We had an appointment with a paediatrician this week to assess LM’s development. Although the doctor was overall pleased with LM’s progress, her speech, language and communication are still severely delayed.
She is roughly where she should be or slightly delayed on most of the other criteria. I was not surprised to hear that LM is quite advanced in her visual skills and, according to the doctor, this is her way to compensate for the weakness in her auditory skills, which is what often happens with children with early chronic ear infections.
She is roughly where she should be or slightly delayed on most of the other criteria. I was not surprised to hear that LM is quite advanced in her visual skills and, according to the doctor, this is her way to compensate for the weakness in her auditory skills, which is what often happens with children with early chronic ear infections.
Overall it was a more positive meeting, as this time round a “multidisciplinary assessment” to exclude autism did not dominate the discussion as it happened a year ago. The paediatrician thinks at this stage it is not necessary and would like to see LM again in 9 months. She commented on how interactive LM was and her good eye contact, as well as her "very good concentration". She seems to have noticed a lot of potential in LM and, in her own words, she wants “to see even more results in nine months’ time”.
Well, so do I!
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