Curveball

Did you know that when you have a child with ASD, the chances of other children in the family having an ASD go up? We knew that. We were told that when Stephanie got her diagnosis, and from all we've read.

We've been seeing red flags in Wesley. We pawned it off as him imitating Stephanie for a long time. But, it's gotten worse. And we went to Rochester for Steph's follow up appt and talked the doc for a few minutes about him. She even came out into the waiting room to talk to him for a minute. She said he needs to be seen asap. So. Referral is in, and we are waiting for an appt. We are hoping to get in before the end of the year, since we don't know what insurance we'll have after that.

Based on our own research and reading, I'm betting PDD-NOS and SPD. (That's non specific Pervasive Development Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder.) PDD is mild on the spectrum. He's got no language delays, and much less self-stims then Steph does.

This comes in the midst of some serious changes we've needed to make in our household and in us as parents. It's chaotic, difficult, draining, and overwhelming. More on that later tho.

In the meantime, we are now parents of 2 special needs children. Not anywhere we thought we'd be. And even though we already have been down ( and are still on) this road, the grieving process starts all over again.