Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Well folks..... I may be premature in saying this...and I hate to even write it for fear of jinxing it, but..... I think we are going to pull this Recovery thing off! Some of you may remember my post last month regarding placement for my son and whether I should continue this summer in his " language preschool " or try him out in a " regular " private preschool......we took the leap......off he went a week ago to be with the " normal " kids.....with the only explanation given that he has a language delay and hypersensitive hearing at times. He lost his PDD/autism label last December to the delight and amazement of the our local Childrens Hospital. So I am working hard on trying to not use the PDD word..... HE IS DOING INCREDIBLE!!!!!! BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE DREAMED! Now I know this dosent mean that everything is fine now, and I know he will always need fine tuning.....but I never dreamed that two years after beginining our ABA program he would be attempting mainstreaming! Heck a " language delay " is nothing compared to the fire we have walked through these past two years. He is doing what the other kids do.....participating and PLAYING with them, and the teachers just think he is SO smart! of course I havent mentioned the one on one tutoring for two years Friday when I dropped him off, he ran to the playground and started seesawing with another little boy....I almost burst into tears...trying hard to contain myself for fear the staff would think I was a psycho mom... I know we are only a week and a half into this but I am so hoping this success continues, and that we can keep him here in the Fall instead of returning to his previous special needs school....God bless all of you who wrote to me encouraging me to take this leap of faith in my son! I will keep you up to date on how this goes....but I just had to write and let you all know my good news! It was reading news like this that kept us going during some pretty rough times in the past, so I hope I am encouraging someone out there that this is possible! Thank you all for your support and encouragement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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