A Diagnosis
This week we got a diagnosis. It’s one which makes sense to us and which certainly doesn’t come as a surprise, and it’s also quite possibly the first of many on this journey. Little has ADHD. We’ve sort of stumbled across it by accident in a way, as we originally approached post adoption support asking about sensory assessments for both children, after noticing several things which we felt warranted further investigation. They weren’t keen on just looking at the sensory side of things, but after much faffing on their part, we finally got ASF approval for multi-disciplinary assessments, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and a session with a neurodevelopmental paediatrician. We went into it wanting to better understand their inner workings and to develop strategies to help them, particularly in terms of sensory integration. We were well aware that diagnoses might come out of it and we were ok with that, although it wasn’t something we were particula