Comments | mwright626: Autism Screening

mwright626

Autism Screening

Jan 16, 2008 19:39

A lot of you asked what this was -- and basically it was just a series of questions that I said yes or no to.

These are the types of questions:

Does your child ever pretend, for example, to make a cup of tea by using a toy cup and teapot, or pretend other things?
Does your child ever use his or her index finger to point in order to indicate ( Read more... )

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Hiya girl! rubyprincess January 17 2008, 01:38:12 UTC

I am loving your avatar -- is he wearing jammies? They are soooooooo cute!

Going to dig back in your journal and do some catching up.

Have a good night! :)

Re: Hiya girl! mwright626 January 17 2008, 02:38:39 UTC

Yes - they are his moose jammies from Gymboree! I love them.

It's good to see you back here :) I hope you have a great night too!

macee January 17 2008, 02:31:50 UTC

Interesting...I'm hyper-sensitive to autism and I feel like I am constantly looking for signs b/c my BF's son was diagnosed w/ autism (severe). I know our ped does autism screening so we'll discuss it at our 18 mo apptnext mo. THanks for posting this!

mwright626 January 17 2008, 02:40:45 UTC

I am very sensitive too... My cousin's son is autistic (also severe). I really didn't think B was on the spectrum - but you just never know -- and early intervention is best IMO!

macee January 17 2008, 03:07:41 UTC

I don't think Jake is either, but I worry about down the road. You constantly hear about people whose kids were "perfectly normal/talkative/meeting milestones" etc but then suddenly things changed after an illness or vaccinations. I'm terrified that that will happen!

mobox January 17 2008, 21:28:40 UTC

Me too...I think a lot of moms these days are. I keep looking at the signs and wondering...

glamagal January 17 2008, 02:46:27 UTC

I'm highly sensitive to autism because my cousin is a severe behavioral handicap teacher. Most kids were autistic.

I too wonder is this routine for a WBV? I know that autism is more prevalent in boys, so maybe with A we passed this. I also asked a lot of questions at each appt. about autism, and at 6 mos. my ped said to me, "your daughter is SO social ALREADY...you do not need to worry". Right. I worried until she turned 2!

dukes_flygirl January 17 2008, 17:37:58 UTC

I wonder if my doc will do this in 2 weeks. I was so worried about R being autistic, and it was insanely so, my doc and I had many a conversation about it. I don't think that L is on the spectrum, but I won't rest easy until after he is 2!

sunchaser26 January 18 2008, 23:31:17 UTC

Thanks for posting the test questions I was really interested since I have been super worried about autism with Jacob too.

I tried some of the stuff with Jacob the other night and he does all those things so right now I'm not too worried. Our Dr. did not ask us about all those things at his 18 month WBV so I was curious.