A Lot Can Change in 10 Years |
| Published: November 5, 2007, 10:11 pm |
| Tags: baby, diagnosis, parenting, american academy of pediatrics, asd, aspergers, autism, autistic, baby, children, education, family, health, love, parenting, pdd nos, universal screening |
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I learn that someone I’ve known for a long time has just had a baby and, after sending off a “congrats and hope you’re all well!” email and going throughout the day (waiting for Charlie’s bus, loading up the car with the materials for his home ABA program and heading to the office for a meeting, picking up my parents at the train, dashing to Walgreen’s before the pharmacy closes), a number creeps into my head: 18 to 24 months. That’s the ages that young children are now to be screened for autism, per the American Academy of Pediatrics‘ call for universal autism screening, as announced one week ago. I guess it will be noted (I hope it will) that there’s someone with autism in the family. I wonder what it would be like if Jim and I were now the parents of a newborn baby, in a world in which autism is becoming a common diagnosis. I hope new parents can just hear a bit about how, while the past 10 1/2 years raising Charlie have been a [ Full article ] |
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