J was evaluated today at the WI Early Autism Project. He did well and was cooperative for the most part. The two doctors watched him play and asked me a ton of questions. The bottom line is that the testing done today shows that he falls right in the middle on the autism scale in the mild-moderate range. This is the same result as the initial testing in July. The only difference is that this doctor may choose to put the label PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified) on J rather that autism. The doctor feels that he would benefit from therapy, which can be up to 35 hours a week in our home.
Now comes the really hard part, the funding. I'm going to call our insurance and see how much, if any, of the treatment they will cover. If the won't cover any of it, we'll have to wait until J comes up for waiver funding sometime next summer. It's really, really expensive and there's no way we could pay for it out of pocket.
Object du Jour: The doctor had one of those rectangular peg thingys (I have no clue what they are called) where you can put it over your hand and the pegs form to your hand. J was in love. When she left and had to take it with her, he wasn't happy. All the way home in the car, he kept saying, "See rectangle later?" I think I know what else to tell Santa to bring this Christmas!
ETA: It's called a Pinpression. It took me tons of Googling to figure that out! But, now I know that Target has them (according to their "Find It at a Store" button.
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