ALL the Therapies

Last month, I wrote about receiving the diagnoses.  I let it sink in, and started reading books (and websites, and Facebook pages, and blogs...) on all the various issues my son is facing.  I have learned a lot! I also started making the phone calls to start the various therapies that were recommended.

Vision therapy started last week to help correct his convergence insufficiency (CI).  The next 16 weeks will be pretty intense (out of town twice weekly, plus homework), but then it should be over for good.  In three weeks, he will start back to occupational therapy at the same place he went earlier this year, and also add pragmatic speech therapy (social skills).  This is only once a week, but for an indeterminate length of time - could be a year or more, now that the Boy is on an insurance that doesn't arbitrarily limit his visits (woohoo!).

Counseling starts soon - paperwork was filled out today, parent consult next week, then he will start sessions with a counselor who is used to ASD children.  This will help him cope and give us someone local to help guide us along this journey.  This clinic is growing and should be adding other useful opportunities for him in the future, such as social skills groups.

Tomorrow is another visit with the psychiatrist who started it all - all the referrals started with her.  Hopefully, we will get a genetic test (from GeneSite) back at the appointment that will help us know what medications work best with his body, in case we decide to go that route in the future.

Speaking of genetics - we did get one test back.  It was through LineGen and did show an abnormality!  That was a surprise.  He is being referred to a pediatric geneticist at some point so it can be explained, but the paperwork we were sent did a pretty good job.  Its interesting to see that other people with the same micro-deletions have a lot of similar issues, but not all.  My husband and I will likely be tested to see if we carry the same deletions, or if it was a fluke.

His sensory issues have been pretty mild this summer, since I've been focused on getting him plenty of exercise and time outdoors, and limiting school expectations.  (We've been plugging along our homeschool readings, typing and math games, and its been working really well.)  He has had friends over several time, and made new ones at the pool.  In less than a month, though, we will be back to full-time school!

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