We met another incredible professional last week as we took Maddy for her eye assessment. Dr. B, we will call him, was such a great doctor. He was very interactive and pleasant as he did his overall assessment of our girl.
You never know what to expect when you go to these appointments and you meet a "new" doctor. One bad experience will make you hesitant at the meeting of any other new doctors.
I still remember Maddy's first PT assessment when they asked another doctor to come in and take a look at Maddy's toe walking.
He stepped in the room. Listened to the PT therapist give her assessment. Then without much thought he says, "Well, she seems pretty autistic to me. What's her diagnosis?"
I will never ever forget that. I can't remember the doctor's name, his face, his...anything...i just remember those words and being shattered inside.
Such was NOT the case with Dr. B. He was great. His initial evaluation had him very unconcerned at this point. She was too young to worry yet about dyslexia and when he heard that I had switched her reading curriculum to Hooked on Phonics, he was very pleased. As much as I want to laugh at those infomercials from my childhood - Hooked on Phonics is actually a legitimate phonic teaching tool for kids learning to read. He loves the program.
He tested her depth perception and was blown away by her 30 second testing with a 100% accuracy. Most kids would only dream to do it that fast.
We began explaining more of her story after he said that it was very clear to him that she was highly intelligent.
Then you could see the wheels churning in his brain...he got excited...more testing options came to mind and now we have Maddy set up to take more evals tomorrow morning. There are some new tests being done with kids who have autism (even in remission....she will always be considered to have it) and he asked if she would be a case study for them.
Of course.
When has Maddy never been a case study? And the more I can learn about her brain...the better for both of us.
More to come. For now we take a sigh of relief in knowing we are doing all we can for her. We buckle down at helping her learn phonics and await results to see just how we might help her more.
Thank you for your continued prayer and support!!!
You never know what to expect when you go to these appointments and you meet a "new" doctor. One bad experience will make you hesitant at the meeting of any other new doctors.
I still remember Maddy's first PT assessment when they asked another doctor to come in and take a look at Maddy's toe walking.
He stepped in the room. Listened to the PT therapist give her assessment. Then without much thought he says, "Well, she seems pretty autistic to me. What's her diagnosis?"
I will never ever forget that. I can't remember the doctor's name, his face, his...anything...i just remember those words and being shattered inside.
Such was NOT the case with Dr. B. He was great. His initial evaluation had him very unconcerned at this point. She was too young to worry yet about dyslexia and when he heard that I had switched her reading curriculum to Hooked on Phonics, he was very pleased. As much as I want to laugh at those infomercials from my childhood - Hooked on Phonics is actually a legitimate phonic teaching tool for kids learning to read. He loves the program.
He tested her depth perception and was blown away by her 30 second testing with a 100% accuracy. Most kids would only dream to do it that fast.
We began explaining more of her story after he said that it was very clear to him that she was highly intelligent.
Then you could see the wheels churning in his brain...he got excited...more testing options came to mind and now we have Maddy set up to take more evals tomorrow morning. There are some new tests being done with kids who have autism (even in remission....she will always be considered to have it) and he asked if she would be a case study for them.
Of course.
When has Maddy never been a case study? And the more I can learn about her brain...the better for both of us.
More to come. For now we take a sigh of relief in knowing we are doing all we can for her. We buckle down at helping her learn phonics and await results to see just how we might help her more.
Thank you for your continued prayer and support!!!
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