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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 184263" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Thanks for the kind words, guys.</p><p>He is NOT a typical teen. He is different. But he is doing far better than we ever dreamed--I posted kind of to give others hope--interventions can be wonderful. Also, it helps that we FINALLY got the right diagnosis. </p><p>Actually daughter (12) thinks L. gets off easy a lot because of his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and maybe he does--if so, we ARE treating him differnt. I give him the credit for his progress, not us. He has tried very hard and has such a good soul. It makes me feel sad about his birthmother. Somewhere out there in Chicago is somebody who probably had a disability plus was extremely poor--and she made a baby with a man who probably had a lot of good in him too. They made a remarkable child together, but because services and money wasn't there for them, they never had the chance that L. had. Nor did his four bio. siblings who are still "out there." </p><p>Anyway, I digress. I think the interventions he had allowed him to climb the ladder...and he took advantage. But he had a LOT of wonderful teachers and aides helping him get this far. IF we did one thing right it was not to fight the diagnosis or try to completely mainstream him before he was ready. And we fought the school district hard--by getting advocates and going straight to the Dept. of Education when the school districts tried to skimp on services. We got for him what we wanted. Everything. Now they're afraid of us...lol. They don't give us grief <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>But even with all this progress, he will need a little help as an adult, at least in early adulthood. Still, he went from a two year old who threw his time out chair and BIT us to this thoughtful teenager. And your k ids can too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 184263, member: 1550"] Thanks for the kind words, guys. He is NOT a typical teen. He is different. But he is doing far better than we ever dreamed--I posted kind of to give others hope--interventions can be wonderful. Also, it helps that we FINALLY got the right diagnosis. Actually daughter (12) thinks L. gets off easy a lot because of his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and maybe he does--if so, we ARE treating him differnt. I give him the credit for his progress, not us. He has tried very hard and has such a good soul. It makes me feel sad about his birthmother. Somewhere out there in Chicago is somebody who probably had a disability plus was extremely poor--and she made a baby with a man who probably had a lot of good in him too. They made a remarkable child together, but because services and money wasn't there for them, they never had the chance that L. had. Nor did his four bio. siblings who are still "out there." Anyway, I digress. I think the interventions he had allowed him to climb the ladder...and he took advantage. But he had a LOT of wonderful teachers and aides helping him get this far. IF we did one thing right it was not to fight the diagnosis or try to completely mainstream him before he was ready. And we fought the school district hard--by getting advocates and going straight to the Dept. of Education when the school districts tried to skimp on services. We got for him what we wanted. Everything. Now they're afraid of us...lol. They don't give us grief :) But even with all this progress, he will need a little help as an adult, at least in early adulthood. Still, he went from a two year old who threw his time out chair and BIT us to this thoughtful teenager. And your k ids can too. [/QUOTE]
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