Posts by fizgig

You are right where I was about a year ago, trying to decide how far to venture into the world of evaluations and therapies.  I too have my own learning issues (I'm dyslexic and have problems learning languages) and so its not...

OP, I am VERY sympathetic to your issue with labels.    But 2 things I want to say:   1) As the mother of a boy who was mislabeled and HARMED by that mislabel, I totally get it.   Just some back story -...

  For the OP some suggestions: 1. Two books have been HUGE for helping me get our DS (now 3.4) talking more.  "Play To Talk" and "It Takes Two To Talk" are great resources that have specific details about games and...

I'm coming to this question as the mother of a DS who was misdiagnosed as being on the spectrum around 2 years old.  We went through EI and, although they don't really provide an official diagnosis, they basically told us that DS...

I think I would take her to the ped and mention this issue.  Off the top of my head I can think of a few things that could be going on - ear/hearing problems, social anxiety, ASD, or it could be nothing more than slightly more...

I think everyone has great advice.  I think the key is to make sure you have everything written down so you don't forget.  Write down all the concerns, questions, issues, etc.  I would also try to write down your own...

I've been thinking about your post and I also wanted to add that I think you should get rid of that speech therapist asap.  She isn't even paying attention to your actual child and instead has a little checklist in her mind. ...

There are MANY reasons a child can talk late.  Our son was also quirky and late talking.  He is 3.3 now but between 2 and 3 we weren't sure what was up.  The only way we finally determined what was up was taking him to a...

Another thing I will suggest is that there are many other kinds of special needs kids out there and if you don't feel like you fit in with the ASD playgroup I promise there are other playgroups out there.  They might not be as...

http://www.parentingscience.com/preschool-stress.html   Tilly, that is a link to an AP anthropologist who looks at some of the data about preschool in relation to social skills.  The short version is that, while kids who...