This is in the "parenting for maybe giftie adults" category again...
DS just had a specialist appt, it's his second, one was for SLP and this was respirology.
I'm having to advocate in both areas, not b/c of giftie issues, but just because DS isn't in the "more common" column. In SLP it's because his expressive/receptive sides are _way_ the heck out of sync, in Resp. it's because the family has an awkward form of asthma, so I know exactly what's up, but the Drs have to eliminate a LOT of more likly possibilities. They're not used to people who can actually answer their questions clearly, but when I showed I could, they got all happy and delved (a lot) deeper. The SLPs just corrected me to answer the way they're used to hearing answers (and discounted a lot of what I said wholesale).
So, my wierd question is: Do other people find that it's really hard to advocate with... erm... less sharp professionals? That they get very combative and... odd?
Is there a way to avoid/improve this? Is this a problem because I'm used to dealing with smart people most of the time? I can't think of a darned thing to do to make the slp stuff go more like the resp stuff.
It felt so GOOD to talk to the Resp.s because I could just say what I meant and not worry too much, it felt "safe" -- like they'd get things right, even if I screwed up a bit. With the SLPs it was the other way around and felt more like swimming in shark-infested molassas.
-Mich
