My 18 mo had his EI eval today | Autism PDD

I might be in your shoes sometime in the future -- our youngest son has some social delays. Thinking of you...(((hugs))) Hang in there. I can imagine it would just as difficult to hear with each child. Big big hugs.

You guys are SOOO awesome! Such caring, wonderful parents on this board

KajoliT- your comment made a light bulb go off in my head and made me laugh too. Your right, I AM already parenting 2 children with Autism. Duh! And I am doing ok.

(((HUGS))) going through the same thing with my youngest DD at the
moment too.

You will do a GREAT job parenting this child as you do with all your kids
Good job being so on top of things _ wish I had been as smart when R was 18 months
And like someone posted to Rhosyn-on how will I parent 2 kids on the Spectrum - you have already been doing it !
Hugs we are here for you
I am so sorry that your fears are being confirmed. We are here for you... Wow, I cant see how it could get any easier. How in the world do I fit in all the therapies, time w/ other children, husband, everything related to the house etc. And the tantrums and sensory thigs too, I am overwhelmed all over again. And I have my own bi-polar disorder to deal with, at least it is not the severe kind, but still the depression episodes stop the entire house from running. I guess we can only do what we can and really, thats all we can do and should not put ourselves down for it. Ok, now I need to take my own advice LOL

Hugs. I'm going through the same thing right now with Jacob. It's very heartbreaking to hear...even if you've heard it before.

Been there ((((hugs)))) It gets easier.

They did the 2 hour, all areas covered testing. He scored as follows;

Age 11 mo. on expressive language (he says only 2 words, not clearly or consistantly)

NO fine or gross motor delays, yeah!

NO problems in receptive language, yeah again!

The major problem noted was his social/emotional development. They see the same red flags for early Autism as I do.

Sensory Intregration disfunction-further testing needed

They will give him 30 min. weekly of speech and 1 hour weekly of social skills training. Once again I find myself going through the emotional rollercoaster of finding out my suspicions were right and I have a second child on the spectrum. I feel numb today and feel like I am just going through the motions. I thought it would be easier to know my little guy was exibiting signs of Autism since I'v been through this already 11 mo ago. No such luck. I fought back tears the last 15 min. of the eval.

We are now going to go through a developmental ped and start sensory therapy as they agreeded w/ our observations of sensory difficulties. Sigh...