Learning Issues: Adult Child

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Adult Son Who Had Learning Disabilities as a Child Still Struggling as Adult

I have an adult son who is 28 years old. As a child he was diagnosed with; ADD, an Auditory Processing Disorder, Dyslexia and a Memory Disorder. His physical motor skills, emotional and mental skills developed much slower (years) than my other two children. I couldn't afford the special schooling the Dr suggested and had to rely on the public school system which was extremely lacking. To complicate things for him, I was a widowed mom, no life insurance when their father passed when my children were ages 6, 4 & 2. While I was a devoted...

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Ultrasounds and Autism or Speech Delay?

Hi Moms, I am pregnant with baby #2 and have high blood pressure. Because of this I've been having a LOT of ultrasounds - so many I can't count anymore. I've been reading a lot about ultrasounds causing brain damage and being a possible cause of increased rates of autism and speech-delayed children. Have any moms out there had a bunch of ultrasounds while pregnant and gone on to have healthy children? Are there moms out there who had no ultrasounds or just 1 -2 who have children with autism or who were speech-delayed? Thanks all.