Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Thank you Liz and friend for this new year UPPER!!! Came back from begin the year visit to Elie's work center. I was distrubed that after a golden start in August, getting a pay check of a couple of dollers a week, that we had not gotten a paycheck - not even for the $.80 or so he had earned before Thanksgiving. But the director said " He is such a free spirit. HE makes the people around him happy. Wish we all had such gifts. We just have to see the gold shining in each of our kidss. (And it is so eaasy to JUST do anything.) > > > Forget the Diagnosis > > Autism! Pdd nos! Aspergers syndrome! ADHD! High functioning! Low > functioning! Delayed! Hearing these words about your child can be > crushing. They can devastate you to your very core. The good news is THEY > DON'T HAVE TO! > > Let me tell you why.. > > It doesn't matter. That's right. It simply doesn't matter. If you > want to really help your child then read on. I'm serious. Don't be like > the > thousands who wish they had " lived " this concept sooner. > > Pretend for a moment you have a newborn. He is simply perfect. By the > time he is two years old, his fingers are so long, they look strange. You > go > to a renowned physician and ask " What's wrong with my child? Why are his > fingers so long? " . The physician smiles and says " Your child has a > condition > called spindle fingers. He has a natural gift for playing musical > instruments. Many dream of having this talent " . > > You're absolutely thrilled and can't wait to share the news. You rush > home but on the way you stop to buy a toy xylophone, piano, drum set and > flute. You set them out on the floor when you get home and you watch > proudly as your toddler strums each one of them. You don't care that > everyone else thinks it just sounds like noise. You have a budding musician > on your hands and he's practicing! > > As the months go by you encourage your child to play instruments. He > gets a little older and expresses his preference for the piano. You take > him > to piano lessons, listen to famous piano players and perhaps even go to > concerts. You explain to your son that his fingers are long because he is > talented at playing the piano. Your son plays the piano beautifully. He is > proud of his fingers and his talent. You are proud of your son. > > You run into the physician a few years later. You tell him proudly > about your child's piano skills. He smiles broadly and says " I made it all > up. > There is no condition called spindle fingers " . " What? " you shriek " that's > impossible. My child is an excellent player " . > > " Of course he is " says the physician " It's called belief. You > believed in your child's fingers. You believed in his talent. You > encouraged him. It didn't matter how many mistakes he made. You hardly heard > them because you knew he was on the path to greatness. Your son felt your > belief. He saw it in your eyes. He felt it course through his being. It > inspired him. Every time he looked at his long fingers he thought about his > talent. He felt proud of > himself. He knew he could do it. Your unwavering faith inspired him to be > the > best he can be " . > > My advice to you is this. Forget about the boxes and the labels. > Ignore the judgments. Your child is fascinating. Your child is a unique > and > wonderful being who is incredibly special. Give him the tools. Encourage > him on his journey. Never lose faith in him. Stand by his side. Teach him as > > much as you can. Watch in delight as he soars far beyond everyone's > expectations. Everyone's except yours and all those who joined your belief > along the way! > > - By Jene Aviram > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 We have 's meeting tomarrow morning for the workshop he started working at to learn his vocational on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. I am a little excited as everyone keeps saying he does a great job, and is very funny sense of humor. His aide even said he does better there than at school, hmm go figure. I also am a little unsure, as this vocational stuff is hard to figure out for his IEP, at least for tomarrow they are done with his evaluation and we sill be able to focus on more precise goals. even understands his " check " now, lol, he runs out to the truck and says " mom, got a check, pizza pocket, fareway " (in his mumbo jumbo speech, lol) and will dig it out of his backpack, lol, its only a few dollars each time but he seems to be proud of it, and we just want him to be happy and productive. Keeping my fingers crossed that this continues so he can work a few full days or all half days this summer, instead of just sitting at home and getting out of a routine. I try to keep the boys' summer full of activities, but there is only so much one can do in my rural area of the neighborhood. One cant spend the entire day at library or pool everyday all summer, and we go camping too, and last few summers even mini vacations we have managed. sorry just rambling. shawna In a message dated 1/5/2008 7:57:16 A.M. Central Standard Time, pastmidvale@... writes: " He is such a free spirit. HE makes the people around him happy. Wish we all had such gifts. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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