More possibilities

Our lovely Neurotherapist came here so we could have a talk about Cyclone without him being in the room.


It's amazing what Cyclone can hear even when he appears to be engrossed in something else (selective though!). Even though he isn't in the same room!


So both the Neurotherapist and her assistant feel that ASD isn't the main problem with Cyclone. In fact she isn't sure it's a feature at all. In her words "I work with Autism all day - and this isn't Autism". WOW.

2 of the main reasons Neuro chick brings up is his obvious awareness of his behaviour on others. He quite often threatens "If you don't do this - I'll GO OFF!". That's a choice. Aspy kids generally have trouble understanding human behaviour and cues. Cyclone doesn't. In fact since he was a baby (remember the headbutt at 5 months old?) he would drink in reactions. In fact so much of his horrible behaviour was him trying to get a rise out of people. Scorpio and I used to ignore most of it and he wouldn't do it. People in the supermarket would look at us in shock/amazement, Cyclone would see it and that would therefore CEMENT the behaviour forever. Thank you judgemental dickheads.

The other - his superior verbal skills. Huh? I thought that was one of the main reasons Aspies go undiagnosed for so long. They can wax lyrical on all sorts of subjects. Neuro chick says, yes verbal skills awesome - also verbal understanding awesome.


They want me to press forward for a possible diagnosis of ADHD. WOW. Now I understand things like ADHD, ADD, ODD (oppositional defiance disorder), Anxiety, OCD cross over with ASD or present in a similar way. I suppose this is not really news to me. One of the first things I started to research was ODD - not Autism. We pushed for a fast diagnosis of Cyclone in order to gain access to the Early Intervention Funding, and although he scored in the Aspergers range on the CARS scale there were always different possibilities that we needed to investigate....and it could not happen without funding.


It is not uncommon to have one diagnosis and it later changed. This AGAIN is one of the main reasons for EARLY INTERVENTION.


Being at home with Cyclone all these weeks has shown me really how impulsive, inattentive and hyperactive he is. These are main signs of ADHD. When we are at home he is busy doing his own thing like most kids. When he is required to pay attention or concentrate on an activity NOT of his own choosing.....it seems near impossible.


It COULD be the anxiety of ASD that causes him to stress and blow up when it comes to writing his name. It COULD also be the visual processing/sensory issues he has that floods his brain. Everything could be anything at this point *rolleyes*


In any case - forward we go to investigate new possibilities.

Fuck I'm TIRED.