Has anyone done Genetic testing? Did it show anything? My pediatrician brought it up today...
We did the genome testing as well. Nothing showed up. My geneticist sees us every year. He says my son has something, but they haven't figured out the test for it yet apparently. So we just wait… read more
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Today my 22-yr-old high functioning daughter on the spectrum returned to college. What will she do to potentially support herself after she completes her music performance degree? She has no clue. Neither do I. Any thoughts?
That is commendable. He became a teacher. How wonderful.
ABA therapy is critical, especially with early intervention. It is meant to teach behavior not only for the kiddo, but for the family too. We've included our babysitters as well so they know how to… read more
I'm interested in finding anything that can help my son further in development and finding his special talents and gifts!!!
Neurotherapy helps balance the electrical activity in the brain. Then you get all sorts of benefits like sleeping through the night, increased speech, more attentive, more stable moods.
RDI is a… read more
My 5 year old son has always had anxiety when were all in the car driving and we stop to pick up something. He starts to hysterically cry when my wife leaves the car to get something from store. We're all in the car but he's just scared that she left the car. Now I'm thinking this is like typical separation anxiety a 1-2 y/o gets but he's 5 and he's been through this before. Anyone have any helpful advice o dealing with this scenario?
sensory Mitt that is on my site may help.
I'm a first time mother. I need a little guidance. My son last visit to the doctor was Jan 2103 and I was told that all of his shots was up to date until age 4. Lately, parents have been taking their kids to the doctors for checkups before school starts. Am I missing something. Do I suppose to take my 3yr old son if, so for what?
Our ped office has us go back for yearly well checks even though my son is up to date on vaccines also. They do give us paperwork for daycare to show that he is up to date
My son turned 5 in July. He was in a PreK class for children with special needs last year, and placed in a multi-age special education classroom this year for grades K-5. I am somewhat uncomfortable with the placement because he is the youngest in his class and there are no other children his age there, all the other children are older. He is academically fine (knows colors, can add/subtract single digits, knows upper and lowercase letters, recognizes a handful pf sight words), but his fine… read more
@A MyAutismTeam Member let me clarify, I'm not against self contained but K-5 self contained. And against not trying a child in other environments before putting them in self contained. And I… read more
A question my 10-year-old boy with autism constantly has gas, I want to know if someone had this problem, it is a year before that it started With that problem, I switched to almond milk but it doesn't help. someone who knows something related to gases for children with autism
@Dorothea76 what kind of foods did you find he was allergic to?
my son has a eating disorder tried everything
We are dealing with this more and more with my three-year-old little guy. The possibilities of what could happen are terrifying. I did some research and shared it in the following post. Hope this… read more