cc6 - no worries! I am glad to hear everyone's opinions and experiences! To me that's worth more than anything any doctors can tell me. Quite honestly, when an outsider looks at my son, I have no doubt they must see him as autistic. And I was the one initially seeking the diagnosis because I thought it fit. But at that point I had no idea about all the other disorders that could mask as or coexist with ASD diagnosis.
polarbear - thank you for your thoughts here and on my other somewhat related thread I started couple days ago. Just wondering, when your son was little, was he seeking a lot of deep pressure input? DS loves to be squeezed and loves to rub against us a lot, especially with his face. Just like if you imagine a cat or dog would do. My husband and I joke about it that we have our little human puppy
. I wonder if he does it to feel more sensation in his face maybe?
I just find it incredibly frustrating to see how my son is supposed to be getting this "one size fits all" treatment and I KNOW it's not what he needs.
