"Sean appears to have very little control over his emotions. In one 45 minute session he displayed shyness, hyperactivity, tantrums, crying, self-stimulating behavior preferred by Sean is trickling Q-tips, sand, or other materials in front of his face. He will then pick up the material and slowly trickle it past his eyes, again. Sean will do this activity by the hour. Sean indicated he understood a question with a nod, once. He usually reacted to being called by name facing the person, but not always. Sean has a very short attention span, except for the self-stimming behavior."
Glossary Term: Stimming
Definition: Short for "self-stimulation", a term for behaviors which stimulate one’s own senses, such as rocking, spinning, or hand-flapping.
The report is intensive and thorough. He was mostly uncooperative so I had to report on many of the behaviors used in the Battelle Developmental Inventory. It was reported that their "observation appears to confirm most of the reported behaviors." The report states that Sean demonstrated significant emotional/behavioral deficits in areas of: tantrums, feeding, dressing, play and language.
The Result:
"Based on the findings reported in The Comprehensive Individual Assessment, Part I, the student appears to meet specific eligibility criteria for the following impairments: NCEC (Non-categorical early childhood) - Autism/PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder)"
With confirmation from Neurologist Dr. Seals, Sean was officially Autistic.
Damn.
Terrible news, but at least now you know what you're dealing with....well, sort of anyway. I hate that Sean has autism!
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