Who diagnosed the AS? Is he receiving any services now?
He hasn't seen a neuropsych, though I hope to get him in to see one in the next few months. We experienced a trauma in the family just a month after he was diagnosed last year. We've been focusing on surviving, so all other new things have been on hold. The person who gave him the dx was someone who gets mentioned on this board and who has experience with PG children. That's why we opted to go there.
When we came to the end of our time with this psych, he opted to put ds in the AS category, but said that he could fall on either side of that line. To us that wasn't very definitive, especially since so many of ds' issues seemed as if they could easily be attributed to PG/OE issues. Plus, ds was excitable while in the visit and not really his normal, calm self while there. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but we would have liked him to see him when he was calm, as well as when he was stressed, before making a dx, esp. when he wasn't strongly falling into the AS category.
No, he's not receiving any services now. We would have to drive over two hours to get any. Once he sees someone else (like a neuropsych), perhaps we can get some other kind of help for him.
Thanks again for your help.
