The woman I spoke to from the ASD support group here had suggested a GP to take the gremlin to, and we saw him yesterday. It was a really good visit... he knew a lot about autism and was able to give us more info on the process and stuff. We let him know we preferred the private route because we didn't want to have to wait, so he gave us some referrals.
He also said he'd give us a referral to the pediatrician at the local hospital as well as the other one. He said it might only take about 4 months to get in there, which is how long we'd have to wait for the private one... and at least we won't have to fork out $400 to see the one at the hospital.
He put the referral through yesterday, but we have to get a report from the daycare as soon as possible regarding her behaviors in school. So we talked to the staff about that today and they said they can get it to us within the next week or two. Apparently they've had to do these before, so they're used to it.
We're still paying for the rest of the assessment ourselves. We have to see a psychologist, speech therapist and occupational therapist, but that shouldn't cost too much. I just can't wait until this is all over with.
It's so awesome that you're finding such a great support structure right there where you need it :)
ReplyDeleteI'll keep my fingers crossed and the my hopes up that things keep going on such an upward spiral ;)
Thanks :-D, we are pretty lucky to have a good support group here.
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