tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post114368880428304534..comments2023-05-27T23:20:32.194+10:00Comments on Marco's Blog: Does not play well with others :-(Marco Parigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00702055111711651319noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1147148358671878182006-05-09T14:19:00.000+10:002006-05-09T14:19:00.000+10:00I have a 12 year old child who I believe could be ...I have a 12 year old child who I believe could be ASD, 2 schools (principal, 3 guidance officers, teachers, special needs aids) believe he is, he currently attends 2 hours a day and I homeschool... it has been a frustrating journey for us as we need help with dealing with specific issues... so guess we are other end of scale. I balked at any diagnosis for fear of labelling for a long time and have now come round to seeing it as a means to an end. Another perspective. Good luck with your precious one... DonniDonnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001976055418064078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1144036658717448392006-04-03T13:57:00.000+10:002006-04-03T13:57:00.000+10:00The strange thing is, our situation (compared to p...The strange thing is, our situation (compared to peers) is almost perfectly ideal. The aid at the kindy has been the aid for all our children. The childologist is familiar with all our children and their various behavioural traits, and can separate that which is learned behaviour and that which is inborn. We agree with the kindy teacher that they need an extra pair of hands just to account for Zac's needs. We agree that regardless of the merits of the diagnosis, that the best outcomes would be had by him going to kindy as well as other playgroup or special education sessions. The childologist even told me straight out that he needed our permission to make a diagnosis, and that it was reasonable for him to withdraw it in the future if based on our say-so it would be better. I talked to a friend with an autistic child, and she couldn't believe that Zac was diagnosed, when the childologist in question had refused diagnosis in several other cases she was aware of. This doesn't change the fact that the science of these disorders is almost irrelevant in the face of the hidden hand of the economy of special education.Marco Parigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702055111711651319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1144029598041580922006-04-03T11:59:00.000+10:002006-04-03T11:59:00.000+10:00I was talking to a teacher who was frustrated that...I was talking to a teacher who was frustrated that the childologists would not diagnose a form of autism for a kid who she and the parents thought had it. Not because the childologist didn't think the kid had it, but because it would label the child at a very early age. <BR/><BR/>In the mean time, the teacher had no support at school for this child & so had to stint the other students of her time, & the kid didn't get enough support either.<BR/><BR/>Of course it would be nice if they could do a "watching brief" diagnosis that permitted funding and support to help with development of social skills and then could be confirmed or rejected as a diagnosis when the child was older and the symptoms were more obviously autism or kid is smarter/socially less mature than class matesJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909466417710679436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1143855694603042952006-04-01T11:41:00.000+10:002006-04-01T11:41:00.000+10:00After more thought, I think you should get a secon...After more thought, I think you should get a second opinion. All that stuff sounds like normal small boy behaviour to me. Our son showed all the traits except the last one, and the childologist said it was just because he was an Alpha in a world of Deltas and Epsilon semi-morons and wasn't interested in Centrifgal Bumble-Puppy and other games of the proles. As for talking in gestures and single words, my little brother spoke mostly in truck noises for the longest time, and then he turned out to be the smart one when we hit uni.Dr Clamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985493422534275997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104479.post-1143705926637387522006-03-30T18:05:00.000+10:002006-03-30T18:05:00.000+10:00There you have 100% of the explanation for the 'my...There you have 100% of the explanation for the 'mysterious' rise in autism over the past few decades, about which people have spent good money investigating the posisble role of antibiotics, pesticides, daytime television, etc. :( The idiots at my son's school wanted us to have him see a psychologist, because if there was something wrong with him they could get money.Dr Clamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985493422534275997noreply@blogger.com