Good news today

My son, James, is suspected to be autistic. He has received a diagnosis of mild PDD from a developmental pediatrician. I wasn't really satisfied with the evaluation. Last week I called Good Shepherd Rehab to make an appointment, but I was told that the wait for an appointment there is one year. I called another place this morning, whose name escapes me right now, and I can get James in to see a psychiatrist and psychologist in 4-5 weeks. FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS!!!! I can't believe it!!!! I'm so excited. I hope that it's actually true. The psychiatrist will actually play with James to see what his strengths and weaknesses are. The developmental pediatrician didn't do that. I hope that we can get a solid diagnosis and get some extra therapy going for James. Right now he is in Early Intervention. He had his re-evaluation about a week ago, and he didn't make as much progress with his speech as I had hoped. I just want to know what's going on with him.