Yes it has been a loooooong time between posts hasn't it. I noticed that my last was in October and that is when things in our life really started happening, and sadly not in a fantastic way.
In early December 2011, Michael was still developmentally not progressing with his speech and general development. I was concerned, speech therapist was concerned and daycare was concerned.
We got him assessed by North Shore Assessment Centre (previously known as Chatswood Assessment Centre). They were fantastic. Diagnosis - Significant Developmental Delay. They didn't think it was Autism. They gave me a number of places to call for early intervention for speech therapy, occupational therapy, physcholgist etc.
I cried for a day. The next day, although my eyes continually leaked, I called all the recommended services. They all suggested I call a place called "Lifestart". Hmm, hang on, Lifestart is for disabled kids............. oh that's right, my kid IS disabled :-(
Lifestart was the best thing I ever did. I was SO incredibly lucky to get Michael into a programme for 2012 and it has been fantastic, both for Michael and for me personally. I will be forever grateful to them.
Alex and Michael
The other suggestion from NSAC was that we could have genetic testing to see if anything genetic was affecting Michael. In 99.9% of cases it will show nothing, so it was up to us.
When we went to see the paed, I requested the testing.
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