What in the world does the title of this blog mean?! Well, it is apparently what my oldest son, Chasen was diagnosed with this past week. Let me be clear, Chasen is a fantastic kid but has always been a bit.....quirky. After years of saying he was just really gifted and intelligent, we finally had him tested by a Psychologist and he has some serious issues that we need to start working through.
He has been diagnosed with a Non-Describable form of Autism that is high functioning, but not quite Aspergers like we thought. Here's the Wiki:
Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) is a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)/autism spectrum disorder (ASD). PDD-NOS is one of three forms of Autism Spectrum Disorders. PDD-NOS is often referred to as atypical autism. It lies in between the less severe Asperger’s syndrome, and more severe, typical Autism on the Autism Spectrum. [1]
He also has ADHD and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) but these should resolve themselves with a few years of Therapy and Behavior Modification. Now we can get him into a special school that will help him out.
I'm not really sure why I'm blogging this, but I guess I just wanted the world to know that we finally have an explanation for our son's outbursts and violent mood swings and we can now get him the help he deserves. Everyone has been very understanding, but I just wanted you to know that we really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers. It will be a long road ahead, but we're committed to helping Chasen so he can have the most normal life possible.
On a lighter note, Kyan, our youngest son, was released from Speech Therapy this week and seems to have done a great job overcoming his Speech Apraxia. He rocks! Here's the link if interested.
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/
Which takes me onto my exciting news that I just agreed this week to Illustrate a Children's Book for CASANA which is a Non Profit Org for Speech Apraxia. It's going to be a ton of work, but hopefully it will open up many more doors for me in the future. Fingers Crossed. Life long dream and all that.
Talk to you all later with sketches and art......hopefully
Alex
He has been diagnosed with a Non-Describable form of Autism that is high functioning, but not quite Aspergers like we thought. Here's the Wiki:
Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) is a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)/autism spectrum disorder (ASD). PDD-NOS is one of three forms of Autism Spectrum Disorders. PDD-NOS is often referred to as atypical autism. It lies in between the less severe Asperger’s syndrome, and more severe, typical Autism on the Autism Spectrum. [1]
He also has ADHD and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) but these should resolve themselves with a few years of Therapy and Behavior Modification. Now we can get him into a special school that will help him out.
I'm not really sure why I'm blogging this, but I guess I just wanted the world to know that we finally have an explanation for our son's outbursts and violent mood swings and we can now get him the help he deserves. Everyone has been very understanding, but I just wanted you to know that we really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers. It will be a long road ahead, but we're committed to helping Chasen so he can have the most normal life possible.
On a lighter note, Kyan, our youngest son, was released from Speech Therapy this week and seems to have done a great job overcoming his Speech Apraxia. He rocks! Here's the link if interested.
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/
Which takes me onto my exciting news that I just agreed this week to Illustrate a Children's Book for CASANA which is a Non Profit Org for Speech Apraxia. It's going to be a ton of work, but hopefully it will open up many more doors for me in the future. Fingers Crossed. Life long dream and all that.
Talk to you all later with sketches and art......hopefully
Alex
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