Re: Therapy & Vision Question

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If they want clients, they would make hours to suit their clientele.

But it is a business like any other. Some places will have after

school hour appt's and some will take Saturday appt's. We e-school at

home so we have day hours available but it's still hard to get the day

and time that suits us. Having said that, once we get that spot, we

keep it!! So I would suggest that you call around and not give up

trying. Leave messages that you need specific times or days and ask

them to call you if a spot becomes available. I know it's frustrating

but hang in there!

 Roxanna

" The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do

nothing. " E. Burke

( ) Therapy & Vision Question

I have taken my son (7 1/2) to OT over the past year, but stopped going

over the summer, as the therapist couldn't seem to get us back in!!

After a follow-up with the neuro doc., I've decided to go elsewhere for

OT, and to go somewhere he can also get ST at the same time (which he

has only gotten through early intervention when he was younger and

through the school). However....it seems impossible to get him

anywhere!! They either have a waiting list, or can only do it during

school hours. Why would20a pediatric rehab not have later hours? Not

only that.....I am a single Mom, and can not count on Dad to be off of

work to get him to appointments. I started a new job in May, working

8-5, so I can't take him during the day. How do people do it??? I am

so frustrated. I'm going to call around some more tomorrow, and call

the neuro office back for suggestions, but I am going to have to some

how find a way to get him to these appointments. I dont' want him to

go without the help he needs, just because I can't take him myself. As

it was....I pulled him out of school early numerous times last year to

take him to OT...but I only worked until 2:30 back then So

frustrating! You pay these people $120 an hour and they can't have

later hours!!

Also.....I was reading on another post about someone else's child

having vision problems (sorry, I don't remember who). My son has been

wearing glasses since around his 4th b-day (and probably should of had

them way before that). He has very bad vision (farsighted), and also

has a lazy eye (accommodative estropia....i believe it is official

called). Luckily we have never had to do surgery, but we have been

patching since he started wearing glasses (3 1/2 years now....I can't

believe we have done that for soooo long). With everything else, I've

felt like it's just another blow to his self esteem. When he first

started wearing it, he had to wearing it " all waking hours " , but at

4...it was no big deal. He was going to a special needs preschool at

the time, so that made it even easier. As he got older, the kids

started asking questions, and he would be " look stupid " . Luckily we

are down to only 4 hours a day, so we can do it after school (when we

remember!!!). Anyway.....I am wondering if this is common with as/asd

children. It seems I've heard/seen looks of as/asd children with

glasses or vision problems.

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> After a follow-up with the neuro doc., I've decided to go elsewhere for OT,

and to go somewhere he can also get ST at the same time (which he has only

gotten through early intervention when he was younger and through the school).

However....it seems impossible to get him anywhere!! They either have a waiting

list, or can only do it during school hours.

It is like this in my area too. The way it works in my area--it is not that

they don't have after-school appointments--those premium spots are filled up.

Existing clients usually get first dibs when a spot opens up. In our area, you

wait on the waiting list, then you take whatever time opens up. You let them

know you would prefer another time or therapist when it/they open up. As other

spots open up, they go by " seniority " . The longer you have been a client, the

closer to the front of the list you are. As the weeks and months go by, you get

better and better times and maybe more your choice of therapist. One thing you

can ask about is how they handle summer. You can often get into a better time

slot in the summer as many people don't do therapy over the summer. Some

places, once they give you a time slot, it is yours, so you can keep your summer

time slot once school starts. The people who took the summer off lose their

time slot. Other places will let people take the summer off and give them their

time slot back in the fall. They bump off the person who had it in the summer.

You just have to ask. It is a lot worse at places that take insurance,

especially if they take medicaid. So, if money is not a problem, you would

probably find it less crowded at one of the places that doesn't take insurance,

or at least doesn't accept medicaid. I work full-time too. Luckily my employer

was willing to let me work around it. My son and his teachers just had to get

used to making up work. If your child had therapy through the school, they

would also be taking him out of class to give it too him, although it probably

wouldn't take so long.