…and the sun, shining on my face.
more and more people are jumping on the autism cause, and i can’t say i’m complaining. i’m hoping that the more awareness there is, the more people will be understanding when my son decides to throw his plate in a restaurant out of frustration.
this blogger posted about the band five for fighting adding their 49 cents to the pot — actually it’s 49 cents donated to autism speaks everytime this video is viewed. go, watch it. and pass it on.
and while we’re discussing gage (in a roundabout, off-kilter kind of way), he’s doing good today. not as warm as he was yesterday. hasn’t thrown up. we spent some time outside in the sun and fresh air, which i think did him some good.
i’ve been doing more reading on autism, treatment techniques, ways of introducing new foods into the diet. i used to put some of whatever we were having on his plate along with whatever it was that he was having for dinner. i stopped because he never touched the food… but i’m thinking i shouldn’t have stopped. i’ll probaby start doing that again. there was that one time that he ate some lamb that we put on his plate. i’ll never forget that. it was so surprising.
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April 18th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
You mention that your son is non-verbal in your About Me page. I just wanted to mention that I work with a little boy who is 12. Last year he was still non-verbal. This year, he is taling. Granted, he has probelms with a lot of the sounds, but his vocabulary is amazing! He communicated fully and with flair. I am so proud of him. It just kicked in.
April 18th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
wow. thanks for letting me know that. whenever i’ve asked people about the possibility of him communicating verbally they seem to change the subject. i just wanted to know was that there is some HOPE that he would eventually communicate verbally.