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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 529197" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Hi, and welcome.</p><p></p><p>Not sure where you are in the world (we're all over on this board!) - if you give us a general idea of your location, it helps - as you see, my location is VERY general... but even just knowing you're in the USA vs. say, Canada, makes a difference.</p><p></p><p>You definitely haven't had the best of luck with evaluators... and a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) is not qualified to rule out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). He started life with a range of problems, and he has gotten some help, but... there is more.</p><p></p><p>Has he ever been specifically evaluated by an Occupational Therapist (OT), for sensory integration and motor skills issues? Obviously, he has motor skills issues... these may be at the root of the "dressing" problem. What accommodations do you make? Does he have to do buttons, zippers, etc., or are all his clothes pull-ons? Just trying to get a feel for the situation. Sensory integration is another huge source of behavior issues. WE don't see the triggers, but if the child is being "overloaded" on some level... it really helps to find out what the triggers are. </p><p></p><p>Even though the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) overstepped by "ruling out" Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... any chance you could ask the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) about APDs? Not necessarily language processing, but maybe one of the others, like the ability to listen through background noise? APDs are mentally exhausting. Usually not caught until at least age 7 or so... but if he's already working with a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) may have noticed things...</p><p></p><p>It's so hard when we don't know what is going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 529197, member: 11791"] Hi, and welcome. Not sure where you are in the world (we're all over on this board!) - if you give us a general idea of your location, it helps - as you see, my location is VERY general... but even just knowing you're in the USA vs. say, Canada, makes a difference. You definitely haven't had the best of luck with evaluators... and a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) is not qualified to rule out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). He started life with a range of problems, and he has gotten some help, but... there is more. Has he ever been specifically evaluated by an Occupational Therapist (OT), for sensory integration and motor skills issues? Obviously, he has motor skills issues... these may be at the root of the "dressing" problem. What accommodations do you make? Does he have to do buttons, zippers, etc., or are all his clothes pull-ons? Just trying to get a feel for the situation. Sensory integration is another huge source of behavior issues. WE don't see the triggers, but if the child is being "overloaded" on some level... it really helps to find out what the triggers are. Even though the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) overstepped by "ruling out" Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... any chance you could ask the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) about APDs? Not necessarily language processing, but maybe one of the others, like the ability to listen through background noise? APDs are mentally exhausting. Usually not caught until at least age 7 or so... but if he's already working with a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) may have noticed things... It's so hard when we don't know what is going on. [/QUOTE]
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