BellaOnline Forums Health and Fitness Autism Spectrum Disorders 4 yr old Daughter Diagnosed w/ Symptoms Autism ?

Well scratch that - I cannot even get into the chat and will have to send an email to the administration.

So basically my son Matthew woke up at 2:30 am and is now napping. Earlier we went to the grocery store for batteries so that Nicholas could play the new Game Boy advance cartridge he got yesterday while at Toys R Us.

At 11 am the new volunteer through the family friends program was here and met us and spent an hour with Nick. I put groceries away and then when she left put some fluids in my minivan and ate lunch and now here.

Yesterday we also went to the mall and my kids got somethings at Discovery Store.

October is hard on Matthew with the time change, he wakes up early until the time change.

I'm still here but I have been going to another web forum for parents like us. Its wonderful, check it out................www.autism-pdd.net
It's totally worth it....let me know what anyone thinks please.

That is a very active and high volume message board. What is your id over there? I cannot keep up with my yahoo groups and msn groups so to add another message board at this point in time is not ideal.

The board looks good, lots of sub sections to get lost in and I have no spare time to read all those messages. Probably suitable for those just getting a diagnosis or having smaller kids and looking for specific information and feedback like diets.

Since I have been taking a floortime training program I have started getting more emails from a yahoo floortime group and it is so informative. Now I know the lingo and understand so much more.

For relaxing I visit a Y&R board to learn about spoilers on the show and learn who is leaving, etc.

Then there is reading books and writing articles, organizing the paperwork of the boys and keeping all in order, sometimes watching TV.

Monday nites Two and a Half men is a riot and gives me plenty of laughs. It is on at 9 pm on CBS.

Thanks for sharing and stopping back by. Glad you can find support in various places.

Hi there from yet another Canadian (something in the water?) <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> We just learned yesterday that our 2 1/5 yr old grandson has been diagnosed as autistic. He started using words before he walked at 1 then just quit. He doesn't seem to have the sensory issues I've read about on this forum and eats very well; having read many of the posts I can see we have alot to be grateful for there! He just operates in his world most of the time and doesn't connect with people much eg. little eye contact, acts like he is deaf although his hearing is fine, totally absorbed by anything on TV and would stand right with his face against the screen if he could. He is very affectionate with Mom, Dad and 1 grandpa but only tolerates anyone else. He's pretty aloof - not quite the charming picture you imagine when you know you're going to be a grandma! Nonetheless, we live for trying to make him engage with us, laugh etc. He does his circuit at our place out one door in the next quite happily all by himself, but responds well to the chase game or if we go the other way and surprise him coming around the corner. He now anticipates that and enjoys that kind of fun.
It was the language issue that started the investigation, but we have come to see that some other areas are of concern too. We take some comfort in the fact that there is help for him at this age. I heard the news stories last year about parents fighting the gov't cutbacks to funding and access to care for older autistic and other special needs kids, and sympathised. Who would have thought that it might well be our family's issue this year too.
Thanks for letting me ramble. The news is still new and I'm on a big learning curve. I'm grateful for this forum!

The symptoms you described fit my son when he was an infant. He is now 18 and just graduated high school.. He had aspergers....

Hi I'm Logan's grandma and we live in Ontario. Logan is 23rd on the list for full funding in his region... he's just turned 4. I can't help but feel that the govt is being very shrewd in setting cut off times for big funding to coincide with getting through the wait list. He just might make it to number 1 before he is 6. At present, we are paying about $2000 per month for IBI and speech therapy time each week. The family has done fundraising and digs into its own pockets to buy some of these therapies that actually are working for Logan. He still does not speak,but it is clear he comprehends, whether he sees fit to respond is another matter... IBI has done amazing things in helping him learn to play, take stuff out and put it away, finish a task, sort and categorize, follow directions, and generally come into our world more fully. We are worried of course that he is supposed to start school in the fall... he is a smart little boy and a person all of his own- but far behind the average 4 year old. How does that intelligence get exercised when he gets older and he's still doing hand over hand work? Proud, worried and frustrated- Trish