Comments on: 7 Quick Takes Friday–TRANSITION

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:34:51 +0000

Thanks for the words of support, Michelle.

By: Michelle aka Catholic Lady

Michelle aka Catholic Lady — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:47:46 +0000

When my sister went through the IEP process for her daughter (with autism) I remember her mentioning a sense of relief once a diagnosis was made and finally getting a number. She received a full report that let her see that her daughter fell squarely in the middle of the spectrum, etc.

I was reminded of that as I read your post.

It must have been a stressful process to go through, but hopefully they’ll put a plan in place that will really help Julianna as she moves forward. I bet it was hard to say good bye to all the therapists you have had…I know that Kasandra (my niece) gets very attached to her therapists and to things she does for therapy (she does HORSE therapy) and it’s hard for her to miss it or change therapists.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:10:28 +0000

I think it’s just an “is” at the moment. As best I can tell, her impairment is thus classified b/c they can’t ask her if they have the right glasses on her. They wanted it on the initial assessment in case sometime down the line she does need something more. It was just unexpected…but we have TERRIBLE eyes, and expect all of our kids to be in corrective lenses by the second or third grade, so I hope that this isn’t a sign of worse things to come. :/ Oh well, who has enough credit to borrow THAT much trouble?

By: Rae

Rae — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:54:20 +0000

All you go through in terms of assessment and therapy is exhausting just to read about!

Is it right to understand the vision impairment diagnosis as actually a good thing since it might indicate that Julianna could have an easier time after eye surgery someday? I know that these things are never that simple, but wonder whether to read this as just another bad, or something that is potentially good.