Appt. at Children's Hospital-NEED ADVICE

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Hi everyone!

I am relatively new to this group and would like to be

prepared for my first appt. at Children's Hospital in

Pittsburgh, PA at the Pediatric Development Center.

This will be the first formal evaluation my son will

receive to confirm the school's diagnosis that he has

Asperger's.

We have been GFCF since St. 's Day, 2001 and he

has shown some improvement. We had been about 75% of

the way there prior to learning about this diet as we

just thought he had food allergies and he has been on

sublingual allergy extract treatment (a la Dr. Doris

Rapp) since November, 2000 and a rotation diet. I

didn't consider autistic spectrum at that time, but I

can tell you last year when we went off milk, we

experienced the dramatic improvement seen by those

just starting the diet. So I know I am on the right

track.

Getting back to my original question, we are told that

our appt. at Children's will last about 4-5 hours.

During that appt. I understand that they will screen

him for any and all possible physical problems, then

we will move on to autistic symptoms. I'm not sure

what to expect. Can anyone who has been through this

tell me about their experience? Since this is

basically traditional medicine, I fear that they will

diagnose and then prescribe the " drug of the month " ,

which I am totally against. He is doing extremely

well just on the diet and allergy extract treatment

and supplements. His attention span at school is of

greatest concern. He is in Early Intervention classes

3X/week for 3 hours during which he receives OT and

Speech.

I have lots more questions, but this will be enough

for now.

Thanks for all the great recipes and support.

Barbara (mother of , almost 5, suspected

Asperger's)

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