Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Subj: newbie Date: 1/24/01 7:40:58 AM Central Standard Time From: ditxsttch@... Reply-to: Autism_in_Girlsegroups To: Autism_in_Girlsegroups Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in your posts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to be a perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with many of the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. Hi and welcome! I hope we can share helpful information with you. Vickie N. mom to autistic, nonverbal 7 1/2 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Subj: newbie Date: 1/24/01 7:40:58 AM Central Standard Time From: ditxsttch@... Reply-to: Autism_in_Girlsegroups To: Autism_in_Girlsegroups Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in your posts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to be a perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with many of the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. Hi and welcome! I hope we can share helpful information with you. Vickie N. mom to autistic, nonverbal 7 1/2 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Welcome to the group!!!! Sincerely , Donna ( mom to 15 autism and 8 ) ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ newbie > Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in your > posts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to be > a perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with many > of the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Welcome to the group!!!! Sincerely , Donna ( mom to 15 autism and 8 ) ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ newbie > Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in your > posts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to be > a perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with many > of the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Hi & Welcome! I am really glad you joined us! Beverly Weakley Mom of Jen (Autistic Girl age 12 years) & Kim ( So-called normal ... soon to be 11 years old) newbie > Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in your > posts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to be > a perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with many > of the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Hi & Welcome! I am really glad you joined us! Beverly Weakley Mom of Jen (Autistic Girl age 12 years) & Kim ( So-called normal ... soon to be 11 years old) newbie > Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in your > posts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to be > a perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with many > of the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2001 Report Share Posted January 25, 2001 Hello to you! Behaviors are one of the most challanging aspects of autism. My girl was so good when she was younger and never had to really deal with any behavior issues. It wasnt until she got sick with a stomach aliment that she began displaying these self injurious behaviors on herself. It was so hard to watch and so hard to manage. I found a behaviorist and behavior assistant and they have been in our lives now for 4 years and they have empowered our family with behavior techniques that we will carry with us throughout our lives. I really should take some time and post some of these techniques and share them with all of you in this group. They are effective and very helpful in behavior management. When I get a moment I will sit down and post a list of these techniques that i have learned, and hopefully others can use them. My girl is 12 years old now. She is beautiful and she captures the hearts of everyone around her. That is an asset in her life. She is a gentle soul and i love her so. She was brought out of an orphanage in Romania 10 years ago. When she was younger she loved going places and out in public, now that she is older, routine is very important to her and familiar environments. When we try and take her differnt public places-she can at times get overwhelmed and all she wants to do is go back home. Her behavior assistant is successful in getting her out in public places so this helps alot. You know what, I will see if my behavior assistant will post some messages with this group and if you have questions for her maybe she can take a moment out of her day and post some replies back to all of you. ~heidi~ newbie Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in yourposts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to bea perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with manyof the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2001 Report Share Posted January 25, 2001 Hello to you! Behaviors are one of the most challanging aspects of autism. My girl was so good when she was younger and never had to really deal with any behavior issues. It wasnt until she got sick with a stomach aliment that she began displaying these self injurious behaviors on herself. It was so hard to watch and so hard to manage. I found a behaviorist and behavior assistant and they have been in our lives now for 4 years and they have empowered our family with behavior techniques that we will carry with us throughout our lives. I really should take some time and post some of these techniques and share them with all of you in this group. They are effective and very helpful in behavior management. When I get a moment I will sit down and post a list of these techniques that i have learned, and hopefully others can use them. My girl is 12 years old now. She is beautiful and she captures the hearts of everyone around her. That is an asset in her life. She is a gentle soul and i love her so. She was brought out of an orphanage in Romania 10 years ago. When she was younger she loved going places and out in public, now that she is older, routine is very important to her and familiar environments. When we try and take her differnt public places-she can at times get overwhelmed and all she wants to do is go back home. Her behavior assistant is successful in getting her out in public places so this helps alot. You know what, I will see if my behavior assistant will post some messages with this group and if you have questions for her maybe she can take a moment out of her day and post some replies back to all of you. ~heidi~ newbie Hi all. I'm new to this group but appreciate all the info in yourposts. My almost 11yo dtr is Asperger's. Although she appears to bea perfectly normal child at school, at home I have to deal with manyof the behaviors you do including teaching her toileting, etc. Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2002 Report Share Posted May 6, 2002 Hi , I too have a 7 year old, low functioning son. Welcome to the list. You will find this to be a very helpful list with a great group of people. Sometimes, tempers do flair, but not that often. Also, sometimes people will post something that sounds like a reprimand when they really just meant to ask a question but it just came out wrong in writing. It is not always easy to determine someone's intent by their written words. I don't know if that is what happened in this case or not. Anyway, welcome to the list!! in Carrollton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2002 Report Share Posted May 6, 2002 Hoarding or not hoarding, I think getting the magazine sold out sends a message to Time that it is a subject that is indeed worthy of dicussion and worthy of being in print. And from what I am hearing, other magazines and tv shows are also taking notice which is great! a message dated 5/6/02 11:19:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dschleiss@... writes: > Subj:RE: newbie > Date:5/6/02 11:19:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From:<A HREF= " mailto:dschleiss@... " >dschleiss@...</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF= " mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy " >Texas-Autism-Advocacy@yahoog\ roups.com</A> > To:<A HREF= " mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy " >Texas-Autism-Advocacy@yahoog\ roups.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > - welcome to the group - your 2cents was worth a million bucks. > > -Ronnie, Austin > > newbie > > > > Hi my name is and I have a 7 year old son with low functioning > autism. I just joined the group and would like to comment on what some > parents like to call " hoarding " of the Time magazine. I also bought out my > local Randall's stock of the " Time " magazine. To all the parents who call > this " hoarding " , what did you think we were going to do with the copies we > have? Throw them away? Of course we're going to distribute them to local > schools, libraries, hospital waiting rooms and etc. It's so sad that it > always has to be the people who are out there trying to make a difference > that always gets criticized. What's funny is it's only the people who do > nothing but twiddle their thumbs at home that do the critcizing. I'm not > getting off on a very good start with this group am I? I apologize if I > sound harsh but the very first post I got after joining this group was of a > parent reprimanding other parents of doing a good deed. Just my two cents! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2002 Report Share Posted May 6, 2002 I didn't think you were hostile. I hope I also was not hostile. I'm just so happy this magazine was so wonderfully received. Yay! In a message dated 5/6/02 12:31:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, christina95132@... writes: > Subj:RE: newbie > Date:5/6/02 12:31:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:<A HREF= " mailto:christina95132@... " >christina95132@...</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF= " mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy " >Texas-Autism-Advocacy@yahoog\ roups.com</A> > To:<A HREF= " mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy " >Texas-Autism-Advocacy@yahoog\ roups.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > > Thanks to all who understood my hostility. I promise I'm not always this > defensive. I'm very glad to be part of this group. > Chris > Schleiss wrote: - welcome to the group - > your 2cents was worth a million bucks. > > -Ronnie, Austin > > newbie > > > > Hi my name is and I have a 7 year old son with low functioning > autism. I just joined the group and would like to comment on what some > parents like to call " hoarding " of the Time magazine. I also bought out my > local Randall's stock of the " Time " magazine. To all the parents who call > this " hoarding " , what did you think we were going to do with the copies we > have? Throw them away? Of course we're going to distribute them to local > schools, libraries, hospital waiting rooms and etc. It's so sad that it > always has to be the people who are out there trying to make a difference > that always gets criticized. What's funny is it's only the people who do > nothing but twiddle their thumbs at home that do the critcizing. I'm not > getting off on a very good start with this group am I? I apologize if I > sound harsh but the very first post I got after joining this group was of a > parent reprimanding other parents of doing a good deed. Just my two cents! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2002 Report Share Posted May 6, 2002 - welcome to the group - your 2cents was worth a million bucks. -Ronnie, Austin newbie Hi my name is and I have a 7 year old son with low functioning autism. I just joined the group and would like to comment on what some parents like to call " hoarding " of the Time magazine. I also bought out my local Randall's stock of the " Time " magazine. To all the parents who call this " hoarding " , what did you think we were going to do with the copies we have? Throw them away? Of course we're going to distribute them to local schools, libraries, hospital waiting rooms and etc. It's so sad that it always has to be the people who are out there trying to make a difference that always gets criticized. What's funny is it's only the people who do nothing but twiddle their thumbs at home that do the critcizing. I'm not getting off on a very good start with this group am I? I apologize if I sound harsh but the very first post I got after joining this group was of a parent reprimanding other parents of doing a good deed. Just my two cents! --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2002 Report Share Posted May 6, 2002 Thanks to all who understood my hostility. I promise I'm not always this defensive. I'm very glad to be part of this group. Chris Schleiss wrote: - welcome to the group - your 2cents was worth a million bucks. -Ronnie, Austin newbie Hi my name is and I have a 7 year old son with low functioning autism. I just joined the group and would like to comment on what some parents like to call " hoarding " of the Time magazine. I also bought out my local Randall's stock of the " Time " magazine. To all the parents who call this " hoarding " , what did you think we were going to do with the copies we have? Throw them away? Of course we're going to distribute them to local schools, libraries, hospital waiting rooms and etc. It's so sad that it always has to be the people who are out there trying to make a difference that always gets criticized. What's funny is it's only the people who do nothing but twiddle their thumbs at home that do the critcizing. I'm not getting off on a very good start with this group am I? I apologize if I sound harsh but the very first post I got after joining this group was of a parent reprimanding other parents of doing a good deed. Just my two cents! --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2002 Report Share Posted May 8, 2002 My thoughts are that by buying all the copies and distributing to " friends, relatives, schools, libraries??? " you tell these people that they are too dumb to know an important issue when thet see it. By the way schools and libraries normally have subscriptions to " Time " , " Newsweek " and many others , does sending them another mean they will think it is more important?????? I do not normally do anything but read and probably won't again, but if someone had insulted my intelligence this way I would have been highly offended. If you thouught it was that important suggest they look for a copy, DO NOT just drop it in my lap. Lee wrote: > > Thanks to all who understood my hostility. I promise I'm not always > this defensive. I'm very glad to be part of this group. > Chris > Schleiss wrote: - welcome to the > group - your 2cents was worth a million bucks. > > -Ronnie, Austin > > newbie > > > > Hi my name is and I have a 7 year old son with low functioning > autism. I just joined the group and would like to comment on what some > parents like to call " hoarding " of the Time magazine. I also bought out my > local Randall's stock of the " Time " magazine. To all the parents who call > this " hoarding " , what did you think we were going to do with the copies we > have? Throw them away? Of course we're going to distribute them to local > schools, libraries, hospital waiting rooms and etc. It's so sad that it > always has to be the people who are out there trying to make a difference > that always gets criticized. What's funny is it's only the people who do > nothing but twiddle their thumbs at home that do the critcizing. I'm not > getting off on a very good start with this group am I? I apologize if I > sound harsh but the very first post I got after joining this group was > of a > parent reprimanding other parents of doing a good deed. Just my two cents! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2002 Report Share Posted May 8, 2002 Bruce, I'm sorry that autism isn't important enough to you to go and try to make a statement by doing something as bold as I have done. Giving people copies of this magazine doesn't mean I think they are too dumb to see an important issue when they see one. Unless autism has touched your life directly, most people never even give it a second thought. This is something that will get people's attention. I'm sorry that you are too dumb to see this. By the way, the last couple of sentences in your email made no sense at all. Chris Bruce Jeffcoat wrote: My thoughts are that by buying all the copies and distributing to " friends, relatives, schools, libraries??? " you tell these people that they are too dumb to know an important issue when thet see it. By the way schools and libraries normally have subscriptions to " Time " , " Newsweek " and many others , does sending them another mean they will think it is more important?????? I do not normally do anything but read and probably won't again, but if someone had insulted my intelligence this way I would have been highly offended. If you thouught it was that important suggest they look for a copy, DO NOT just drop it in my lap. Lee wrote: > > Thanks to all who understood my hostility. I promise I'm not always > this defensive. I'm very glad to be part of this group. > Chris > Schleiss wrote: - welcome to the > group - your 2cents was worth a million bucks. > > -Ronnie, Austin > > newbie > > > > Hi my name is and I have a 7 year old son with low functioning > autism. I just joined the group and would like to comment on what some > parents like to call " hoarding " of the Time magazine. I also bought out my > local Randall's stock of the " Time " magazine. To all the parents who call > this " hoarding " , what did you think we were going to do with the copies we > have? Throw them away? Of course we're going to distribute them to local > schools, libraries, hospital waiting rooms and etc. It's so sad that it > always has to be the people who are out there trying to make a difference > that always gets criticized. What's funny is it's only the people who do > nothing but twiddle their thumbs at home that do the critcizing. I'm not > getting off on a very good start with this group am I? I apologize if I > sound harsh but the very first post I got after joining this group was > of a > parent reprimanding other parents of doing a good deed. Just my two cents! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2002 Report Share Posted May 8, 2002 I don't have the time or the inclination to read every magazine that may carry news that I consider interesting or relevant. I would say a grateful " Thank You " to anyone that thought enough of me to want to share information with me that they thought I may benefit from. I dont' know a lot about many subjects, some of which may affect me more than I am aware. I have to say on the whole it distresses me whenever anyone feels compelled to comment on the private actions of others. It is their time, their money, their child and however they act in their and their child's behalf is probably none of my business. I am happy that there are so many willing to share knowledge, insight and experience to the benefit of others. That is the greatest strength of any group that works together for a common goal. It is easy to criticize the actions of others. It is much more difficult to be positive and supportive even if you don't necessarily agree with everything someone else does. I am certain that there are people on this list that have different religious and political views than I, but that isn't what this is about. It's about Autism and doing something to make the lives of every person affected better. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Hi , I'm no longer in TX but will be returning in aprox 18 months. I have a 6 yr old (almost 7) ASD child and a 4 yr old daughter. He (ASD) child has come a long way but has a long way to go. He is no longer in his own world but joins us in our world for most of the day. Vitamin therapy and diet (GFCF DIET) has helped him tremendously. He is no longer constipated with diarrhea and on constant antibiotics. My daughter also takes some of my sons supplements and is also doing well. I'm amazed that she is typical even through all the 105 fevers she used to get regularly. I try to attend all the DAN! Conferences and my son is seen by DAN! doctors when I can afford it. Hopefully, we will start chelating soon. I don't know much about San but hopefully other folks on this group can answer some of your questions. Hope. In a message dated 1/15/03 12:24:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, twogirlsacat@... writes: > Subj: newbie > Date: 1/15/03 12:24:04 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF= " mailto:twogirlsacat@... " >twogirlsacat@...</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF= " mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy " >Texas-Autism-Advocacy@yahoog\ roups.com</A> > To: <A HREF= " mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy " >Texas-Autism-Advocacy@yahoog\ roups.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi all, my name is Birkes and I just moved to Fair Oaks Ranch > (outside of San ) from IN. I have two girls, Danika 10, who > has PDD and deylexia. Casey 8 with depression, sensory probelems, > ADD and deylexia. We are slowly adjusting to TX and your bugs, and > of course seeing all new Doc.s We are meeting with Dr. Seals next > week to change some meds around. Dani has been on Risperdale, > Clonide and Celxa for 3 years and was doing well, unforturnetly this > move has been very hard on her and she is starting to develope(she > just turned 10 at christmas) so she's back to picking and other less > desirable behaviors. We home school and have found it to be great > for both girls. DAni went thru k and 1st in school and although > she " passed " as normal and did all right, she'd come home and go > autistic on me really bad(picking skin, stimming non social ect.) > She also still reads at an early 2nd grade level, but is doing 7th > grade science, and the school wanted to put her in special ed with > ADHD kids(she can't take noise, lots of movement, smells ect.) and MR > kids(she has a IQ of 120) so I took her home. Until this move, it's > been great. She had completly stopped picking her skin and most > other behaviors and seemed really happy. I highly recommend it to > anyone struggeling at school. Casey is on Clonide and Luvox. She > also is up for a med. change as they think she's bi-polar. I'm not > sure but she sure does have major mood swings. Both girls are in OT- > sensory intergration right now. We've tried the Vit. stuff to no > sucess and counseling in the past. We didn't do ABA as we didn't get > Dani diagnosis until 7(they had said earlyer that she was OCD-She > was not and I kept saying it didn';t fit, but then again who ever > listen to mom). she's pretty high functioning and except for the > skin picking, sensory probelems and being alittle " young " for her age > passes as normal and doesn't have any communications difficutlies > anymore. So that's our history. I'm looking for a vision therapist, > someone to teach theraputic listening and a couselor who knows about > these type of kids. If anyone has any info. that would be great!! > I'd also like to know if there are any waiver programes here? Their > meds comes to 200 a month(that's our co-pay) plus therapy, > counseling, neurologist...Dani also still wears pull-ups at night as > she still wets at night and also has a lot of gastrointestinal > problems so more medical bills there. If anyone knows anything about > these things, please let me know. Thanks so much for listening and > being patient with all of this info. > > > Unlocking Autism > www.UnlockingAutism.org > > Autism-Awareness-Action > Worldwide internet group for parents who have a > child with AUTISM. > > Schafer Autism Report > News and information on Autism > To Subscribe http://home.sprynet.com/~schafer/index.html > Healing Autism: No Finer Cause on the Planet > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Welcome to the group Angie, I am sure some of these ladies will be able to help you out! Connie Kaupa Scrapbook Stylist & Team Leader #10659 Scrap in a Snap... More time for Making Memories http://www.scrapinasnapmn.com New Deluxe Memories by the Month, join before 3/20 and get $10.00 off your first month! CRUISE WITH ME IN 2003 I would love to have you join my team and soar to the stars! Together Everyone Achieves More Find a crop near you www.croppingcentral.com <http://www.croppingcentral.com> Newbie Not am I only new to this list, I am pretty new to the world of Autism. We have known that our son had a problem since he was about 20 mos old. But were not able to get a diagnosis till about 2 weeks ago. He was 3 In Dec. We (Dh myself and our dr.) believe this was the result of vaccines given at 12 mos and 18 mos as he was developing physically, verbally and social on target before the MMR at 12 mos. After the MMR he continued to progress physically but his verbal and social skills stopped progressing. After the DTaP and Prevnar at 18 mos he not only stoped progressing verbally and socially but he regressed drasticly. He has been under chiropractic care for the last 4 mos and we have seen some improvment in his ability to tollerat touch and some new speach. But the biggest chages came when we started BRT or more commonly used NAET last Wed and we have already seen many improvements. He is more patient, social-like playing with and shareing with his baby brother, speach is more the ton and pitch of language, he is saying new sounds that are closer to actual speach, he is understanding and following directions (when he wants too) he has completly stopped being aggressive (just one month ago my whole play group ditched us becasue of his agresion) h'se obviously more comfortable in his skin, he is closer to being centered. I can't expresses with words how pleased and excited I am with this treatment and his improvments. We still have a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGG way to go, but it's seems there is hope he will talk one day and maybe even enjoy haveing a friend. I hope to learn form the veterins here. I am still trying to figure out alot of what it is to be a preant of an AS kid, like how to handle disaplin. He is still hyper active and boars easily. He is currently swinging off the walls. I call him " T " short for toddler tornado. He spins through a room and wipes it out in 5 seconds flat. I'm not even sure gravity applies to him. He's been on the GFCF for a few weeks now and it's been going fine. But today he got into my valentines chocolets and eat a half of one. Ever since I have been wondering if it would be concitered abuse if I tied him to a chair. LOL. He's kinda rabit right now. Actually prior to the chocolet thing he has been super calm ever since the BRT treatment Wed. well, that ended up a lot longer than I ment. Angie~ Corbin 12.29.99 - 4.17.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Welcome to the group Angie, I am sure some of these ladies will be able to help you out! Connie Kaupa Scrapbook Stylist & Team Leader #10659 Scrap in a Snap... More time for Making Memories http://www.scrapinasnapmn.com New Deluxe Memories by the Month, join before 3/20 and get $10.00 off your first month! CRUISE WITH ME IN 2003 I would love to have you join my team and soar to the stars! Together Everyone Achieves More Find a crop near you www.croppingcentral.com <http://www.croppingcentral.com> Newbie Not am I only new to this list, I am pretty new to the world of Autism. We have known that our son had a problem since he was about 20 mos old. But were not able to get a diagnosis till about 2 weeks ago. He was 3 In Dec. We (Dh myself and our dr.) believe this was the result of vaccines given at 12 mos and 18 mos as he was developing physically, verbally and social on target before the MMR at 12 mos. After the MMR he continued to progress physically but his verbal and social skills stopped progressing. After the DTaP and Prevnar at 18 mos he not only stoped progressing verbally and socially but he regressed drasticly. He has been under chiropractic care for the last 4 mos and we have seen some improvment in his ability to tollerat touch and some new speach. But the biggest chages came when we started BRT or more commonly used NAET last Wed and we have already seen many improvements. He is more patient, social-like playing with and shareing with his baby brother, speach is more the ton and pitch of language, he is saying new sounds that are closer to actual speach, he is understanding and following directions (when he wants too) he has completly stopped being aggressive (just one month ago my whole play group ditched us becasue of his agresion) h'se obviously more comfortable in his skin, he is closer to being centered. I can't expresses with words how pleased and excited I am with this treatment and his improvments. We still have a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGG way to go, but it's seems there is hope he will talk one day and maybe even enjoy haveing a friend. I hope to learn form the veterins here. I am still trying to figure out alot of what it is to be a preant of an AS kid, like how to handle disaplin. He is still hyper active and boars easily. He is currently swinging off the walls. I call him " T " short for toddler tornado. He spins through a room and wipes it out in 5 seconds flat. I'm not even sure gravity applies to him. He's been on the GFCF for a few weeks now and it's been going fine. But today he got into my valentines chocolets and eat a half of one. Ever since I have been wondering if it would be concitered abuse if I tied him to a chair. LOL. He's kinda rabit right now. Actually prior to the chocolet thing he has been super calm ever since the BRT treatment Wed. well, that ended up a lot longer than I ment. Angie~ Corbin 12.29.99 - 4.17.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 I have researched the vaccine angle for 2 yrs. He reacted to the vaccine emidiatly and has regressed from then on. I have found lots to support the vaccine/autism association. Our DR. is also quite convinced it was vaccine associated. This beliefe is further supported by the fact that the first BRT treatment was for MMR and we saw big changes in him with in minutes of the treatment and as the days go by we are seeing more and more improvment. So that leaves no doubt in my mind that the MMR was at least aggervateing his situation. I realize that not all kids react to vaccines and not all autism is triggered by a vaccine. But some do and are. I have been anti vaccine since before my son even started showing sighns of being injured by it. Unfortunatly I allowed that last round of vaccines while I was still unsure. My second son is vaccine free and will deffinatly stay that way. Thanks for your POV on the matter, it's good to look at all angles. Thanks for the welcome, Angie~ You might want to research the vaccine angle. It has been shown through a couple of studies, both here and in the UK, that there is no correlation between vaccinations and the onset of autism. Some autistics just evince their syndrome at around the same time as vaccinations happen anyway. My son (who turned 23 yesterday) evinced fully at 2, but never had the MMR. He had the diseases instead. And he is diagnosed as high functioning autistic and Asperger's Syndrome autistic. The thinking in the research community right now is that autism is a genetic disorder, dealing with differences in neural pathways, brain structure, and neural cell differences. BTW, welcome in. There's lots of good information here, and the people are just great. Annie, who loves ya annie@... -- "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." Emo Philips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 My MIL refuses to even except that he's autistic. She thinks he just has to much wax in his ears and can't hear us properly. LOL. She is deffinatly in denial. For us, we feel that if it is "caused" by something it's important to know what that cause is because then you have soemthing to work with (ie:if it's allergy related then you want to eliminat that allergin ext). Corbin was talking and social before the last vaccines and then suddenly (within weeks) lost all speach and couldn't handle being touched by NAYONE. After 2 mos he was copletly withdrawn and starveing himself. Prior he was the life of the party, always had to be etertained and knew no strangers. It was an obvious and sudden withdrdrwal from the world. We're not looking to blam anything for his condition. We knew soon after the vaccine that somehting was wrong. We just couldn't find a DR. to believe us till last week. All DR.s before just chalked his behaviour and lack of speach to toddler tantrums and shyness. I have happy news to share though. He just drug me out side to "play" with the neigbor kids. There is like 10, 6-12 yr olds that play outside our house in the quade. He actually coupertively played frizby with them. He's NEVER "palyed" with anyone before, not even DH and I (exept his brother 2 days ago). He also allowed one of the kids to "TOUCH" him. I about fell down. He didn't push him away, he didn't scream and he didn't run away. He smiled and jabbered his "Corbish" at him. He then allowed another child to play with his truck, and didn't freak out. He was so sad when I made him come back inside. I can't beleive how social he's starting to become since starting the BRT last Wed. He's of course got a long way to go but WOW. I am impressed so far. ) Angie~ Corbin 12.29.99 DA 4.17.02 I agree. My mother is convinced that my son is autistic because of the vaccinations but I'm not so sure. I don't think it's that. I think he was born this way and just didn't really show signs until later. I remember as a baby though, that he was a "good" baby. He didn't cry much, didn't need to be held all the time like a lot of babies do, not terribly demanding. Was just a very happy baby if you left him be. Too much handling and he'd get upset. But my mother doesn't seem to want to remember all of those things. She just says, "he was a good baby." I think in her case, she's upset about it and is looking for someone to blame. In my case, I don't need a reason for why he's autistic, just that he is, and I need to deal with it. But, we all deal with things in different ways I think. I'm one of those people that just takes what comes and moves through it as best I can. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Oh no not at all. I'm just never sure if I express myslef correctly. I find I often have to restate things more than once because I get distracted by the baby and forget important info. I think it's harder for the Grandmas becasue A) they don't live with them and it's hard to except your childs seed is imperfect. At least in MILs case that's true. She is the favorite child, DH is her favorite child and the favorite grandchild and Corbin is her Favorite Grandchild. Dhs side of the family seems to think the favirites can do no wrong and are "of course" perfect. It would be to much a blow to the ego to admit Corbin has a rpobleme that can't be fixed by a surgery or pill. Plus she finds it impossible to except Holistic health care can work. She is the type of person that thinks a "pill" will fix any probleme. But it's been Dhs and my expereince that holistic health care works better and is less invassive. Of coarse not always, but in most cases from our experience. So we're also at odds as to how to treat him. I printed up ALOT of good info off the web as well as a gently worded letter explaining his diapgnosis, our plan for treatment and a request that only positive things be said to us. That all negativity be keept away from us. Stateing that we really need the family to be there for us, support us and resect us as the parents to make sure he recievs the best. We will be going to TUL to visit her this Tuesday and I'm sure she will hound us about when we will be going to a "real" DR. , what drugs will he be takeing and what special classes we'll be sending him too. She's ganna have a heart attck when she finds out we don't want to go to a "real" Dr.because our Chiro is perfectly qualified to care for him, there will be no drugs just herbs,homeopothy, chiropractic and accupressure and we're going to homeschool. LOL Should be fun fun fun!!!!! Yes, seeing him come out of his shell is heart warming. He's been in that fog for so long and so withdrawn that it was starting to feel like he was entirly lost. I feel so relieved that he is starting to feel like he's apart of this world. I am just giddy with anticipation at the prospect that I may get to have a conversation with him some day. He was jabbering a mile a minute at those kids today. One politly told me he couldn't understand him and I quietly told him he wasn't talking yet but is learning. He smiled and said "cool". My neihborhood is so culterally and racially divers that these kids aren't at all put off by his "diffrent" ways. They have been trying to get him to play with them for 6 mos. So I'm sure they were also happy to see him except them. It's nice for him to have non judgemental peers. Angie~ Oh I hope I didn't come across like I thought you were looking for someone to blame. It's not that. I meant to express that that's why my mom does that. She's in denial too I think. For a long time she wouldn't admit there was anything wrong either. Woohoo on the playing with the other kids. It just about makes you want to cry when they make such huge strides like that doesn't it? I'm so happy for you. I know when reaches out I just get all gushy. It sounds like you definately have a good understanding of what caused Corbin's problems. I'm glad that you've researched that so thoroughly and it does sound like in his case that he was definately responding to the vaccine. I think in 's case, it's just always been this way for him. You know? I do agree to that knowing what the cause is can definately help to make the changes needed to make things better. I'm blessed that is so highly functioning I think. A lot of kids have more severe issues than he does. I think that just the few days I've been in this group have shown me that there is such a huge vast difference in the behaviors that our kids display and for that I thank you all. I hope I didn't come across sounding judgemental, that was never my intention. It's so hard sometimes to express yourself in an email and really have it come out like you want it too. I'm really sorry if I gave the wrong impression there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 You might want to research the vaccine angle. It has been shown through a couple of studies, both here and in the UK, that there is no correlation between vaccinations and the onset of autism. Some autistics just evince their syndrome at around the same time as vaccinations happen anyway. My son (who turned 23 yesterday) evinced fully at 2, but never had the MMR. He had the diseases instead. And he is diagnosed as high functioning autistic and Asperger's Syndrome autistic. The thinking in the research community right now is that autism is a genetic disorder, dealing with differences in neural pathways, brain structure, and neural cell differences. BTW, welcome in. There's lots of good information here, and the people are just great. Annie, who loves ya annie@... -- " Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. " Emo Philips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 I agree. My mother is convinced that my son is autistic because of the vaccinations but I'm not so sure. I don't think it's that. I think he was born this way and just didn't really show signs until later. I remember as a baby though, that he was a "good" baby. He didn't cry much, didn't need to be held all the time like a lot of babies do, not terribly demanding. Was just a very happy baby if you left him be. Too much handling and he'd get upset. But my mother doesn't seem to want to remember all of those things. She just says, "he was a good baby." I think in her case, she's upset about it and is looking for someone to blame. In my case, I don't need a reason for why he's autistic, just that he is, and I need to deal with it. But, we all deal with things in different ways I think. I'm one of those people that just takes what comes and moves through it as best I can. lol Re: Newbie You might want to research the vaccine angle. It has been shown througha couple of studies, both here and in the UK, that there is nocorrelation between vaccinations and the onset of autism. Someautistics just evince their syndrome at around the same time asvaccinations happen anyway. My son (who turned 23 yesterday) evincedfully at 2, but never had the MMR. He had the diseases instead. Andhe is diagnosed as high functioning autistic and Asperger's Syndrome autistic.The thinking in the research community right now is that autism is agenetic disorder, dealing with differences in neural pathways, brainstructure, and neural cell differences.BTW, welcome in. There's lots of good information here, and the peopleare just great. :)Annie, who loves ya annie@...-- "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps."Emo Philips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2003 Report Share Posted March 2, 2003 Oh I hope I didn't come across like I thought you were looking for someone to blame. It's not that. I meant to express that that's why my mom does that. She's in denial too I think. For a long time she wouldn't admit there was anything wrong either. Woohoo on the playing with the other kids. It just about makes you want to cry when they make such huge strides like that doesn't it? I'm so happy for you. I know when reaches out I just get all gushy. It sounds like you definately have a good understanding of what caused Corbin's problems. I'm glad that you've researched that so thoroughly and it does sound like in his case that he was definately responding to the vaccine. I think in 's case, it's just always been this way for him. You know? I do agree to that knowing what the cause is can definately help to make the changes needed to make things better. I'm blessed that is so highly functioning I think. A lot of kids have more severe issues than he does. I think that just the few days I've been in this group have shown me that there is such a huge vast difference in the behaviors that our kids display and for that I thank you all. I hope I didn't come across sounding judgemental, that was never my intention. It's so hard sometimes to express yourself in an email and really have it come out like you want it too. I'm really sorry if I gave the wrong impression there. Re: Newbie My MIL refuses to even except that he's autistic. She thinks he just has to much wax in his ears and can't hear us properly. LOL. She is deffinatly in denial. For us, we feel that if it is "caused" by something it's important to know what that cause is because then you have soemthing to work with (ie:if it's allergy related then you want to eliminat that allergin ext). Corbin was talking and social before the last vaccines and then suddenly (within weeks) lost all speach and couldn't handle being touched by NAYONE. After 2 mos he was copletly withdrawn and starveing himself. Prior he was the life of the party, always had to be etertained and knew no strangers. It was an obvious and sudden withdrdrwal from the world. We're not looking to blam anything for his condition. We knew soon after the vaccine that somehting was wrong. We just couldn't find a DR. to believe us till last week. All DR! .s before I have happy news to share though. He just drug me out side to "play" with the neigbor kids. There is like 10, 6-12 yr olds that play outside our house in the quade. He actually coupertively played frizby with them. He's NEVER "palyed" with anyone before, not even DH and I (exept his brother 2 days ago). He also allowed one of the kids to "TOUCH" him. I about fell down. He didn't push him away, he didn't scream and he didn't run away. He smiled and jabbered his "Corbish" at him. He then allowed another child to play with his truck, and didn't freak out. He was so sad when I made him come back inside. I can't beleive how social he's starting to become since starting the BRT last Wed. He's of course got a long way to go but WOW. I am impressed so far. )Angie~Corbin 12.29.99DA 4.17.02 I agree. My mother is convinced that my son is autistic because of the vaccinations but I'm not so sure. I don't think it's that. I think he was born this way and just didn't really show signs until later. I remember as a baby though, that he was a "good" baby. He didn't cry much, didn't need to be held all the time like a lot of babies do, not terribly demanding. Was just a very happy baby if you left him be. Too much handling and he'd get upset. But my mother doesn't seem to want to remember all of those things. She just says, "he was a good baby." I think in her case, she's upset about it and is looking for someone to blame. In my case, I don't need a reason for why he's autistic, just that he is, and I need to deal with it. But, we all deal with things in different ways I think. I'm o! ne of tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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