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My husband and I are certified as a pre-adoptive home. We have an 8 year old daughter so we are looking at a 1-2 girls under the age of 8 with minor needs. Seems like we are being presented with kids outside our parameters: large sib groups, boys, preteens, etc. I realize we are limited in our search and we're okay with that. We are currently being presented with a girl in our age range with PDD-NOS. I've done a bit of research on this diagnosis and it hardly seems like minor needs. But I am looking for real life advice on parenting a child with PDD-NOS before we make our decision. Any advice or stories? Thanks in advance!
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It's hard to say whether PDD-NOS is a minor need or not. PDD-NOS is a form of autism but you never know where on the spectrum they are. My experience is PDD-NOS is minor autism. They usually have some characteristics of autism but they don't quite fit the description which requires social and language difficiencies. It is possible she has overcome many of her weaknesses but not enough to overcome the diagnosis of PDD-NOS. I would look more into what her needs are specifically, and then ask more questions. I think PDD-NOS would be a minor need compared to many other needs.
Good luck!
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PDD in my experience is the "catch all" in the autism spectrum. If a child doesn't fit into a more classic category then PDD it is. I have 2 children with PDD dx. One bio and one adopted, both boys. Mine are very high functioning. They have social skill issues. They get fixated on certain things such as dinosaurs and video games. They are both mellow children and can be easily overlooked. Both of mine are avid readers and read well above grade level but have comprehension difficulty. Problem solving is hard and so is processing information. Takes them both a long time to organize their thoughts. We describe our them as "quirky" Like the previous poster suggested you really need to look at this child specifically. With PDD it has a huge range.