Edward Said:

my child is 3 years old and has special needs we want to adopt him. Is the process easy?

We Answered:

i have no idea what you could do but im sorry for your situation

Renee Said:

I have a six year old daughter who is having trouble concentrating at school, what can I do to help her?

We Answered:

My son has speech problems, has always been advanced in many things but has an attention problem too, his eyes also are acting weird. He was diagnosed with Sensory Intergration Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder and is working with a councler, physical therapist, psychiatrist and will be seeing a occupational therapist soon. He is going to be 6 in August. I was told the PDD and sensory problems will affect the ability to pay attention as ADHD is usually part of PDD and can also tie into SI.

Eleanor Said:

What can I do to stop Lisping?

We Answered:

You might ask your dentist, sometimes it has to do with the way your teeth are aligned and a retainer at night could help. Otherwise, seek a new speech therapist.

Ann Said:

Could my son have Autism?

We Answered:

I have a 3 yr old with autism, I would say yes there is a possibility your son may also have autism. Your son seems to have a lot of charcteristics my son has. I think an important thing to know, is each person is an individual..they can exhibit any combination of these behaviors in any degree of severity. So some characteristics that may be present in one diagnosis of autism may not be found in a diagnosis of someone else with autism.

If you go to the link below, they have characteristics of autism and the other PDD's, they also go over what criteria needs to be met for autism, asperger's and the other PDD's. (Diagnosis of PDD, including autism or any other developmental disability, is based upon the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), published by the American Psychiatric Association (Washington, DC, 1994), and is the main diagnostic reference of mental health professionals in the U.S.)
They also talk about other disorders that have similarities to autism but also can be more prevalent in autism.