It’s official, 2 on the spectrum(((HUGS))) It sound very promising that she got her dx so early. You got VERY early diagnoses -- which is of course great. Sounds liek you have got decent services, too. Your children are beautiful! I just wanted to update everyone, that Sofia recieved her official dx today. The psychologist diagnosed her with moderate pdd-nos. Once the write up of the eval is complete, we can have a new meeting date and add ABA to her therapy package. She'll attend the same center based program as Will for 10 hours a week and recieve 10 hours of ABA at home. We are also expecting that her speech therapy hours will double. Part of me is heartbroken, but I am glad that we finally have a dx and caught it so early. She'll be able to attend the center based program til next August. I called the school the second the we recieved the news we were expecting and they are holding a spot for her and already putting a team together. I am really blessed that we have Will in a good place and they have done a great deal to expedite things for Sofia. Sorry to hear your secodn got dxed. But way to go on taking charge and getting your baby help. Sounds liek you will be gettign lots of help. May I ask what her issues are?GW was born 5/18/08...and we're in a bit of a holding pattern right now. Just look at the great head-start you're getting on services, congrats on that  And HUGS to you....BIG hugs.... Sorry to hear the news but I am sure that she will do great with the therapies in place. I also just wanted to say that your kids are so darn cute!!! I love the new pic. I hope everything goes well for her transition into therapies. I am sorry to hear the diagnosis, but it sounds like you are getting a lot of help. We live in Orlando, and everyone seems shocked that we were able to get one hour of ABA per week and also one hour of speech. That is what happens, I suppose, when you let the people in your state vote themselves tax cuts year after year.so lucky that there help an beter dx at early age then use to be good luck your kids are cuite  I am glad you guys are on top of this.
Thanks everyone for your replies. I really appreciate all the words of encouragement. Lauren and anyone else who is interested about Sofia's issues. She has no words or language at all, doesn't respond to her name at all even though her ears are fine, fleeting eye contact, low muscle tone since she was 6 months old. She w sits all the time and has just started taking steps for the 1st time this week. She has recently started head banging to the point where she bruises herself. She also stares at lights and ceiling fans. She is very destructive and regularly throws things and is very unresponsive to pain. She pushes tv and computer buttons repetively and has recently started laying on the floor while wheeling a car or truck in front of her face. She quit breastfeeding at 6 months and would arch her back as if she was in pain whenever I would try and never really like to be held early on. She started recieving EI services when she was 8 months old because of the low muscle tone, and inability to sit. She also couldn't hold up her upper body during tummy time, and would rely on her hands for support. Because she was so dependent on her hands for support, she never used them and we were able to add OT. Finally at a year, she was having textural issues and was only eating stage 2 baby foods. She would gag on real solids, and wasn't developing speech or language so she qualified for speech as a combination of the feeding and speech issues in addition to her delay in the other motor areas. The other issues continued to pop up when I had her evaluated informally by the director of Will's school who told us to go ahead with the psych eval.
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