Newly Diagnosed with Autism?

My son was diagnosed July 2, 2012 with classical autism.  Non-verbal.  Looking back, I know that I went through some things that I didn't necessarily need to go through.  When my child was diagnosed, I went on youtube and typed out "autism" in the search engines.  Today, two years later, I did this again to see if I'd have the same results.  There were a few good videos, but there was also the video that said, "THIS is autism."  A parent on the search of "what" autism is, where do you think they'd end up?  Watching the video that is supposed to be conveying "what" autism is, but not necessarily true to their child.   It may be what autism is for the child who is in the video, but going into this, I want you to take a few things with you:

1.  The autism spectrum is vast.  It has a HUGE umbrella that covers a child who is highly effected, to the "you'd never know," slightly effected.

2.  What autism is for one child, doesn't mean that it will be the same for your child.

3.  If you have met one child with autism, you have met ONE child with autism.  Every case, is unique.

4.  The sadness, that you feel today-- will linger, but won't be forever.  It may revisit some time,  but it's when you will need to put things into perspective. 

5.  The best place for information on autism?  Autism speaks. http://www.autismspeaks.org/

6.  Something else you should know?  Not everyone is on board with the puzzle piece being the icon to represent autism... lol

This has been my experience.  While our child is different, and our walks may be different, we hopefully have one thing in common.  We love someone with autism. :)  Hopefully, this will prevent you from enduring undue heartaches.

Dalton's Harmoney

Dalton's Harmoney :0)

sometimes

Sometimes I feel like this autism is only temporary, that some day he going to wake up and be "normal."coming more aware, Every day I become more aware that what he can accomplish may change, like him signing drink after months and months of sessions, but autism doesn't go way. People may lose diagnosis but a truly autistic doesn't snap out of it to my understanding. Even so, I have learned a lot from my son. For one autism doesn't define who he is. Who he is, is the little boy who likes to play in tunnels, who thinks grass is the coolest thing on earth, and who doesnt care if it is not cool to like flowers... (specifically the yellow ones.) He likes Vegetales and Silly songs with Larry. Music of all sorts makes him dance. His smile is beautiful, and his eyes sparkle. For him, sleep is over rated, and bouncing is all the rave. If its round, and rolls (a ball) of any sort demands his attention. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, but I know we have today. :0) and Dalton is who he is. A typical day: 9/27/2012 This week Dalton said apple. His eye contact was very good at times although not consistent. He was pushing a wheeled toy back to Heather who returned it to him. He spent a moment setting on a ball, and rocking. Dalton said “what” when I stated “Hey there…” trying to get his attention to bring him down off the stairs. With Cindy he didn’t want to transition well but he attended. He kept trying to escape from Nina as well, and melting down when I asked him if he would like a drink. He signed the word drink and I gave him some kool aid. Dalton’s mannerism was much better afterwards. We discussed his sensory. We will be doing the whole program shortly to help him through the winter. This will include the full program with brushing his skin every two hours, a trampoline, and his swing. Nina has suggested that we also bump into him while he is swinging and swing him side to side and bump him into the door frame as he is protected by the bean bag chair inside the swing. We also have discussed Springville for his education. I have suggested that I call them and let them know what the district is suggesting and ask for their support in his education. Nina has suggested that we work on his pulling as he is more prone to push.

Autism

My Son was born 3/11/10. Today at 2 years old he carries a diagnosis of classical autism. I regret admittedly that before my son I didn't know what autism was, but it is something that we are all learning about. I remember the day I first went to the internet and typed "My son is two and doesn't talk." It ultimately lead me to Autism Speaks and a list of signs of Autism. Out of an extensive list he had all but two. I called his speech pathologist at the time and I said, I think its autism... she said it may not be. A month into the diagnosis process I sent a text ti my mother... "It's autism". I had already begun the grieving process, frantically searching the net to find out what happened to my son and why. VALENTINES DAY... was the day it began. They told me they couldn't give me a diagnosis in an hour, but expect it. He highly highly likely has autism
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July 2nd we had his official diagnosis. "A young man now diagnosed with autsm. "I have come to the point that I have accepted my son for who he is. Autism isn't who he is, but it is a part of him