We’ve finally gotten a final diagnosis of Autism for our son. For those of you who don’t know what that entails, it’s a three hour set of tests designed to see where the little guy stands in certain levels of development and personal interaction. It’s grueling for the parent and in the case of my [...]
I can’t seem to find the original study, but in the article I found has this to say…
Pregnant women may someday be able to test their fetus for autism, thanks to a British study that found that women with high uterine testosterone levels are more likely to have children with autism-like traits such as a [...]
Lil’B made leaps and bounds today. O.K., that might be overstating it a bit, but when you’re talking about a kid that really either does not see the need to speak or can’t seem to fathom the need, and for whom “Playing with others” is a concept as alien to him as using a jar [...]
I’ve said before that this story is a lot like other epic tales. Our hero must first overcome a series of challenges before he may eventually gain the honor of doing battle with the dread foe, thus saving the world and redeeming himself in the process. The writer in me likes this metaphor and the [...]
The meeting with the speech therapist went well. Instead of the meltdown I was dreading, the only tears that were shed was when the therapist left. He likes her. A lot and that’s going to help loads. And he’s been pretty calm for the most part for the rest of the day as well. It’s [...]
