next step...

After the neurologist's appt. I asked M why he was not so happy, he said that he thinks he just sugar-coated the diagnosis for us for our sake. He remembered reading that PDD-NOS was under the Autism umbrella, the very large spectrum that it is. Within minutes of leaving that office, I was devastated again. Next step, to get an appt. with the Regional Center in CA. I was excited to get in there right away, almost wanting to prove the neurologist wrong. We had to wait for over a month for his appointment, another really lengthy questionnaire and when the day finally came, a really long day with a battery of tests with Hunter. They had a room set up with tons of toys, but he did not seem to want to play, when she handed him a circle to put in the shape sorter, he could not seem to do it, he did not make eye contact, and just sat at the table looking at a puzzle. They did not give us their official diagnosis that day but it was soon after. His diagnosis, Autism but she told us that we were lucky, lucky I thought?! She said he was on the very high-functioning side of the spectrum that is why the original diagnosis of PDD-NOS was given. She thought the future looked bright for him with early intervention and getting him into a program within the public school system as soon as he turned 3 which was just a few weeks away...