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Autism/PDD-NOS
by: SPS on Mon, Jun 18 2007
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Our son was diagnoised at 18 months. Symptoms at that time were lack of speech and preoccupation with spinning objects. He is now 3.5 years old and has greatly improved in speech (due to Applied Behavior Analysis therapy and public school) and is more sociable (due to play group, library reading club, other social activites). He still conducts repetitive actions and shows other symptoms. But early intervention and agressive therapy helped.

Greatest help was to be patient and understand him, he is a normal kid trapped in a autistic mind. Parenting our autistic son does put extra stress on the marriage, we are careful to keep time for ourselves. Doctors say by age 5 he may be able to catch-up to his peers but we are OK with how he will be, for the rest of our life.
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  1. Wed, Jan 21 2009
    Hi i have a 4 years old daughter with ASD mild. I have recently started ABA therapy for her its been 3 months i do see progress like her following dir...Read

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  • From the inside out - by grandmother of matt - (Tue, Jun 19 2007)
    My grandson’s name is Matthew. He is a wonderful loving 10 year old. He has autism He has been this way for about 7 years. He speaks slowly and walks slowly but everything else is like a normal 10 year old. [more..]
  • Autism/PDD-NOS - by SPS - (Mon, Jun 18 2007)
    Our son was diagnoised at 18 months. Symptoms at that time were lack of speech and preoccupation with spinning objects. He is now 3.5 years old and has greatly improved in speech (due to Applied Behavior Analysis therapy and public school) [more..]
  • my friends son - by cori - (Fri, Jun 15 2007)
    I have a friend whose son shows signs of autism He throws tantrums and doesnt like to play with others. He can not talk at all and he will be 2 in september. [more..]

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