Augh we are still all sick, Will being the worst with a high fever and occasional vomiting, at least today we have avoided the vomiting. I have been stuck in this sick house for 3 days now and need to GET OUT!! Doesn't look like this will be happening soon as Will is still hanging on to the fever.
What happens when I stay home too much, I do internet trolling for information on Late Talking. This invariably leaves me saddened, which is why I try not to do it often. Today was interesting as I stumbled across a fellow blogger's blog about her child. From what I could gather she had a bit of a run in with the Yahoo group to which I belong and love. It seems she thought we all had our heads in the sand and should wake up and smell the autism so to speak. Some posts had been deleted but I got the gist that members of my group stood up and said we were not denying autism but fighting to make sure that when it is diagnosed that is a correct diagnosis not one thrown out at a child who doesn't conform with the norms.
The interesting thing was I kept reading her entries and found her son's diagnosis came from a one hour appt. when he was around 2. Flash forward to today about 2 years later and another doctor has revoked the first doctors diagnosis.
I don't want to get into specifics, but it just seemed another perfect example of how we are told these diagnosis from doctors when our children are so young and how often they can turn out to be wrong. So to me its not about putting our head in the sand of denial but not in the sand of one size fits all diagnosis.
On a side note I want to thank my fellow blogger Jackie for helping me set up this blog. Without her it would never have gotten to day 5 or whatever its been so far. So far its been a great way for me to have a one sided conversation about whatever is crossing this mind of mine. I am not open to having arguments with fellow commentators this is just a chronicle of Will's journey that I can look back on and see the progress he has made as time goes on. It also will hopefully keep me from abscessing and help me enjoy this wonderful child I've been blessed with.
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Hey there! You hit the nail on the head with your assumptions about the situation with that blogger. I know exactly who you're talking about. I feel quite sad for her in a way because she has missed out on so much support and community through the Yahoo group.
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