tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post2936404826674818704..comments2023-11-02T07:30:27.680-07:00Comments on A Little Bit Autistic: Autism 101 and nomenclature.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-42092593724192260032008-04-16T05:36:00.000-07:002008-04-16T05:36:00.000-07:00Sarah - that's awesome! You must be so proud. And...Sarah - that's awesome! You must be so proud. And relieved! btw, I couldn't get the link to work. Please keep us updated...stories like yours give me a lot of hope.<BR/><BR/>esthart - ah, the slippery slope argument. This is the second time you raised it. No, not joining in the tea party or spending alone time in the library are not enough to implicate PDD. The communication impairment has to be significant. According to What To Expect - Toddler Years, most children are putting two words together at 22-1/2 months, and almost all children are doing so at 24 months. And of the children who aren't putting two words together at 2 years, many have things like apraxia. The remainder is a very small set of children. So the idea that PDD casts an absurdly wide net is false; only a very small set even meet the communication impairment criteria, and of those, many don't meet the social impairment and behavior critiera.<BR/><BR/>Judith, I would imagine that the eye contact gives you a lot of hope. Those flashes of connection are said to be "teachable moments." So the more he's connecting with eye contact, the more he's learning, isn't he? On a bad day, Brad's eye contact gives me a lot of hope. On a good day, the extent to which his eye contact is consistent makes me skeptical of his diagnosis. Yes, I'm schitzo on a regular basis. :-)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-88797108801474154072008-04-15T03:29:00.000-07:002008-04-15T03:29:00.000-07:00Excellent post. Out of Sync Child was one of the f...Excellent post. Out of Sync Child was one of the first books I read when Jack started receiving EI services.<BR/><BR/>As for eye contact, with family, Jack's has always been really good, although not completely normal. It's actually one of his strengths.Judith U.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17447469967193703208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-9952723943091501332008-04-14T18:25:00.000-07:002008-04-14T18:25:00.000-07:00....Now, lets loop back to the central assertion t.......Now, lets loop back to the central assertion that is causing the members of the late talker group so much consternation......<BR/><BR/><BR/>"consternation" was Laura's added word of emotions applied to others.<BR/>Consternation was not stated ..... disagreement was stated about Laura's incorrect use of diagnostic terms.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Consternation might have originally been a reaction to unethically taking private material and publishing it online. That has since been corrected, but this is only raised to clarify former discussion.<BR/><BR/>DSM IV criteria does not at all state " a little bit autistic" - so these statements are not applicable as diagnostic material, for that reason, it is really not all that useful.<BR/>Although it does demonstrate how diagnostics could easily be twisted and stretched if a one is not careful.<BR/>Under the same light as Laura's statement are some people are a little bit autistic if they like to sit quietly in a room for a short time ? ( or even long),or read in a library. It shows how a fake spectrum can be created.<BR/><BR/>It also demonstrates why therapy should carefully match each specific issue.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678049623844312991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-20885248159431380632008-04-14T17:29:00.000-07:002008-04-14T17:29:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678049623844312991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-64038791104334118132008-04-12T13:50:00.000-07:002008-04-12T13:50:00.000-07:00Well said. Thanks for responding to my comments. ...Well said. Thanks for responding to my comments. I am actually reading "The Out of Sync Child" right now! We just had teacher conferences at my son's school on Thursday and they went really well. At the first round of conferences back in the Fall they said they thought that he might have some "sensory issues". Now his main teacher is saying that his development has really taken off and that she no longer think that their are any concerns or delays. He has really taken off verbally the last few months and I think that has helped with a myriad of issues. (He has 3 hrs of speech therapy a week which has helped.) I still worry sometimes, however, and am totally open when it comes to a diagnosis and further treatments. <BR/>An interesting article that my brother, who is a nurse, just sent:<BR/>http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/04/is_autism_really_on_the_rise.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com