The latest update is that my DGS6 probably does not have sleep apnea. He will get his hearing checked on April 30 unless I can push to get him tested elsewhere. My DGS's dad, my DS, is now a full-time student and this week got DGS approved for Medicaid. So, we have more options.
Also, DGS appears to have a vision problem having to do with focusing. He has been referred to a local college of optometry for vision therapy. He has some kind of accommodative dysfunction and maybe a mild convergence issue. They said when DGS complains his "brain hurts" when reading, he really does have a headache. His eyes cannot change focus from far away to up close and near vision is compromised some.
The optometrist said several scores on the IQ test could be affected by this, such as block design, because he cannot switch focus quickly enough. So, we are waiting to see what the specialist says at the college.
FWIW, the optometrist felt the need to comment that DGS was "really smart." Not according to the WISC-III overall scores! It's frustrating to have a child with 17, 18, 19 in some areas, like abstract reasoning, and below average scores in other areas.
I did find out from the tester that he asked for a break pretty quickly in the first test - block design - one of the ones the optometrist said would be hard with his vision issues!
Thanks for reading and sorry for the long post!
