ok, I have never heard of vision therapy. what exactly does that entail? Does this have to do with actual vision itself or is this just a name of the therapy?
They did ask me to get ds eye's checked, which I did and he ended up with glasses.
Ds doesn't have a speech problem that I have noticed other than echolalia. In fact he tends to pronounce words almost too exact, if that makes sense. The psyc said that she wanted him to have a speech eval to see how he interacts in social conversations. Maybe to document the echolalia or solidify the possible aspergers dx?
The physical therapist had ds do some exercises in front of me so that I can see what she was talking about. It was very interesting. For example, ds can't turn his head to one side and keep the other opposite arm and leg straight. As soon as he turned his head to the right, the left arm and leg immediately bent. I said, "you have got to be kidding me!" Everything she said makes total sense but like I said before...it just seems too easy. Like, oh that's all his problem was this whole time?
I had read that kids with retained reflexes can be misdiagnosed as adhd or aspergers or have it have the retained reflexes in conjunction with adhd or aspergers.
One of my main concerns was that ds would go through all this therapy and several months later revert back to the previous behaviors. The pt assures me that he won't...we will see I suppose. Also, this is a lot of money that I am shelling out for this therapy...multiple therapies every week for however long, even after insurance pays their share adds up quick and I will be so disappointed if after all the time, money and energy spent...I see no changes. Although, that is a chance I am willing to take for my ds to have a better quality life.
