A while back, Dr. Blake recommended play therapy for Matthew. I finally got around to getting it done these last couple months. Money is always tight when it comes to things like that. Fortunately, my life advocate person through my medical insurance did some digging and found a lady who has a sliding fee scale that charges $25/a half hour session. So we tried it out. Right from the get go I was apprehensive about this woman. Sean and I sat in on the first session. It really didn't impress me. So I figured I'd give her one more shot and sat in on the session again. Still not sure. The therapist seems a little nervous with other people around, and she shouldn't be. That's her job. So today we had session 3. She wouldn't let us go back. Hmm. That's fine. So I told her straight out that I'm not sold on play therapy and stuff yet. After his session she told me he doesn't need it anymore. I guess that's good, not like she's wasting money anymore. She was upfront.
So now I'll just wait and see what Dr. Blake thinks about all of this. Matthew has improved from school so that is good. I just had him into the doctor the other day (not his regular dr.) and he basically said he's on the Autism spectrum even though the other doc's won't committ to saying it.
Wow. I'm speechless. I think mainly nobody wants to label him so he's stuck with that label for the rest of his life.
Even in his medical records the Dr. was reading off that he's had RSV, MRSA, developmental delays and last but not least... being on the Autism spectrum.
I've had my gut feeling all along that he's a touch Autistic. I guess sometimes mom knows best. I think I even mentioned before that the school did their test and he was pretty close to showing up as Autistic on their evals but they just wouldn't label him either.
It's a broad spectrum, but he's definitely on it considering what he was like from baby on.
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