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Hey hey hey...

We are a loving community of friends who help each other and each others' kids.

We mustn't parse words looking for criticism.

We assume good faith and good intentions.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a child who is severely disabled and has no diagnosis. She is 10 years old. You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Many families wait years or never get a diagnosis.

People are free to use whatever terms describe their situation -- especially since so many kids fall through the cracks. Stop expecting order where there isn't any. You sound like you have problems yourself.

Maybe you missed the posts, but the poster was a mom with older children who never had them evaluated. So you don't have a diagnosis is you never look either.

How do you know they've never been evaluated? If they are in speech therapy, in order at least for our insurance to pay, they have to be regularly evaluated. Not all kids need a neuropsych. We've never had one. Big deal. It isn't going to tell us anything more than the many other evaluations we have had.

That's what the mother said.

I am that mother! You misunderstood me. My older son has been evaluated by his pediatricians (several), ENT's, a half dozen SLP's, had a full scale WISC administered by a psychologist, and seen a neuroscientist who is an expert in apraxia. Everyone concluded that he seems to have low-ish time and multiple major articulation errors. All that and nobody knows why. So we focus on the what and thank God he is getting better with therapy and time. Same story to a lesser degree with ds2.

You realize that evaluations are a form of intervention? Also, you need a full evaluation by a developmental pediatrician and/or a neuropsychological evaluation by a psychologist--not just the WISC. Every professional you mentioned has extremely limited scope. My guess is that you're trying to avoid a diagnosis.

...why? If the therapy is working they aren't going to change it. The children are making progress in their identified needs and have had more than enough testing. I've provided therapy and evaluations for hundreds of children beyond age 5 with speech and language needs who have not received, nor needed, a full neuropsych because they had no needs in other areas. Because an SLP is the expert in the field of speech and language disorders, and a clinical psychologist is not licensed or qualified to assess language disorders and delays. (Which, incidentally, is the position of ASHA, since you keep linking those two generic articles from there.) If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, don't assume it's a cat in a duck suit.

I am, however, starting to think that you might need a full neuropsych to determine the underlying cause of your almost obsessive interest in having all children past age 5 evaluated.

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Anonymous wrote:Being ignorant is not a diagnosis.

There is a difference between delays and disorders. When your kid is past preschool age and still needs speech therapy--that's not a late bloomer. That is technically a disorder according to ASHA:

http://blog.asha.org/2015/04/14/language-delay-versus-a-disorder/
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LateBlooming.htm


Yes, some people smoke 5 packs a day and never develop lung cancer. Some people never vaccinate their kids and they don't get sick. It doesn't mean that these are based on any scientific evidence. However, the information by ASHA is.

That article is pretty lame, actually, just saying that the lack of language acquisition can be caused by low cognitive abilities (well documented and that makes sense) or 'autism'. What exactly is the mechanism at work there for the autistic people not acquiring language? Is it also low cognitive levels or something else? And no stupid speculations like 'it's sensory issues' I would like to know the WHY specifically.
I will tell you that the researchers don't know the WHY and not have they spent much time studying nonverbal autistic people. I'll try to look up some studies later, but I e read several - one research team saying that they didn't know where to find the nonverbal people because they aren't 'out and about in the community' - it's maddening.

My guess, OP, is that you're at armchair crank about things you know very little about - you should find another life mission because this one is pretty dumb.

Here's a reasonable article

https://spectrumnews.org/news/study-of-nonverbal-autism-must-go-beyond-words-experts-say/

Here's a little enlightening blurb...

Still, little is known about how to match minimally verbal children with the best therapies to encourage them to develop spoken language. “We have no idea which kids are going to respond to which interventions,” McCleery says. “The more information we can gather on that, the better.”

Also, if your kid is high IQ the odds of them learning to talk are much higher. Perhaps some of these people have high IQ children.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a child who is severely disabled and has no diagnosis. She is 10 years old. You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Many families wait years or never get a diagnosis.

People are free to use whatever terms describe their situation -- especially since so many kids fall through the cracks. Stop expecting order where there isn't any. You sound like you have problems yourself.

Maybe you missed the posts, but the poster was a mom with older children who never had them evaluated. So you don't have a diagnosis is you never look either.

How do you know they've never been evaluated? If they are in speech therapy, in order at least for our insurance to pay, they have to be regularly evaluated. Not all kids need a neuropsych. We've never had one. Big deal. It isn't going to tell us anything more than the many other evaluations we have had.

That's what the mother said.

I am that mother! You misunderstood me. My older son has been evaluated by his pediatricians (several), ENT's, a half dozen SLP's, had a full scale WISC administered by a psychologist, and seen a neuroscientist who is an expert in apraxia. Everyone concluded that he seems to have low-ish time and multiple major articulation errors. All that and nobody knows why. So we focus on the what and thank God he is getting better with therapy and time. Same story to a lesser degree with ds2.

You realize that evaluations are a form of intervention? Also, you need a full evaluation by a developmental pediatrician and/or a neuropsychological evaluation by a psychologist--not just the WISC. Every professional you mentioned has extremely limited scope. My guess is that you're trying to avoid a diagnosis.

Why do you NEED a an evaluation form a psychologist? If your child has language issues, a psychologist is not trained in language issues so that would make no sense.

Anonymous wrote:Being ignorant is not a diagnosis.

There is a difference between delays and disorders. When your kid is past preschool age and still needs speech therapy--that's not a late bloomer. That is technically a disorder according to ASHA:

http://blog.asha.org/2015/04/14/language-delay-versus-a-disorder/
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LateBlooming.htm


Yes, some people smoke 5 packs a day and never develop lung cancer. Some people never vaccinate their kids and they don't get sick. It doesn't mean that these are based on any scientific evidence. However, the information by ASHA is.

Anonymous wrote:OP, your post is so ironic. You want people to stop "diagnosis lawyering" but all you have accomplished with this post is to harass people about diagnosis. Really, you are the worst offender. Stop it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a child who is severely disabled and has no diagnosis. She is 10 years old. You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Many families wait years or never get a diagnosis.

People are free to use whatever terms describe their situation -- especially since so many kids fall through the cracks. Stop expecting order where there isn't any. You sound like you have problems yourself.

Maybe you missed the posts, but the poster was a mom with older children who never had them evaluated. So you don't have a diagnosis is you never look either.

How do you know they've never been evaluated? If they are in speech therapy, in order at least for our insurance to pay, they have to be regularly evaluated. Not all kids need a neuropsych. We've never had one. Big deal. It isn't going to tell us anything more than the many other evaluations we have had.

That's what the mother said.

I am that mother! You misunderstood me. My older son has been evaluated by his pediatricians (several), ENT's, a half dozen SLP's, had a full scale WISC administered by a psychologist, and seen a neuroscientist who is an expert in apraxia. Everyone concluded that he seems to have low-ish time and multiple major articulation errors. All that and nobody knows why. So we focus on the what and thank God he is getting better with therapy and time. Same story to a lesser degree with ds2.

You realize that evaluations are a form of intervention? Also, you need a full evaluation by a developmental pediatrician and/or a neuropsychological evaluation by a psychologist--not just the WISC. Every professional you mentioned has extremely limited scope. My guess is that you're trying to avoid a diagnosis.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a child who is severely disabled and has no diagnosis. She is 10 years old. You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Many families wait years or never get a diagnosis.

People are free to use whatever terms describe their situation -- especially since so many kids fall through the cracks. Stop expecting order where there isn't any. You sound like you have problems yourself.

Maybe you missed the posts, but the poster was a mom with older children who never had them evaluated. So you don't have a diagnosis is you never look either.

How do you know they've never been evaluated? If they are in speech therapy, in order at least for our insurance to pay, they have to be regularly evaluated. Not all kids need a neuropsych. We've never had one. Big deal. It isn't going to tell us anything more than the many other evaluations we have had.

That's what the mother said.

I am that mother! You misunderstood me. My older son has been evaluated by his pediatricians (several), ENT's, a half dozen SLP's, had a full scale WISC administered by a psychologist, and seen a neuroscientist who is an expert in apraxia. Everyone concluded that he seems to have low-ish time and multiple major articulation errors. All that and nobody knows why. So we focus on the what and thank God he is getting better with therapy and time. Same story to a lesser degree with ds2.

You realize that evaluations are a form of intervention? Also, you need a full evaluation by a developmental pediatrician and/or a neuropsychological evaluation by a psychologist--not just the WISC. Every professional you mentioned has extremely limited scope. My guess is that you're trying to avoid a diagnosis.

...why? If the therapy is working they aren't going to change it. The children are making progress in their identified needs and have had more than enough testing. I've provided therapy and evaluations for hundreds of children beyond age 5 with speech and language needs who have not received, nor needed, a full neuropsych because they had no needs in other areas. Because an SLP is the expert in the field of speech and language disorders, and a clinical psychologist is not licensed or qualified to assess language disorders and delays. (Which, incidentally, is the position of ASHA, since you keep linking those two generic articles from there.) If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, don't assume it's a cat in a duck suit.

I am, however, starting to think that you might need a full neuropsych to determine the underlying cause of your almost obsessive interest in having all children past age 5 evaluated.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a child who is severely disabled and has no diagnosis. She is 10 years old. You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Many families wait years or never get a diagnosis.

People are free to use whatever terms describe their situation -- especially since so many kids fall through the cracks. Stop expecting order where there isn't any. You sound like you have problems yourself.

Maybe you missed the posts, but the poster was a mom with older children who never had them evaluated. So you don't have a diagnosis is you never look either.

How do you know they've never been evaluated? If they are in speech therapy, in order at least for our insurance to pay, they have to be regularly evaluated. Not all kids need a neuropsych. We've never had one. Big deal. It isn't going to tell us anything more than the many other evaluations we have had.

That's what the mother said.

I am that mother! You misunderstood me. My older son has been evaluated by his pediatricians (several), ENT's, a half dozen SLP's, had a full scale WISC administered by a psychologist, and seen a neuroscientist who is an expert in apraxia. Everyone concluded that he seems to have low-ish time and multiple major articulation errors. All that and nobody knows why. So we focus on the what and thank God he is getting better with therapy and time. Same story to a lesser degree with ds2.

You realize that evaluations are a form of intervention? Also, you need a full evaluation by a developmental pediatrician and/or a neuropsychological evaluation by a psychologist--not just the WISC. Every professional you mentioned has extremely limited scope. My guess is that you're trying to avoid a diagnosis.

Anonymous wrote:Being ignorant is not a diagnosis.

There is a difference between delays and disorders. When your kid is past preschool age and still needs speech therapy--that's not a late bloomer. That is technically a disorder according to ASHA:

http://blog.asha.org/2015/04/14/language-delay-versus-a-disorder/
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LateBlooming.htm


Yes, some people smoke 5 packs a day and never develop lung cancer. Some people never vaccinate their kids and they don't get sick. It doesn't mean that these are based on any scientific evidence. However, the information by ASHA is.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a child who is severely disabled and has no diagnosis. She is 10 years old. You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Many families wait years or never get a diagnosis.

People are free to use whatever terms describe their situation -- especially since so many kids fall through the cracks. Stop expecting order where there isn't any. You sound like you have problems yourself.

Maybe you missed the posts, but the poster was a mom with older children who never had them evaluated. So you don't have a diagnosis is you never look either.

How do you know they've never been evaluated? If they are in speech therapy, in order at least for our insurance to pay, they have to be regularly evaluated. Not all kids need a neuropsych. We've never had one. Big deal. It isn't going to tell us anything more than the many other evaluations we have had.

That's what the mother said.

I am that mother! You misunderstood me. My older son has been evaluated by his pediatricians (several), ENT's, a half dozen SLP's, had a full scale WISC administered by a psychologist, and seen a neuroscientist who is an expert in apraxia. Everyone concluded that he seems to have low-ish time and multiple major articulation errors. All that and nobody knows why. So we focus on the what and thank God he is getting better with therapy and time. Same story to a lesser degree with ds2.

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Anonymous wrote:That poster has a toddler. It is a delay. When kids become school aged it is a disorder.

Right, but doing nothing but speech from when kids are toddlers continuing well into elementary school without evaluating why they still need speech is crappy advice and shows a real lack of understanding of speech development.

We only did speech. We tried ABA and it was a waste of time.

Yes, and you've never accepted your autism diagnosis either I bet.