autism Helps

Archive for November 26th, 2009

I suspect my 3 yr old son has a very mild PDD-NOS or Aspergers . He is well above average in academic skills but low in social skills . He is verbal and has 4-5 words sentences . He has only a few signs of PDD-NOS and his behavior is like a normal 3 yr old. However the school evaluation gave him an IQ of only 80 ( almost retarded) , the language specialist said he needs a lot of speech therapy because she didn't even get two words sentence . That's because he is very shy and he doesn't answers to people he doesn't know , the same for the IQ test . I feel that they will place him with these low functioning kids that are not even in the autistic spectrum , they are Down Syndrome and other speech delayed disabilities . I feel that he will not be treated at his level there and the teacher doesn't seem to be trained in autistic disorders . I wonder if he would benefit more if I homeschool him ? does he really need to go to a special needs preschool ?

My nephew is 27 moths old and fits many of the criteria listed by babycenter.com under their wrning signs of a social/cognitive delay. He also shows many signs as per the DSM-IV-TR. When he was younger and now he has rarely smiled unless provoked by tickeling ect., can not name many simple objects, like his cup which he has had for a year and a half. Does not know any two/three-word phrases, and will only tell you a hand full of words spontaniously. Me and my husband are very worried for his developement, but my husbands mother or father (the grandparents), nor my nephews parents think anything is wrong. My sister-in-law isn't a very effective mother when it comes to reading to him ect. but eveyone else tries all the time with him. We all see him multiple times a week. But only being his aunt by marriage no one cares what I think. I am a psuch major and have done research in this area. How can I convince them to get him tested? Or is there something else that it may be?

Kids attitudes and behaviors have gotten worse over the last 10 years. And teh rate of behavioral problems, condtions, etc, such as Autism has gone up too. It diagnosing a child with something like Autism just an excuse for the way they act?