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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, why is your child in physical therapy and what are her "gross motor delays"??????[/quote]

I ask this question because I HAVE A CHILD WITH GROSS MOTOR DELAYS...she can do none of the things you describe.  None of them.  Can't do the shape sorter.  Can't walk. Can't drink from a cup.  Either you are lying, or your child has no motor delays.[/quote]

If you had more experience, you'd know there is a wide range of symptoms and severity with gross motor delays, in fact with any kind of developmental delay.  Two of my kids have SN and the youngest was diagnosed with gross motor delays greater than 25% when he was 15 months old.  Some milestones he met within norml range, others he did not.  My youngest also has apraxia of speech and never learned to drink from a sippy cup but could from a straw and an open cup at a very early age.  He could also sing familiar songs quite well but 90% of what he said was unintelligble to a stranger.  He started PT at 15 months, did that for a year and has been in ST and OT since he was 2.  He's now 5 and can hardly hold a crayon yet he can build using mini-legos.  My oldest also have developmenal delays, including gross/fine motor and speech delays yet he's very different from my youngest.  It's quite offensive that just because your DD can't do what the OP's DD can do, you think she's lying.

OP - I suggest in the future when you have this sort of issue, you post on the SN forum.  It's not uncommon when people know your child has delays that it can come as quite an unpleasant shock that our child doesn't always present differently than their child or may, in fact, be more advanced in some areas than their child.  In short, your child doesn't fit their preconceived notions of what a developmentally delayed child is.  You might considering giving them another chance but don't feel compelled.  We've learned our lives are much better when we don't have competitive, unsupportive people in our lives.  Good luck.[/quote]

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