almost every working day for 15-16 months.
Unfortunately, on March 1st, our company was reverifying the benefits for the 2016 policy, United Health Care (private insurance from my husband work in Virginia) did find an error in the previously stated benefits
They are stating that this is a small group policy and it does not have ABA therapy… read more
thank you. I will look them up. I wish I could help you, but INSURANCE SUCKS! everytime I walked into a therapy I was required to pay
My grandson is 5 years old and was diagnosed as high functioning when he was 3. Since then, his ASD has changed and somewhat progressed. He has recently begun to use the restroom many many times per hour. And wherever they go, store/restaurants, he has to use the restroom there, in many cases, multiple times. The dr believes it is anxiety and prescribed Zoloft.
My daughter is really worried about giving him this medication and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this medicine… read more
Thank you so much for your response. It's great to hear all the different perspectives and experiences.
Hello everyone
We are at the very beginning of our journey... Since testing takes time, I wanted to be proactive and do as much as I can on my own and with help of our family and friends. How do I introduce them to the issue? How do I ask for appropriate help and support? What is the right thing to say and what is not? Is it ok to ask for monetary help (costs of therapy, dietary supplements, therapeutic accessories, etc) if yes, how to do so in a delicate manner
Thank you for all of your… read more
Ok, I get where you're coming from. I agree, then just an honest approach will be best. Throughout that whole time with my kids, I just presented everything very matter if factly to people
Thanks,… read more
@A MyAutismTeam Member ~smile~ and hello! I'll pass them on to my son for his little boy (3) to get him to watch him and see if he notices when he's sick or what other things might affect him. Thanks… read more
Does anyone know about Auditory Motor Mapping Training or Melodic Intonation Therapy? I have read just enough to get interested in it as a way that maybe I could teach my grandson to talk. He has been in speech therapy in his special ed class for over a year and while I've seen improvement (mostly with ABA) it is pretty slow. Temple Grandin's book,"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum", says that music therapy has shown significant results in teaching speech. I read the study by Dr… read more
We used a music therapist for about 2 years and only gained a little. But I don't think she had a lot of experience. And she did not use either of those methods mentioned.
if yes, how does it work? Can i be my own child's caregiver/provider if approved? thinking about applying for IHSS for my 5 year old daughter.
Thank you :)
My son is 6 years old has been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome since February 2013 and also has ADHD w/ anger. Since the time has changed and the weather change it doesn't take much to cause him to have a meltdown and then he gets so so so mad.. We try everything that we can think of but nothing is working.. And this is just since the time changed and weather changed about 1 1/2 weeks ago. I have asked the PAP( pediatric adolscent psychiatrist) and all they tell me it is a sensory issue and a… read more
I think the time change has my son all out of sorts this week. Oddly, in January he had great behavior in school. Since then he has been more defiant at home and school. Now that we changed our… read more