Yay, I'm 160 weeks old today!
Masinja had another eventful week. Speech went well again and he continues to make progress on a weekly basis. His therapist did mention something this week; however, that T.M. and I have been wondering about for a few months now. She brought up the possibility of autism or pervasive developmental disorder. Some of the behaviors that Masinja exhibits are questionable and she said that several of them could be explained by either of these disorders.
Masinja had his 27th ECI session this week. When I told his teacher about his quoting Sesame Street last week when we were playing with his letter puzzle, she said that she would like to have the school psychologist come out and do an observation. She is concerned because some of the things I have reported as well as some of the behaviors that she has observed are considered "red flags" for autism. I told her that his speech therapist had also mentioned autism or PDD in passing recently and that T.M. and I had been having some concerns. T.M. and I weren't too sure how to go about having Masinja evaluated but I guess we've gotten the ball rolling now. We are also going to mention it to his pediatrician when we go for his 3-year checkup next month.
On a not so pleasant note, Masinja had an accident this weekend. We were at T.M.'s hockey game and Masinja fell off of a chair and hit his head on the rim of the plexi glass enclosure. He had a huge goose egg and T.M. and I decided that it would be best to take him to the ER just to be on the safe side considering his history. We spent 2 hours in the ER and then we had to wake him up every 2 hours for the remainder of the night to check for signs of a concussion. It was a long night to say the least!!
Goose Egg
That's all for now.
Peace,
T.M.M.
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