themary
03-22-2005, 02:54 PM
My daughter, who is now 3 1/2 yrs old has autistic traits but isn't consistent. Some days it is obvious she has autism and other times even I get fooled into thinking she may be ok. How typical is that?
Her dx was borderline autistic in Sept of last year. She is in special preschool now getting speech and some physical therapy. She is about a year behind in both speech and gross motor. I don't know what to think of my daughter to be honest. Today I am 100% sure she has autism because mostly she is not trying to communicate. And she is rubbing her face a lot and my fingers. She has done that since she was 4 months old. On bright eyed days it’s hard to imagine that she has autism.
SO where dose she land in this spectrum? If her autism is seen half the time then does that mean we have a 50/50 chance that she will be more severe? Other labels she received were PDD-NOS greatest delay in speech.
What have others seen over the years in their child with this similar diagnosis? Do they typically improve? Is this a pivotal moment that can go so drastically either way? I just thought today "Wow, this is really happening". I still struggle after all these months with accepting all this.
Her dx was borderline autistic in Sept of last year. She is in special preschool now getting speech and some physical therapy. She is about a year behind in both speech and gross motor. I don't know what to think of my daughter to be honest. Today I am 100% sure she has autism because mostly she is not trying to communicate. And she is rubbing her face a lot and my fingers. She has done that since she was 4 months old. On bright eyed days it’s hard to imagine that she has autism.
SO where dose she land in this spectrum? If her autism is seen half the time then does that mean we have a 50/50 chance that she will be more severe? Other labels she received were PDD-NOS greatest delay in speech.
What have others seen over the years in their child with this similar diagnosis? Do they typically improve? Is this a pivotal moment that can go so drastically either way? I just thought today "Wow, this is really happening". I still struggle after all these months with accepting all this.