Posts by fizgig

Expat, I totally 100% hear you about the guilt and frustration.  What you're feeling is VERY normal for parents of special needs kids.  Our DS doesn't have stimming issues but his language is almost 2 years behind now and I...

Myson, our DS has gone through 2 real tantrum stages now and it took some trial and error to figure out what worked best.  I tried exactly what aspeechthx said and it worked when he was younger (maybe 2.5ish) but he recently went...

Hi expat, we haven't dealt with this issue with our DS but a lot of the kids we play with regularly do stim and I've had a lot of conversations with their parents about the exact same dilemma.    It seems to me like this...

Myson, two books that have really helped me when we were going through the whole diagnosis journey were "Play to Talk" and "It Takes Two to Talk."  They are both geared toward helping parents encourage communication and...

Just want to second the idea that you should contact PFLAG!  They are an amazing organization run by and for families of GLBT people :)    Here's a link to find your local...

Hi PB, I would definitely, immediately get a referral to a good developmental pediatrician for an evaluation.  Skip the child psychologist and the therapists and go right to the person able to look at everything (developmental and...

Whew, there is a lot I want to say here, but let me start off with the qualifier that this is all only my opinion and I know some will disagree.  After our own journey I have strong feelings about some of the ways that special...

Well, obviously no one here can tell you what is really going on with your son!  I have met parents genuinely in denial about their children's issues.  I have also seen young children given a misdiagnosis only to eventually...

Our DS is almost 4 and we tried EI in both Texas and CA.  In my opinion, the services you can get through EI vary widely depending on where you are!   In TX we had a very bad experience, they offered us very little and...

Our DS went through an intense hitting and hair pulling stage from about 3 - 3.3 (his language is delayed so he was probably behaviorally closer to 2.5 at the time.)  When he got in that place he was destructive and wild.  It...