An Official Diagnosis

Spent Monday and Tuesday taking Dominic to and talking with Doctors and Psychologists and therapists at the Alexander Center. They all seemed very interested, and took the time to read and study the work done by the staff in our school district as well as doing their own testing. The one new component was the speech therapy. The therapist looked at overall speech levels, and compared that to communicative or social speech and vocabulary. That was something that really defined some of the issues that Dominic has with other kids.

Their official diagnosis was Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not otherwise Specified (PDDNOS - yes it is vague). I try to explain it to people as Aspergers without the repetitive of focused interest. Although that assumes people know what Aspergers is. Might be easier to explain it as High Functioning Autism, but that carries its own stigma or stereotype.

Anyway, they are suggesting some organized and structures play or socialization groups, and some occupational therapy (play therapy, because that's his job right now). My biggest concern is that he is ready for Kindergarten, and is a capable learner. I know he's smart - I want him to have opportunities.

I'm glad that is behind us, we can take this official diagnosis to the school district and make sure Dominic has all the help he needs.


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Story Ideas continued:

So what happens when you like your "new" personality better than the old. What happens when you find/capture/kill someone from your previous experiences.

What happens when your memory wipe is on top of another memory wipe?