Day 2: The Alphabet Soup of our Complex Children

Day 2

When we began our journey the road to diagnosis was filled with confusion and what I later learned was an alphabet soup of labels. Labels to try to explain the challenges we were seeing in my complex children.

First and foremost, my child was not their diagnosis. The labels are tools for getting help and understanding. It gets even more complicated, as that every professional will see things through a different lens adds their own letters to our alphabet soup.

The beginning is learning the acronyms.

The ABC's of Complex Children

AD                       Attachment Disorder
ADD                    Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD                 Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
APD                    Auditory Processing Disorder
ARBD                 Alcohol Related Birth Defects
ARND                 Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
ASD                    Autism Spectrum Disorder
BD                       Bipolar Disorder
BPD                     Borderline Personality Disorder
CAPD                  Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CD                       Conduct Disorder
DD                       Developmental Disability
ED                       Emotionally Disturbed
FAS                     Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FASD                  Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
GAD                   Generalized Anxiety Disorder
GDD                   Global Developmental Delay
LD                       Learning Disorder
NLD                    Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
OCD                    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD                    Oppositional Defiance Disorder
PFAS                   Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
PDD                    Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PTSD                  Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
RAD                   Reactive Attachment Disorder
TBI                     Traumatic Brain Injury
SPD                    Sensory Processing Disorder

I have asked for help from my fellow Parents at Parenting FASD Kids to build a more comprehensive list at Today's Topic Tuesday. I will head back at the end of the day to update our list. If you think of one that is not on the list.  Please email me at anny458@aol.com.

Anny