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 [...]
And in the case of our son, he’s figured out how to ask for it. Like most of his breakthrough’s this one came out of nowhere and simply floored both his therapist and his parents.
He signed More, and is trying very hard to say it!
For those not versed in Baby sign language,”More” is signed by [...]
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 [...]
