RE: Lubbock ISD cured my daughter's Autism

March 24, 2008

Wow, that sounds so much like what is happening with my kindergartener now, only

they haven't tried to tell me he's not autistic.

My sons behavior in the classroom, while the evaluation process was going on,

was getting better and he was doing very well. Then he gets a diagnosis (mild

Aspergers) he gets an IEP and an aid and in the last couple of months his

behavior has been taking a downward spiral. The last month has been especially

bad. What have I noticed when I go in to help in the classroom with kid

writing? His aid that used to come in and help him with kid writing is now not

coming for kid writing because they have another teacher in the class to help

with several " problem " kids, not just my son. Well, my Nick see's this new guy

as a replacement for his aid, even though he's not assigned to Nick, and Nick

doesn't like it. Several times when I would come in he would be giving this guy

a hard time and having meltdowns. Then the behavior would last throughout the

day. Gee, doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the change is causing him

stress. I have told them his behavior is not

worse at home, only at school so that tells me something isn't being handled

right since things have gone so badly. Oh, and get this, the autistic support

teacher says that Nick needs to learn to just go with the flow sometimes. Gee,

ya think? Okay, I'll tell Nick, who is extremely resistant to change and when

he's having a meltdown that he just needs to learn to go with the flow, that

should solve the problem. UGH! You think we can just get him used to attending

school for a few years before we start working so much on the " going with the

flow " aspect?

CH wrote:

That is what they told me about my youngest son, they he may nt even hve autism

enymore, so they remove the aid for a little while, cause the teacher though he

was

getting to attach to her, so they did, and suddenly he start to show regression

and bad

behavior.... they had a little ooooopsie =)...

Aid is back now, and he still autistic of course until they decide he may had

being cure

(Jackie rolls eyes)

Amazing how healthcare providers spend years

looking for answers that can easily be found from someone with a Master of

Education

degree who is performing an ARD. I believe I can stop learning now, as I have

heard it all.

>

> Jeff Cunningham, DC

> Lubbock ISD cured my daughter's Autism

>

> Lubbock ISD has re evaluated my daughter and now she doesn't have

> Autism anymore...worded in their document is that her repetetive

> gestures don't last long enough and her " meltdowns " are just bad

> behaviors used at home to get what she wants...and so the teachers and

> LSP have decided with their re=evals that she doesn't fall into the

> brackets on their tests for Autism, I had been told that the school

> would do this...oh but she does still fit into the speech delayed and

> socially underdeveloped category...anyway...just thought I may suggest

> LISD for those looking for a cure...sarcasm, yes...

>

March 24, 2008

Hi ladies..I am in the McKinney School District and my son is now 10.

He was diagnosed PDD-NOS by the district when he was 3. More testing

done when he entered Kinder and he was diagnosed Moderate/Severe Autism

and was placed in a STC (structured teach) classroom. We slowly worked

him into the gen. ed classroom as he continued to show improvement.

When he was 8, we had his annual testing and ARD where we were informed

he was NO LONGER autistic.(say what!?)..he has been in a general ed

classroom since without an aide and only Resource for support (and he

still qualified for speech) so it has been slightly rough with some

meltdowns...And my son is most certainly in the Spectrum..But he

continues to " grow " in many ways.but we are losing our support as we

come closer to the middle school years.

Re: Lubbock ISD cured my daughter's

Autism

Where in the DSM-IV does it stipulate how long

behaviors are supposed to last to qualify for the DX?

I searched all through my copy and can't find a

criteria for that.

My son was also originally diagnosed by a school

district at age 3 and then after we moved to another

school district, the then Chief Psychologist (not the

current one) said to me " Your child's not autistic,

he's cured " to which I replied, " well hallelujah! By

moving 17 miles north into this district, I can cure

my child's autism! I should have done this sooner! "

His response was " That's not what I meant. " mine was

" No, THAT'S what you SAID! " yeah, well it's been

pretty litigious ever since.

I recommend you get with the Special Education

Director at your District and ask what are the

specific tests, protocols and qualifications of the

evaluator they will accept for the evaluation to be

performed. You may have to arrange for the evaluator

to observe your child in the classroom setting as well

as during unstructured time like recess, I would make

these arrangements as far in advance as possible with

the Sped Director. You may also want to arrange for

the evaluator to observe your child at home to look at

behaviors and unstructured time at home as well. Cover

as many of the bases as you can so that when you

return to ARD, the District members of the committee

cannot refute any of the findings. BUT REMEMBER! ALL

THEY HAVE TO DO IS CONSIDER THE INDEPENDENT

EVALUATION! THEY DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT IT! (Even

though they paid for it!) They can still go with

theirs as the evaluation they choose to use in

developing your child's IEP.

Hope this helps!

Carol

--- kelly dawson <kelly_dawson75@ <mailto:kelly_dawson75%40yahoo.com>

yahoo.com> wrote:

> The reason they retested her they said was to be

> able to model a better therapy and I really think

> now it is so they could stop giving her

> therapy..like OT and to get her out of the special

> ed classroom..they have been trying to do this for

> months, since she transitioned from eci to special

> ed...she was diagnosed originally with mild to

> moderate autism..and now the school says she is

> cured because she doesn't avoid eye contact(she

> rarely did to begin with)...and because she doesn't

> need assistance so much anymore with stairs...what

> do stairs and autism have in common? and because

> the few times the LSP went to the classroom her

> behaviors didn't last long enough...I will still

> take her to her appt, but will the school even

> accept what her dr says, since they didn't accept

> her original dr's dx?

>

> Mouser <ginaamsbcglobal (DOT) <mailto:ginaam%40sbcglobal.net> net>

wrote: I

> guess we'll be moving to Lubbock for the cure.

>

> Lubbock ISD cured

> my daughter's Autism

>

> > Lubbock ISD has re evaluated my daughter and now

> she doesn't have

> > Autism anymore...worded in their document is that

> her repetetive

> > gestures don't last long enough and her

> " meltdowns " are just bad

> > behaviors used at home to get what she wants...and

> so the teachers and

> > LSP have decided with their re=evals that she

> doesn't fall into the

> > brackets on their tests for Autism, I had been

> told that the school

> > would do this...oh but she does still fit into the

> speech delayed and

> > socially underdeveloped category...anyway...just

> thought I may suggest

> > LISD for those looking for a cure...sarcasm,

> yes...

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > Texas Autism Advocacy

> > www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

> >

> > Texas Disability Network

> > Calendar of Events

> > www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

March 24, 2008

My school won't even admit my son has a child psychologist diagnosis of

PDD-NOS, so yeah, it's not an isolated problem- and that's scary.

Anne

-- Re: Re: Lubbock ISD cured my daughter's

Autism

wow...so they are all just stupid....it's just irritating that they make you

feel that it is your fault because the school can just fix the child and at

home the child is so bad...or that is what they make it seem...

CH wrote:

That is what they told me about my youngest son, they he may nt even hve

autism

enymore, so they remove the aid for a little while, cause the teacher though

he was

getting to attach to her, so they did, and suddenly he start to show

regression and bad

behavior.... they had a little ooooopsie =)...

Aid is back now, and he still autistic of course until they decide he may

had being cure

(Jackie rolls eyes)

Amazing how healthcare providers spend

years

looking for answers that can easily be found from someone with a Master of

Education

degree who is performing an ARD. I believe I can stop learning now, as I

have heard it all.