That centre really does sound wonderful. I love your attitude toward your son as well! And I agree with you totally, that unobtrusive therapies that improve quality of life are wonderful.
I can pass for neurotypical easily in most social interactions, since my parents caught on early to the fact that I had social skills problems and needed to be explicitly taught the unwritten rules of social behaviour (e.g. eye contact). However, I have major problems with executive functioning that are seriously compromising my university work, and my physical and sensory issues never got treated. I'm in therapy for the school issues and for the emotional issues that going undiagnosed for so long caused, but I don't have anyone helping me with the coordination problems or the sensory problems. Fortunately, my only major sensory problem is oversensitivity to taste--I eat a fairly small selection of foods, with almost no fresh fruits or vegetables. I am also under-sensitive to light and colour, but I deal with that by surrounding myself with rainbow things and bright yellow things :).
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Date: 2008-08-13 03:54 am (UTC)I can pass for neurotypical easily in most social interactions, since my parents caught on early to the fact that I had social skills problems and needed to be explicitly taught the unwritten rules of social behaviour (e.g. eye contact). However, I have major problems with executive functioning that are seriously compromising my university work, and my physical and sensory issues never got treated. I'm in therapy for the school issues and for the emotional issues that going undiagnosed for so long caused, but I don't have anyone helping me with the coordination problems or the sensory problems. Fortunately, my only major sensory problem is oversensitivity to taste--I eat a fairly small selection of foods, with almost no fresh fruits or vegetables. I am also under-sensitive to light and colour, but I deal with that by surrounding myself with rainbow things and bright yellow things :).