Hello everyone. I recently stumbled across some links about children that have recovered from their PDD. Does anyone know if this really happens? Is there hope for our dear children? http://home.san.rr.com/autismnet/rollcall.html
I don't know about recovery, but my son, who spoke nothing at 30 months, had five words at 38 months, and now doesn't stop talking! (making up for lost time???) At the very least, it's an improvement...and I'll take it....but we love them anyway tho don't we?!?! ~Lesley Can they recover? I don't know. Probably recovery is possible- in the
sense that these children no longer need any support and are happy and
able to function in society. They may still have residual quirks
( don't we all? ). However I think that the percentage that
recover is very small- maybe around 5%.
Prognosis is dependent on many things- IQ is the most important.
Of course IQ cannot be reliably tested until the child is 5 and testing
a child on the spectrum is difficult - so you're never really sure if
you're getting an accurate result.
With children being diagnosed so early these days-many at less than 2
years, it is impossible to determine prognosis at the time of
diagnosis. However, how much the child progresses in 1 year of therapy
may be a good indicater of future prognosis.
Who know? Hope for the best!
I
feel that our kids can recover. I have two children with Autism, one
who I feel meets the criteria for recovery and one who doesn't. I also
know of other children in Perth who have recovered. However it requires
many hours of therapy to get that result. Good luck for the future.
HHHMMM.. recovery ? so far there is no cure for autism, therefore, recovery would seem unlikely. I do know that as some children progress, they're "quirks" as i like to call them can go unnoticed to the untrained eye, some people go on to live "normal" lives, quirks an all. I truelly believe there is no CRITERIA for recovery, that's just a bowl of pooh. my son will be whoever he is, regardless of what i wish he will be, " IS THERE HOPE FOR OUR DEAR CHILDREN?" my opinion.... there should be hope for our children everyday, no matter what their functioning level is, we have seen too many times, nonverbal autistics, pushed to the side, assuming that they were " retarded" only to find that with the help of facilitated communication devices a genius lies in there. i'm a firm believer that with hard work, knowledgable professionals, love and acceptance, ANYTHING is possible. shakes35238545.6349768518
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