2012-05-20

So We Have a Date.

June 28th, it’s going down.  Two and a half hours of eval-ness. 
By the end, I will probably decide I typoed and it was evilness.
But, we’ll have some answers, about ten thousand more questions, but we will have our start.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this psychologist.  I’ve been told he’s good at working with the family unit, seeing PX as part of a bigger picture, and helping to customize our goals and tactics to best fit all of us.  I like that.  Because as much as I am a “my kids come first, I will cut out an organ or pinkie toe to benefit their quality of life!” I know that some things might just not fly with a sensory sensitive one-year-old who has some *mild* separation anxiety in our family portrait.
I’m really excited to get a diagnosis.  That probably sounds fucked, but it’s true.  I have made peace with the fact my son is most likely on the autism spectrum.  I know I won’t be able to look on the bright side 24/7 and sometimes, I’ll get sad and downright pissed about how hard he has to work as compared to NT kiddos.  And that’s okay; emotions are human.  I’m excited that plans will be able to be focused, we’ll know what options we have and what we have to do to get there.
Only 4 months of total waiting, and we’ll know.  We will have some answers for Gus Gus.
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I completely understand. We just got a diagnosis for my son a week ago today. It was actually a relief at this point!
1 reply · active 682 weeks ago
Exactly! It'll be 4 months since his initial developmental assessment, where he failed his M-CHAT questions and it feels like ETERNITY! I know it's not, but I'm impatient. :P
That's how I felt too. The sick dread that something might be wrong far outweighed bummer of the autism diagnosis. My thinking was now I know what we are dealing with, and can start getting to work to help our son develop as fully as possible.

I do love that eval-ness! So appropriate, at times.
1 reply · active 682 weeks ago
Amen. I had to fill out an initial behavioral questionnaire before they'd even schedule this eval so I've had the preview, lol! I think I'll be more exhausted than my son by the end of the visit.

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