Meltdown at PPCD school evaluation

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It happened, and I was informed by my ECI person that it is rough on

Autistic children, and it was. I was hoping that our pre-evaluation

for PPCD would be ok, yet knowing it could be stressful on my son. I

felt that I was prepared. However, my son had a meltdown because it

was so fast and furious. They would give him a puzzle, then he would

do it, then they'd take it away and move on. We'l, we all know you

can't do that with autistic kids. They have to make peace with their

toys. It was really bad.

We had to forego the ear and eye exams, but I have already had those

done privately. But what surprised me was my reaction, not during

it, but after it was all over and I had dropped my son off to

Mother's Day Out. I went to get something to eat, and pretty much

broke down at the table crying. It just reminds me that my son is

different, he is not the same, and he is certainly not 'normal'. It

also reminds me that he needs 'structured school', 5 days a week,

year-round, not 9 months. This Christmas really kicked his heiney

without a routine.

I'm not asking you to reply to this post. I'm just posting to get it

out of my system. I'm grateful that you read it though, and I know

you have ALL gone through the identical situation. God bless you

too.