Re: RN and Autism Mom Originally Posted by lovetp4ever2002 Hi, I'm Betty. I am a RN who works in Geriatric Psych. But most of all...
I am an Autism mom. My son Jacob, 6, was diagnosed with high functioning Autism when he was almost five. I saw the s/s earlier but was in deep denial. Now I regret not getting help sooner, but since he's been in therapy, we have seen tremendous results.
I never thought about going into Developmental Disability Nursing until now. Can anyone give me pointers to where I might start. I live in TN.
Looking forward to chatting with you all.
Betty
Hey there,
I am Mike, a CRNA with a 5 year old with ASD. We found out at Denver Children's Hospital just before he turned three. My wife and I suspected as much but we were in denial for a period. All I can say is keep up the therapy sessions. When we were in Colorado, my son had OT, PT, speech, and dynamic platform (aka therapeutic equestrian training). He made great strides, but the Army moved me and he regressed and lost we figured about 3-6 months of progress. Obtaining our services again through tricare still isn't finished and my Wife is the expert when fighting Tricare (they stink about getting services, so much red tape). But we have OT and speech, working on PT, and take him to a local stable to ride.
Keep fighting the fight. I moved to study Autism, give me four years and I will tell you more

. I am looking at endocrine abnormalities in males with autism.
Take care,
Mike
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