Hi hun. I'm sorry you're having such a stressful time with your DD ATM . I also can't recommend any paeds to you as I live in VIC, but I basically went to DS's paed (who was present at his birth) with some concerns before he turned 2, and he recommended an assesment by a developmental doctor after he turned 2. We went to a developmental doc who was recommended by a good friend and we've been seeing him for a year now. He specialises in ASD but didn't give DS that diagnosis as he didn't fit the main criteria, so he diagnoded him with PDD-NOS (a developmental delay disorder). Because of that diagnosis, we were able to receive the FISIA funding (I think that's what it's called) which will allows DS to see a speech and other therapists he needs (currently we see the speechie only). His delay is mainly with speech. We then registered for early intervention and waited 10 months before we got a spot and we've been going since early Feb and I've already seen improvements with DS. We are about to see the developmental doc again (his last appointment was 6 months agao) for a review. GL hun, I think early intervention will be the big help as in our group we have a range of kids with all sorts of delays, very mild to severe, and the lady there told me they usually see big improvements at he end of the first semester.
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. I also can't recommend any paeds to you as I live in VIC, but I basically went to DS's paed (who was present at his birth) with some concerns before he turned 2, and he recommended an assesment by a developmental doctor after he turned 2. We went to a developmental doc who was recommended by a good friend and we've been seeing him for a year now. He specialises in ASD but didn't give DS that diagnosis as he didn't fit the main criteria, so he diagnoded him with PDD-NOS (a developmental delay disorder). Because of that diagnosis, we were able to receive the FISIA funding (I think that's what it's called) which will allows DS to see a speech and other therapists he needs (currently we see the speechie only). His delay is mainly with speech. We then registered for early intervention and waited 10 months before we got a spot and we've been going since early Feb and I've already seen improvements with DS. We are about to see the developmental doc again (his last appointment was 6 months agao) for a review. GL hun, I think early intervention will be the big help as in our group we have a range of kids with all sorts of delays, very mild to severe, and the lady there told me they usually see big improvements at he end of the first semester.
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