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Could I Get Some Advice On What I’m Looking For When It Comes To Choosing The Right therapies or anything might help ?? My daughter is Mia 4 years old dx with severe autism and she’s very delayed fine and motor skills ? She’s also not walking yet only takes steps. Needs one on one care.
OT and speech to start. We are working hard with my daughter with her aac device at school and at home. We tried pecs at that younger age, tried sign language both was to difficult for Ashley and… read more
Has anyone worked with/heard of Dr. Goldberg? He is a doctor out in Cali who works with kids with autism and claims autism isnt real but in fact these children are being misdiagnosed and have a virus of the brain. My niece goes to him once a year, takes her blood and does a full CBC to see any elevations in her blood work, he put her on Celexa and Valtrex and my niece has gained so much weight!!! Apparently with her being skinny a yr ago she was apparently "sick" and now she is considered at a… read more
How is your niece doing now? We are considering seeing this dr. Thnx
Grandson is 4recently diagnosed with autis. He will be starting kindergarten in Sept. He is supposed to be attending a charter school not sure if that's best. The other option is public school
If that Charter school can provide things like speech/ occupational therapy/ Physical therapy theses are the services that children on the Autism Spectrum need. Best of luck😊
My three year old autistic daughter is starting therapy in the morning. Can anyone tell me what to expect?
Thanks for all of your responses. She's adjusting well to pt. I didn't realize that she had some if the problems that she has until pt pointed them out. They have fitted her for a boot to go in her… read more
Davis is 7 yrs old who was finally diagnosed this month. The hospital said they were going to refer him to a therapist nearby. Just wanted a little more insight or experience on it.
It's important to note that ABA therapy is not the only approach available for supporting individuals with autism. Different individuals may respond to various interventions differently. If you have… read more
How do you get an autistic 2-year-old to want to eat table foods ??? Also how do you get them to drink from hard spout sip cups and also use straw cups? He is currently still in diapers and no where near ready to potty train... he is currently doing physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy and he also has help me grow early intervention too
When we first started potty training my daughter we took her potty every half hour and kept her on the potty for 5 to 10 minutes and gave her a tablet so she wouldn't fight it and it worked about 3… read more
I am not completely sure about that therapy
Try to find ABA that is done at home. When your child is most comfortable. I can tell you that ABA has been a blessing to my son and our family. I highly recommend it.
In home ABA therapy specifically.
I highly recommend it, the sooner the better. My son started it when he was 3 almost, 4, but I wish I would have started sooner. It made a big difference for us as a family. He is 12 now, and… read more
You do not have to wait til they are 18. At least not in nc where we are located. Just have to have low income and resources and enough doctor recommendations to prove they need it. My daughter is on… read more
My 22 year old non verbal autistic son struggles to go to sleep every night even though he takes medication, him not sleeping stresses me out because he needs sleep, and I also have to tap his chest every night because he can’t sleep by himself and he always needs someone with him, I am with him all night and I can’t get sleep myself until he can get his sleep, I hope I can find a solution to this problem please give suggestions, Thank you!
My son is 12. but he has the same issues. So on days when melatonin (we choose not to take prescribed medication) doesn't work ... we will go out, take a walk and stretch, and do what most adults do… read more