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Post by Alicia on Oct 14, 2005 12:06:47 GMT -5
HI! I have a 2 year old daughter who just had an evaluation for her speech delay. The early childhood services would now like to evaluate her for autism. Who exactly is qualified to test this? Does anyone have any suggestions for where to go for diagnosis? I am having a hard time dealing with this and my husband does not want to believe his daughter may have autism. He thinks I am over reading the situation. Any suggestions for the next step I should take?
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Post by momofautistic on Oct 15, 2005 14:59:21 GMT -5
Alicia, I can understand how your husband is feeling i went through the same thing and it delayed my sons diagnosis and treatment. I would allow the early childhood services to evaluate her they are qualified and will be of great support to you.
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Post by melissa on Oct 15, 2005 18:46:09 GMT -5
Our son was around the same age when we started to get him evaluated for speach problems, but it wasn't until we moved to a larger town and had more resources that we started to evaluate him for more one the evaluations being for autism. My husband also was at a dismay about any thing being WRONG with his son. I think in many ways men see this as a reflection of who they are. He always refered that his son was not retarted. Which wasn't at all the case, but how he viewed the term mentaly impaired. It took me over looking my husbands views and doing what I felt was right for our son and had him evaluated for autism, through an early childhood intervention in our community. Once I had a solid diagonsis from them and an agrement on the diagonisis from our sons Dr. I was able to approach my husband with solid evidence and facts. It still took time, but my husband now understands autism as well as I, and I more than proud of his son. To sum every thing up- it is so much better to find and test every way that you can early to see if your child does, or does not have a learning dissability. If she does than you have so much more power over the support you can give her early on to help her succed great in life. And if she doesn't you will know more about who she is and how she learns, and leave with out the doubt, and with the peace of mind that she is going to be okay.
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