Autism

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Comment by NANA18 on July 11, 2009 at 9:59pm

We have 18 grandchildren ages 4 to 21. Our 10 yr old grandson is autistic. He has problems in most social situations (parents really try hard). This past week his family and 4 other grandchildren joined us on vacation. These children age 12-16 and you would think they could understand that Alex doesn't always behave the way the want him to, but they were horrible. I need a resource to help educate them on what to expect from an autistic cousin. My daughter has tended to keep her child away from the rest of the family because they have very low tollerace for him. HELP!!! I love all these children and don't know where to turn.

Comment by Autismmom on June 23, 2009 at 10:12pm

I am a mother of a 15 year old with high functioning autism. We have been very successful in seeing improvements from ABA, Speech Therapy, OT, Handwriting without Tears, GF/CF diet, chelation, digestive enzymes and vitamins for malabsorption, organic, whole foods, minimizing toxic exposures and boosting natural glutathione production to keep him clean. He makes progress every day and is getting ready for high school in the fall. We are excited and hopeful for his future and looking to share our experience and advice with others.

Comment by Natasha on June 9, 2009 at 9:43pm

I'm a grad student enrolled in a Masters program, working towards a Masters in early childhood education and early childhood special education. Some of the classes highlight on autism and some classes are just on autism. I would love to hear from parents of children with autism, or teenagers and adults living with autism so that I can better understand what it is like. Please share with me. I want to gain knowledge!

Comment by chyvonneb on May 6, 2009 at 11:31am

For anyone interested, Jenny McCarthy will be on The Doctors Today. I just started her book called Mother Warriors. It is excellent. She will be discussing her journey to help her son recover from Autism.

Comment by rkumar2005 on September 25, 2008 at 4:27pm

My daughter is 3 years old. She is pretty normal, social, and extremely good with reading and numbers. We just started her in pre-school. Her teacher says that she has the reading skills of a 7 yr old, however she does not make eye contact.

She is very social and she likes to play with other kids.

Initially we thought her motor skills are below average as she took time to learn tri-cycle. When we gave her a more difficult toy (i.e. 2 wheel scooter) she learned it pretty quickly and now she is excellent with her tri-cycle.

We have been concerned about her not making regular eye contact. How do we get her examined? In the Boston area is there a specific Hospital or Doctor that we can go for help.