At the suggestion of an excellent librarian working in the children’s section at our local library my son has been reading the Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist series, by Jim Benton. He generally reads to himself but asked me to read to him a bit at bedtime so I did. When we came across the [...]
Yes, it is PDD-NOS after all!
We finally got the neuropsych (neuropsychological testing) results and it is PDD-NOS after all! (See the entry “Autism 101: A basic definition” for more on PDD-NOS.) That may sound like I’m happy and someone might be thinking “Has she gone crazy?” but it’s good to finally have one doctor agree with another (see the first [...]
Personal Introduction
My son is twice exceptional — he is both academically gifted and special needs, or the other way around, depending on how you look at it. There are times when I’m amazed at his intellectual abilities. Even since he was little, he could always figure out very fast how toys are operated and what he [...]