Frustrated w/ Children's Hospital

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Hi all,

(age 8), had his neuropsych eval over the last two weeks. I generally take

all this w/ a grain of salt, but figure if I get a tidbit or two of halfway

decent information then I ahead. Well, I went in to meet w/ the doctor to

discuss the results. Scattered skills, which is nothing new. BUT, she's saying

his cognitive (I guess reasoning and critical thinking) is at age 2, while other

learned skills are ranging between ages 6 and 7. So, because of the cognitive

gap, their report will say autistic AND intellectually impaired. She kept

trying to reassure me that they were doing all they could w/ the genetic testing

research, blah blah blah, but that this would ultimately be helpful in making

sure that he receives all the services he needs, etc., especially when he gets

to be 14 and picks a vocational training program in high school.

Amazing to me how many clueless PhD's are out there......

Needless to say, I will NOT be sharing the report, as I don't want school to

have any reason to lower their expectations of his abilities. We're actually

pretty happy w/ the school team, so we're just going to leave that be.

Thanks for letting me vent!!!

Alaine