We got the report back from Jack's psychologist and the news is good. I'll try to keep it simple for the report is several pages long. Basically, Jack is keeping his autism spectrum diorder diagnosis...although he falls on the "Atypical autism" (pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified) pdd-nos catagory. He fell on the "likely range" for Asperger's and "unlikely range" for autism. That's confusing, I know, since his diagnosis didn't change. The reason for that is, his doctor thinks he will likely continue to remediate and make progress and that neither diagnosis is neccesarily appropriate. The problem with autism (besides the obvious) is that it has many faces and many symptoms....
In a nut shell, he thought Jack was at a 4 1/2-5 1/2 year old level socially. Which we agreed with, and are pleased with, considering his original diagnosis 4 years ago. Obviously Jack is at an 8-10 year old level in other areas (although those areas are not nearly as important to us). So, with that said, we are having him evaluated again by the school district to see what services he qualifies for. He won't qualify for AI (autism impairment) services, thankfully, but he still has obstacles that have to do with OCD, GAR (general anxiety disorder) and ADHD... his doctor felt he certainly has the first two, but thought as he matures those may fade away....and if not, we are to have him tested for ADHD. He is already on meds for anxiety.
By the end of Feb. Jack will be re-evaluated through the school district and given an IQ test to see how we progress from here. Our goal is to do what's best for Jack and make education as enjoyable and productive as possible. Also, we have tried veering off the extremely strict diet Jack is on, but we are afraid it isn't agreeing with him very well. That is still a work in progress.......he will be seeing a specialist in Grand Rapids, Dr. Denboer, Feb. 3rd, who is another holistic medicine doctor. We would like to get a fresh set of eyes on him and discuss treatments, including diet and possibly chiropractor manipulation. I'll keep you posted on all that.
Here some photos and video. I know you've missed seeing Heath (the one man band) so here he is
And here are a couple pix of my parents visiting yesterday....on their way to Pennsylvania to visit their friends the Allens. Thanks for taking down our Christmas lights, Dad. 
See you guys in Fla. in 4 weeks!
Til we meet again, thanks for logging on and checking in with my family.
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