Guest guest Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Hello Everyone,I'm new to your message board but have already learned a lot just from reading the recent messages. My name is L and I have a 5 year old son named Robby that is currently in the diagnosis phase with our local children's hospital and is about to enter the IEP process. He currently attends a private Montessori school and I hope to keep him there since they have been so helpful and truly care about our son. He currently attends group therapy at our local children's hospital for food aversions which is where we all started noticing his behaviors. He also started pre-K this fall which has been difficult for him especially in social situations. We were told by the psychologist at the feeding team that it is most likely from her observations so far that our son has high functioning Aspergers. She suggested we get a clinicial diagnosis through their autism center. My husband and I didn't know anything about Aspergers or Autism so we ran out and bought some books to read. After reading those books we started to realize that all his quirky behavior, his intelligence, his never ending interests in science (especially the solar system), lining things up all the time, tantrums, food issues etc. were all related. He is our only son so obviously we were devasted and worried for him. After the initial shock, we made the decision to do what we can to learn as much as we can to help him get the help he needs. I don't know any parents in my area to talk to or ask questions of. I will be attending my first parents support group in early December so I'm looking forward to that. I'm so relieved to find this group. Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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