Autism
We had an appointment setup for today to get Emma tested for autism. We went to her appointment and the Dr. did a couple of things with her. Before she came in Emma found some dinosaurs to play with. She loves dinosaurs. The dr. came in and asked emma what she was playing with. Emma responded and told her that they were dinosaurs. Then she asked her what they were. Some of them she know, like a triseritops and bronchisaurus. She asked her some questions and had to ask a couple of different ways before emma said anything or did what she asked her to do. She had her put some shapes in a puzzle. She had her draw a person, say her ABC's and count holes. All of those she did perfect. She did some other things with emma then talked to Chris and I afterwards. She said that she had some concerns with Emma's speech and how she responds or the time it takes for her to respond. She said that when you ask emma a question it takes her a couple of times to ask and that she eventually instead of responding to the easier question asked she finally responds to the more difficult question. I don't know if I just confused anyone by that explanation. Basically, Emma thinks kind of backward compared to other kids. She set up an appointment for Emma to get her ears checked and to get with a speech therapist and after those appointments we are going to meet with the autism specialist after that. She doesn't want to make a final diagnosis until after those appointments. She finally said that there is some form of a mild autism that she has. she wants us to get emma enrolled in a preschool this coming school year. We will find out June 22nd. That is when we meet with the doctor next. We will keep an update on the blog.
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Hmmm that is interesting. I wonder if it is uncommon for kids to take a while to respond. I know Kenid was like that although she was also shy so I don't know if that was the reason. Sounds like it will be a while until you get some answers, the waiting game can be so hard sometimes. Just think even if she does have autism, you know that she will definately make it to the Celestial Kingdom!! Children with special needs can bring so much blessings to a family!! It is them that we can all look to as an example. Love you!!
I think its great that she will interact appropriately with toys I think that is a very good sign, that if and I stress if they think she might have some form of autism that it will indeed be very mild and not keep her from progressing normally! I'll be praying for you! answering the tougher question instead of the easier one is indeed interesting but it may be just as simple as she can't be bothered with the simple stuff because she is so smart!!! hearing tests and speach therapist will in deed answer a lot of their questions. But remember even they can not be correct as we were told Aileen couldn't hear, or that she would never walk. But surprise she does!!!
I left a post for you about this. did you delete it or was it during the time that blogger was down and experiencing problems and it didn't stay or come back. In otherwords, do I need to re-comment or did you get it but don't want to share? the later will not hurt my feelings. I just wanted to make sure you knew I know what you are going through, and that you are in my prayers. Sis. Brown (Lois)
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