Introductions Again

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Permalink Reply by Aimee on May 26, 2009 at 2:04pm

Hi! Tammy - so nice to meet you! I'm Aimee - I just joined this group. I have three boys: Bryn is 7 and has Aspergers, Ozzy is 5 and is 100% neuro-typical, and Ig is 3.5 and I suspect is HFA. I'm so happy and relieved to have found this group.

Ig (Iain) has not been officially diagnosed yet - can't get an evaluation until August! But I'm reading up on Semantic Pragmatic Disorder - he seems to have a lot of these symptoms.

My boys are so different from one another, but all so great. So smart, and so much fun. I feel truly blessed and lucky every day to have my wonderful family.

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Permalink Reply by Tammy Lessick on May 27, 2009 at 9:18am

Hi Aimee. I'm glad you found us. Sounds like you have your hands full. I look forward to hearing more about you and your family.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Cole on June 2, 2009 at 6:07pm

Hey mamas,
I just had baby #6 last month and my oldest child is nine and has ASD. I went very hard with ABA as soon as he was diagnosed (40 hours a week) and also started DAN! I'm happy to report that his gains have been tremendous. He is on curriculum in regular school, plays hockey, and appears NT. It has been so much work and so much money. ugh. But, great results!
All my other children are NT, but of course the jury is out on the newborn. Like the siblings, my newborn is in two intensive sibling studies that will monitor his development and I will not vacinate. Just not in a genetic position to take any chances.
On top of being busy with my crazy family and my son's program (still doing a lot of social skills groups), I also co-founded Mabel's Labels Inc. (www.mabel.ca) so busy times for this mama. I look forward to chatting with you all!

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Permalink Reply by Courtney on October 25, 2009 at 7:52pm

Hi, I am Courtney, mom of 3 and wife of Joe. Melissa is 14 and has ADHD-inattentive. Logan is 3 and has classic autism. Derek is 1 and so far VERY NT.

Logan is fairly non-verbal, but is improving with imitation greatly and has started to actually USE a handful of words... tonight he tried ALL of dinner to say apple. Aaa, then Aaaap, and finally Apple! (we had apples with dinner). He will also use hot and bubble correctly, calls his brother Daaak, and calls our dog by name ... well, Gugar instead of Sugar.

Right now he gets minimal ABA from the school, about 8 20 minute sessions. I also do about 5 hours more at home right now. Hoping to increase that in the future though.

Glad to find a group like this!!

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Permalink Reply by Jocelyn Plowey on November 6, 2009 at 10:57am

I am a new mom member with one autistic daughter age seven leading toward her mainstream in society. She had stop speaking at age two, and is processing well in speech and is now interacting with kids her age, in a regular class. Having early school intervention with special ed. therapies had advance her in her skills development, as she is now becoming independent. She did not care for Special ed classes, she rather like being in regular classes, which she now cope better participating in all activites and like doing things on her own without special help. She is a loveable child to everyone, even shows affection to her friends, like being the center of attention. We are proud of her achievements so far,but she still has more obtacles and challenges to face...
I have two other beautiful teenage daughters doing well in school, but has to monitor constantly. They have great respect for autistic people and give advice to their friends sometimes to be more acceptable of autistic people to treat them with respect and as equal as them.
I have a adoring husband for almost eighteen years of marriage. We work on our marriage and shows affection in front of our children as an example,to be loving & respectable to each other. Likewise we do things as a family and always keeps an open communication at dinner time.
I, myself, is a stay-at home mom- trying to run the house with the help of my family,of course! Still adjusting to the states life, being from a foreign country, (the Carribbean ). would like to meet friends. I am new to twitter and face book. At the present, I supposed, I choose to become a writer,after I discovered my daughter being autistic.I kept journals of her moments of uncontrollable behavior,not understanding the problem and hence her journey of improvements, which help me cope with the pain and struggle we as a family went through which we no longer bear... only happiness and joy, as we embrace our child for reaching so far, and accepting all her autistic traits she still has, for this is who she is and will always be. We hope for the day to come to see "the miracle cure" for Autism. In the meantime, all autistic people should be embrace and treated with respect for they have 'potential' of learning, can be lovable and gifted - a lesson we can learn from them, even if they shows it in a different way...

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