Hi - new to this board!

Hi! I am very new to this board. we just found out that DD is Dx with mild PDD NOS at 20 months. This was very hard and upsetting but know we are heading in the right direction with all the help she will be getting. I am not sure what happens next. I have to meet with our social worker to set up a plan and find out how many hours a week she is getting. She is delayed in speech of course. The Child Psychologist had trouble with my daughter. He said she was borderline PDD NOS. she has many strengths and positives but a couple of red flags. so he said he would DX as PDD NOS so she can get the therapy and help her while she is still so young.

Can anyone tell me a little about your story? how you found out? what can I expect? Have you seen any progress or success from the therapy? my heart goes out to all the parents out there who have LO with autism.

Can you technically overcome this? or is this something that you have for the rest of your life. if you don't want to post, I udnerstand, you can FM if you like. I'm hoping to find strength, support and understanding on this board.

Re: Hi - new to this board!

DD was diagnosed with PDD-NOS at 3.5 yrs. She was a late walker (almost 17 months), had an immense vocabulary but couldn't put sentences together. She had echolalia, sensory issues and quite a bit of anxiety to boot. We first spoke to our pediatrician and then sought out private evaluations. We then sought secondary evals through our district (Lindenhurst). She received her diagnosis by a psychologist and received services through CPSE (ABA, speech, o/t, p/t, SEIT eventually, and feeding therapy).
She's now in 2nd grade in an inclusion class with an aide. She still receives speech and p/t. Without her services early on, I doubt she'd be thriving the way she is today! Early intervention is the key to success and it sounds like you're on top of it!
I believe, in terms of is this a life long thing, autism has no cure so it is a life long thing but I also believe that my DD has a good chance for a happy, healthy and strong future. She'll always be a work in progress but aren't we all?
I'm wishing you and your daughter so much luck with the services! It hurts like hell dealing with it at times but you're definitely not alone

Re: Hi - new to this board!

My DS is 5 and has PDD-NOS. He walked late (20 months), talked late (I think he started putting sentences together after his 2nd birthday), had sensory issues, and stims.

He started an E.I seperation class at a developmental pre-k for 90 mins. 3x a week at 27 months old.
This helped him socially and eventually we started adding services to take place at school.
He was diagnosed at his transition eval. He's the kid where it was "We're not sure, We don't think so, He may be". It was the psychologist that gave him the diagonsis because of the stims and speech delays.

He's now in our districts FT special ed kindergarten program and so far, doing well. He loves school. His pre-k helped him come a LONG way! I will forever LOVE that school and all they did for him and us as a family.

Any questions, please FM me!

Re: Hi - new to this board!

thanks so much for everyone's positive feedback via post or FM.

I can't wait to get my dd started and love the support I am getting from this board. TY all so much!!!!