PDD and Proper Diagnosis

PPD is the term for Pervasive Development Disorders. A child with this diagnosis means that your child falls under the umbrella of Autism. This is a vaige diagnosis as it could fall under so many things. When my daughter was diagnosed with PDD, they told me that she had mild Autism meaning she was doing some things according to their age appropriate stage of development. This left me a bit confused because in my opinion as a mother, if she was able to do some things than she would be able to eventually be "cured" and off the spectrum. They quickly corrected me by saying that she could never be "cured' of Autism but could be taught to function independently. This saddened me but it did not stop me from believing that it is possible. A great article to read on the subject could be found at http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_whatis_PDD.