Guess what L calls tomorrow?
"Nexterday". Maybe he means it as "next today" but he says it like yesterday.
I love his little neologisms.
So Preschool update. I was told by the teacher today that she thinks that L must be misdiagnosed. She doesn't believe his is autistic because he can "focus and process information and keep eye contact". She believes he is having absence seizures and is having neurological difficulties from this.
It always blows me away when people just wipe away multiple assessments, years of therapy and ongoing adjustments with the old "he has good eye contact" chestnut.
I didn't feel that I need to correct her or convince her. I am just thankful that L is doing well in preschool to such an extent that he fits in pretty much seamlessly.
The so-called absence seizures though are simply L shutting down to process. He does this quite a lot. Usually they occur when he is getting tired, is overwhelmed or is trying to process or retrieve information. He can always be called out of them and they are not seizure activity.
Anyhoo...I was parent helper today and had to giggle at a couple of very typical L moments. The kids were being guided in a game, whereby one child is under a sheet and the others have to guess who it is by the sound of their voice. The teacher asked L who he thought it was and he said proudly "a person!"
The other giggle was when L left the classroom for outside play and as soon as he left the door he took off running. Now it is bloody hot here...pretty much 40 degree C weather and humid too. So running was a strange option, especially for my gross motor challenged lad. I grabbed his hand and said "slow down L, it is a bit hot today for running". He replied in a panicked voice "run outside, not inside" which he repeated a few times. Poor bugger has taken this no running inside rule to mean that he has to run madly around the yard when he is outside...no walking allowed!
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