tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post6991506619768967025..comments2023-08-10T06:57:45.911-04:00Comments on Questioning my Intelligence: Responding to AutismSusan Raihalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-84065901926272801572009-04-23T21:43:00.000-04:002009-04-23T21:43:00.000-04:00How passionate and articulate you are on behalf of...How passionate and articulate you are on behalf of your son. I have one healthy daughter, but have several friends whose children struggle with autism. Thank you for helping me understand them and for finding good ways to offer my support and kind words that are meaningful. How lucky is Jack to have a mom like you! I wish you continued energy on your journey with your son and best of luck with your book. Kathy/CAKathKathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-77484063167880336142008-09-30T07:36:00.000-04:002008-09-30T07:36:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing. I like the response that you w...Thanks for sharing. I like the response that you would like to hear when telling people. That would apply in so many situations. <BR/><BR/>I know what you mean by people's unsolicited help. I have had multiple back surgeries and currently am living with a failed fusion that causes a fair amount if pain. People often tell me what I need to do, who I need to see. I usually just thank them for their concern. But sometimes if they offer to much I will ask where they studied medicine, how long the studied my condition, etc. <BR/><BR/>I think most people offer solutions because the simply don't know what else to say.Gina Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12063774965778031351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-67461312076516322842008-09-27T09:19:00.000-04:002008-09-27T09:19:00.000-04:00Wow, thank you so much for your post on Splitcoast...Wow, thank you so much for your post on Splitcoaststampers site about your blog. I am a stay at home mom of 3 beautiful children (6years,4years,20 mos), and it is our middle child we are trying to get help for. I am also a trained Early Childhood Educator, who has worked with hundreds of children and this little boy isn't anything like them. I have been told that I have taken something small and made it into something huge, that he is playing us, that he needs a good whack etc etc. I know deep down that something is seriously wrong with my son, but I didn't know I would be turned down so many times. Finally, I took him into a walk in clinic on one of his "bad" days and said here is my son...may I please have a referral?? We are finally getting seen on Oct. 7th by the Autism Assessment team, and he goes to a special preschool. We also put him on a restricted diet with the help of a naturalpathic dr friend, the diet has helped him out alot. No corn, no wheat, no eggs, no dairy, no sugar (2 fruit a day, and if he has juice it has to be very diluted). I didn't think the diet helped him, I took him off for one day...he went from being very verbal to nothing...just sitting there moaning and crying. Yep, he's back on that diet...5 weeks on it and we have seen changes in him :)! But I am worried about our appointment with the assessment team, just because we have been turned down so many times before. I have also read lots and lots of books, to discover that Ethan is a very visual child...so those picture charts work for him.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, thanks again for this blog entry it has made me feel better...<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>catherine<BR/>www.mystampinggrounds.blogspot.com<BR/>catlevy@eastlink.camaiahs_mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325734672430261801noreply@blogger.com