Autism

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i think much more is dome today since several years ago. im still pretty young but as i was a child, there was no special program and so on. Kindergarten was horror for me
 
Back when I lived in the UK I had an autistic classmate. She was quite hard to cope with at the beginning, as she was very aggressive at times, but she had her own people at the school who looked after her and helped here with the homework etc., so it reall To this time I thought of this as quite normal(I was a child and didn't have any other experience with autism), but reading this thread and looking back I am quite awestruck how much they did for her.
I admire everybody who has autism or an autistic person in the family and copes with it like you guys do, really deserves respect :)
 
Much love and respect to all you dealing with autism directly, I've been blessed to not have it in my family so far, but two of my close friends have chosen to work with autistic children (one as a teacher, the other thru music therapy) and they share some really amazing stories...
 
My son is diagnosed with PDD, and I can relate to much of what Sumo is talking about. It is very difficult and stressful. My son is 2.5 years old, and does not say one word. He doesn't have any way of telling you what he wants, and it drives me crazy sometimes trying to figure it out. He just stands and cries until you can figure it out. It really hurts having to watch him like this. He also has epilepsy attacks, which are extremely scary and unbearable. I thank god for the early intervention services he's getting. Though the improvements have been slow, there are some. He just started walking in September, and now we can't get him to stop climbing on everything...lol. Although it takes every inch of patience I have to deal with him, I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world. He might not be perfect in the eyes of others, but he is to me, and I love him to death.


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SumoNinja said:
Yea my son is 4, he doesn't use speech to communicate. He appears to be severe. He's in a program for autistic kids and going to pre school. Early intervention is key to maximize their chances.

Its tuff, really hard and frustrating for us and him. There's ups and downs but u gotta keep on trucking because they need u to be there no matter what. My biggest fear is what will happen to him if i was gone.
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Sounds like my brother. He didn't start speaking until he was almost 6. He would only eat chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes for a long time. He's come a long way and still has issues but you wouldn't know he's autistic until you talked to him. He is graduating this year, so its a big deal for my family, esp my dad who thought my brother would never be able to.

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