Wishing you the best.....Aunt KimT is giving him a great example. Hopefully he takes it home with him.

From personal experience, dealing with the whole autism thing is horrible.

My nephew was diagnosed with Aspbergers. My oldest son has what is called developmental delay.
My number one recommendation is to find a Good Neurodevelopment pediatrician. I was lucky when I was referred to one Dr, only to be told there was a year and a half waiting list for an appt. Then talking to other people was referred to one about a 90 mile drive from us. This Dr is WONDERFUL!!
I cant tell how many times in meeting with social workers (who in Pa takes care of getting kids like my son the help they need) that my son is autistic. I pull out my paper from my Dr and say"No he isn't" I kinda sound like an a-hole but I have to say "Do I believe you, or a Dr who studied at John Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic??" The problem I have now is that he is no longer eligable for the one therapy he used to get, and where they said was the perfect fit for him to get ready for school, we make to much money (you have to make under $20,000 for a family of 4 to join) My poor son in in Limbo.

Anyway, I do believe that they diagnose autism way to much, and that they are readily given drugs too fast.

OK, off my rant.....If anyone ever has questions about it, feel free to PM me, glad to help others!

My daughter was ruled ineligible to receive OT services at school because she didn't have enough "wrong" with her, just handwriting issues. Our pediatrician wrote a prescription given to the school nurse that she receive OT services. Try that in desperation.

I think that sometimes it is too easy to assign a label to someone just to have an answer.

My son is 14 years old and has autistic spectrum disorder. I was exceptionally lucky that he was diagnosed back in 1996, when he was just two and a half years old. I had a GP who was 'on the ball' so to speak in that he was willing to entertain the possibility that there was something not quite right with my boy and also a health visitor who was also willing to listen (there are a lot of GP's and HV's here who think they know better and won't or refuse to listen to a parent's legitimate concerns about their child, it's scary but i am also a person who will not be fobbed off where my kids are concerned). Anyhow...autism back then was seen as a 'last chance' diagnosis...in that they'd gone through a list and that was what was left. Nowadays that's not the case, what with the controversy about vaccinations and that alleged link, it's more in the public eye these days so i don't personally think that it's a case of 'too many' diagnoses of autism, i think it's a case of doctor's being better informed and more educated. It's a pity the pencil pushers who allocate treatment/therapy/financial aid don't feel the same sometimes.

My son is pretty easy going. He has developmental delay, his social skills are very immature to non existent and he has behavioural problems as well as the mental retardation that goes hand in hand with an autism diagnosis (not an Aspergers, that's the crucial difference between an 'autism' and an 'Asperger' diagnosis, the IQ level). I'm also in the UK, where access to the services that my son needs are fortunately available to him. We(his dad and i) don't have a social worker assigned, i feel we don't need one but we know there is one available for us if we need one. Similarly we have access to a psychologist (he hasn't seen one since he was eight years old) should we need it. He's a pretty happy kid, really into music at the moment (he has an interest in Madonna at the mo') he's about five inches taller than me with feet twice my size (just about literally...he has close to Goren sized feet).I honestly wouldn't change a single millimeter of him.

I know CI have covered AS in an episode, and it was briefly touched upon (though not expanded on) in a season siz ep (the one Eames tells the boy she works with Batman), but i'd be interested in seeing Goren interact with a child/young adult on the ASD spectrum. Just my thoughts

found this near the bottom of page 2 and had to bring it up, but with a question....anyway!

OK, asking this and not sure if it's been addressed in the other pages (didn't feel like reading through all of them)....anyway! Here's my question:

I've seen online (forget which site, might be a link from imdb) a list of all the guest stars on CI, and Tony Goldwyn is listed as both Michael Goren and Frank Goren. Is Frank one of these people that go by their middle name and his name is actually Michael Frank Goren? I don't ever recall hearing him called Michael in any episode, and if I remember right in the epi description for Brother's Keeper I think he's listed as Michael Goren. Or did the writers just decide to change the name?

He was original supposed to be called Micheal Goren, but I guess they decided to call him Frank, I am not sure if it was due to the fact that a killer on SVU was named Michael Goren.

They used the last name Goren on SVU? Did they run out of last names or something?

I actually think the episode was before CI. But don't remember. I just wonder after they decided on Michael Goren if someone looked it up and realized it was used as a Murderers name.

Yep, it was SVU's 2nd Season's first episode, predating CI.... "Wrong is Right" - a great episode.

Thanks everyone! Glad to know I wasn't going nuts or imagining things.

No, you are not imagining things.

But the going nuts part might be open to interpretation.... Hee Hee Hee

I like teach's description of family (at least hers) as "Planter's Party Pack of Nuts". Fits mine to a T.

just sayin! tee hee

<laughin>

I find the most interesting things when I go through the old, old threads.

Stupidest question ever, but in View From Up Here, in the beginning before the credits when the girl is looking through the door listening to the conversation, is she wearing contact lenses? You can see a closeup of her eye, and it just looked like she had a contact lense on. Just wondering what other people thought.

I dont know- never noticed and since we dont have it on DVD (grrrr!) I can't go check.
But, speaking of contacts...I have always wondered if VDO wears contacts or glasses. You would think that you could see the contacts on some of the closeups of his eyes, but I have never noticed. Anyone know?


I have a question about "Monster" (the epi abt the yuppie murderer and the bad cop who framed the kids). THere is a scene where VDO is reading from a psychological book, "Remorseful, predatory, charming..." Eames says, "Anyone we know?" THe first million times I saw it- I figured she was talking about the suspect, but the other day, I thought, "Is it a snark against Bobby?" He could be considered all of those things.

So do I. you learn a lot of things around here sometimes.

another oldie but goodie!

What episode was it when Goren and Logan first met?

The first episode that Logan was in was Stress Position (Season 4). It's the one with the unrecorded prisoners courtesy of the Patriot Act and one of the people caught up in the case was Logan's girlfriend who was a nurse at the prison.

What episode is it that G&E are on a stakeout in the back of an NYPD van or something, and Eames is sleeping, when Goren pours her a cup of coffee from a Thermos and is like "it's your turn" or something? It's been driving me crazy, because I keep thinking the ep. has something to do with drugs, but I don't remember.

The episode is Silver Lining. Bobby was really excited in that episode

Thank you! I kept thinking it was Suite Sorrow for some reason, but knew it couldn't have been right. At least I was right about it starting with an "S".

I don't remember this ep very well, but I'm sure that someone will be able to piece it together for me:

What is the name of the episode with the person who's husband was killed on 9/11 (but not in the towers) and his wife had his sister look into his insurance or some mess and the sister ended up getting killed. I know that it is from one of the early seasons, perhaps even 3. The crime that happened in the episode was that the man's sister was killed, and the part that I remember is that she was being followed around by some man named Ben.

Anyone?

But Not Forgotten? The one with Frida, the ex-cop and his wife and a hit-man ?

That's it, but the sister was looking into and IRS tax audit, not insurance.

Thanks. I'm proud of myself, I guessed the season accurately. I made it to where I could watch some eps on y laptop through ly home network, but the name of the show and episode titles do not transfer. I started watching this ep a few days ago, and I realiezed that I hadn't seen it before. Or alt least to where I can remember.

Your welcome, jc.

Question: Why the heck has Bobby never gone on Jeopardy? He'd have a longer streak than Ken Jennings! Eames should secretly sign him up...

Was Nicole married to Gavin Haynes? What happened to their marriage?

Yes, they were married shortly before "A Person of Interest", giving Nicole (who was still calling herself Elizabeth Hitchens) the US citizenship she needed to avoid extradition to Australia for a financial crime committed by the woman who's identity she stole.

They were divorced sometime between "A Person of Interest" and "Great Barrier". The reason given by Gavin was that he wanted children and she couldn't have them and wouldn't consider trying. I suspect there was more to it than that... I think he also got some inkling that the woman he fell in love with was a fabrication of Nicole's and that something darker lay beneath it, but we don't know for sure.

BUMP!!! (we again need this thread, and need to get rid of that offensive thread)

I agree. I don't think she could keep the facade of the good wife for long.

in what episode was Alex pregnant?

She was pregnant for the first part of season 3. The first episode, Undaunted Mettle, has her telling the captain. The next three episodes she is still working and her clothes are getting looser. Then we have the 7 Bishop episodes. Eames made an appearance in 3 of those (Stray, A Murderer Among Us, and Sound Bodies). F.P.S. is the one where Bobby gets a text message at the end saying the baby had been born. Then she was back for the next episode, Unrequited. And BTW, according to the time stamps on those episodes, they have Alex back at work about 2 weeks after giving birth. What a woman!

I've been watching season 3 for the last couple of weeks while I'm working on my fanfic.

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She was pregnant for the first part of season 3. The first episode, Undaunted Mettle, has her telling the captain. The next three episodes she is still working and her clothes are getting looser. Then we have the 7 Bishop episodes. Eames made an appearance in 3 of those (Stray, A Murderer Among Us, and Sound Bodies). F.P.S. is the one where Bobby gets a text message at the end saying the baby had been born. Then she was back for the next episode, Unrequited. And BTW, according to the time stamps on those episodes, they have Alex back at work about 2 weeks after giving birth. What a woman!

I've been watching season 3 for the last couple of weeks while I'm working on my fanfic.
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I really miss the timestamps. They told us when the episodes took place and gave us a feel for how long they were working each case. Like "Art" (S1#2)--that case took them over a month to solve!

thanks

who is that guy?

Umm....one of the Jonas brothers maybe?

Oh I was thinking Menudo, are they still around?

The episode 'A murderer among us', is on right now. Is it just me, or does the red head Claire look like the killer in 'seeds'?

The Law and Order: Criminal Intent epguide is the best place to check for that type of information. All you have to do is click on the episode name and all the basic episode information is provided, including the names of guest stars. Here is the link: http://www.epguides.com/LawandOrderCriminalIntent/

If any newbies have a question about CI here is a good place to ask.

Me too! I miss the time stamps and the "doink doink" during the epis--anyone know why these were stopped (I think after Season 5)?

The pictures of VDO in a green work shirt with a white t-shirt underneath - does anyone know what movie/series of LOCI those are from? Please let me know as I've seen so much of his work but can't place those pics. Thanks in advance.

Happy New Year to All! Yes we Can! Yes we Did!

If you are referring to a CI episode, those pics are likely from "The Third Horseman" in Season 1. Goren went undercover in a soup kitchen to arrest an anti-abortion activist, who killed a doctor. Goren remained in the white T and green shirt during the interrogation.

Vincent/Bobby was drop dead gorgeous in those scenes. They are from "The Third Horseman". As you can see, I love those scenes so much that I use a close-up screencap of Bobby in that outfit as my avatar.

Absolutely, he should wear his casual clothes more often. He looks more relaxed (like when he takes his tie off!)

From theReel:



Sorry, they're not the best quality.

THUD!!!