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PotteryGal

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I found it alarming how misdiagnosed it is. I think she said that she noticed that something wasn't right when he was a baby and the doctor said something like it being an inner ear infection or something. It wasn't until he was in Pre-school or Kindergarten that a teacher (an underpaid teacher) caught it.
I actually did a research project on autism back in college...but it was more focused on the "gifted" autistic children with the amazing abilities.

That is sooo frustrating. There's this misconception that boys develop slower than girls and that moms are just overreacting. We can't afford to do that anymore. What needs to happen is a developmental screening within the first two years of age. There are also two possibilities...one being infantile autism, the other being regressive (that is more heart wrenching I think). In regressive, the child's development is normal until about 15-18 months, some cases they start talking, and then boom....everything goes away.
With Joel, he was, as we described it, a very laid back boy from birth. We attributed it to a personality difference with his sister, who is very type 'A'. Around his first birthday, we noticed he would look at the TV peripherally, not straight on. He also covered his ears when we sang happy birthday to him. As he grew older, language would not develop...he would say a word once and then never say it again. I think the biggest alert to us was one Easter, we were doing an egg hunt at my mom's and he broke away from his dad and started running for the road. We called his name, we told him to stop, and he kept running. Fortunately, DH caught up to him, but they took a tumble on the pavement. And there was a car coming, but they had seen and slowed down. That was the first BIG clue that Joel was in his own little world. He was 27 months, and he was officially diagnosed just before his third birthday.

Wow, sorry, didn't mean to write a mini-novel. :o
 

PotteryGal

Active Member
Your right, still 1 in 166 is un nerving! I would bet his IQ is high. He has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, I also would add LoDD, lack of discipline disorder which is his mothers fault!

But that could be part of his issues too. I mean, I don't know how his mom is with him, but what others see as a lack of discipline could be an inability to cope with his environment.
 

rlaeromech

Member
That is sooo frustrating. There's this misconception that boys develop slower than girls and that moms are just overreacting. We can't afford to do that anymore. What needs to happen is a developmental screening within the first two years of age. There are also two possibilities...one being infantile autism, the other being regressive (that is more heart wrenching I think). In regressive, the child's development is normal until about 15-18 months, some cases they start talking, and then boom....everything goes away.
With Joel, he was, as we described it, a very laid back boy from birth. We attributed it to a personality difference with his sister, who is very type 'A'. Around his first birthday, we noticed he would look at the TV peripherally, not straight on. He also covered his ears when we sang happy birthday to him. As he grew older, language would not develop...he would say a word once and then never say it again. I think the biggest alert to us was one Easter, we were doing an egg hunt at my mom's and he broke away from his dad and started running for the road. We called his name, we told him to stop, and he kept running. Fortunately, DH caught up to him, but they took a tumble on the pavement. And there was a car coming, but they had seen and slowed down. That was the first BIG clue that Joel was in his own little world. He was 27 months, and he was officially diagnosed just before his third birthday.

Wow, sorry, didn't mean to write a mini-novel. :o

Wow, Jenny! I don't know what to say!
 

jesserin

New Member
Hi My Jess..When you get back.....How was the movie?..:)

Ok - I gotta run for a bit, errands and whatnot. But the movie was really cute - you've gotta see it... just don't drag Drew along - it's definately a girls night out movie. Jay was mad at Mandy Moore the whole movie. :lol: (she dates, and sleeps with two guys) :eek: :rolleyes: So he pretty much hated it... but Diane Keaton is hysterical in it. :)
 

maggiegrace1

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Original Poster
Ok - I gotta run for a bit, errands and whatnot. But the movie was really cute - you've gotta see it... just don't drag Drew along - it's definately a girls night out movie. Jay was mad at Mandy Moore the whole movie. :lol: (she dates, and sleeps with two guys) :eek: :rolleyes: So he pretty much hated it... but Diane Keaton is hysterical in it. :)
:lol:
Ok..Thanks Love....

I will talk with you later...
have a good day..:)
 

PotteryGal

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sigh...looks like something Conan O'Brien would do on his show! Actually, that would never have been Tolkien's intent. He talked of the friendship between Frodo and Sam as that between a soldier and whoever helped him (can't remember the term).
I have a video clip from Conan, where they showed Gandalf escaping with Pippin for Gondor, and as they leave the stables, they start playing 'Who Let the Dogs Out' :lol:
 

rlaeromech

Member
sigh...looks like something Conan O'Brien would do on his show! Actually, that would never have been Tolkien's intent. He talked of the friendship between Frodo and Sam as that between a soldier and whoever helped him (can't remember the term).
I have a video clip from Conan, where they showed Gandalf escaping with Pippin for Gondor, and as they leave the stables, they start playing 'Who Let the Dogs Out' :lol:

Oh I know! I just love Gandalf's face at the end!
 

rlaeromech

Member
But that could be part of his issues too. I mean, I don't know how his mom is with him, but what others see as a lack of discipline could be an inability to cope with his environment.

Well his mother is one of those, everything wrong is someones else's fault. Like one night he drops an F-Bomb, at church!!! His mother calls me and wants to know who provoked him to say that!
 

mpoppins76

Well-Known Member
Good Morning... I'm off to go catch up on the last 300 posts in the other thread... see ya in an hour or so. ;)

Mornin, Jess! Hee. Rick's pet peeve...

One of my FAVORITE movies....That and the first one..LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sohappy:

The first one reduces me to a blubbery mess of tears. Every time. :lookaroun

Anyways.. I'm off to a breakfast! We've got a new editor today and the company got us food to celebrate... yum!

Bye Bunny! Stay warm!

Wow, sorry, didn't mean to write a mini-novel. :o

Frustrating, indeed. Not the mini-novel. :)


*cough* dork *cough*
 

PotteryGal

Active Member
Well his mother is one of those, everything wrong is someones else's fault. Like one night he drops an F-Bomb, at church!!! His mother calls me and wants to know who provoked him to say that!

Aah, I see what you mean.....their precious child would never do anything wrong on their own. We lived in a whole neighborhood like that about three years ago - had to move to keep our sanity. Heaven forbid you call one of their kids on their own misbehavior. All you got was a lecture on everything that was wrong with your kid :( . We bought that house right after Joel was born; sometimes I think the postpartum depression I had was due to that environment!
*okay...deep breath* rant over
 

rlaeromech

Member
Mornin, Jess! Hee. Rick's pet peeve...



The first one reduces me to a blubbery mess of tears. Every time. :lookaroun



Bye Bunny! Stay warm!



Frustrating, indeed. Not the mini-novel. :)



*cough* dork *cough*

*sighs*.... I'm not sure what I did this morning to get on a certain New Yorkers bad side, but oh well!:dazzle:
 

rlaeromech

Member
Aah, I see what you mean.....their precious child would never do anything wrong on their own. We lived in a whole neighborhood like that about three years ago - had to move to keep our sanity. Heaven forbid you call one of their kids on their own misbehavior. All you got was a lecture on everything that was wrong with your kid :( . We bought that house right after Joel was born; sometimes I think the postpartum depression I had was due to that environment!
*okay...deep breath* rant over

They have two kids in the youth, the other one only shows signs of LoDD!
 

rlaeromech

Member
*giggles* I'm just messin w/ you, Rick :p
You know, you remind me of my prom date, she was my sisters best friend, she is about 5'0", great sense of humor, witty, and just as you thought you had a friend, WHAMMO! she lay the best cut down on you right in front of everyone else...

She's still a good friend, goes to church with me, still has a great sense of humor and STILL never misses a chance to make a crack! You two aren't related?
 

mpoppins76

Well-Known Member
You know, you remind me of my prom date, she was my sisters best friend, she is about 5'0", great sense of humor, witty, and just as you thought you had a friend, WHAMMO! she lay the best cut down on you right in front of everyone else...

:eek: I'm your friend. :(
My prom date wasn't quite as pleasant. :lookaroun I took a guy that I'd been friends w/ since birth. Our mom's were best friends all through school and he was born the day after me. We grew up together; Bday parties, vacations...so when prom came around and I didn't have a date, he offered and I thought it'd be fun. Our families got together and watched old movies of us when we were little while we were at the prom...I wish I'd stayed w/ them. :lookaroun He was SOO obnoxious and was a complete moron the entire time. I was so embarrassed and ended up spending the entire night trying to stay away from him. :brick:

She's still a good friend, goes to church with me, still has a great sense of humor and STILL never misses a chance to make a crack! You two aren't related?

Not that I'm aware of. You never know though! :D
 

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