Recovery- Hi Marcia Hinds!

July 15, 2009

Hi Everyone,

I felt to compelled to email, it has been a couple of years:) I guess my twin

boys would be in the category of one " recovered " and one almost there- they are

entering 10th grade. I don't normally email because Marcia Hinds is right, you

tend to drop off the list or just listen because you have been down that road

before. Five or Six years ago Marcia Hinds recommended and we followed

through. Our boys were high functioning so while we had our " battles " they

certainly weren't some of the challenges others faced. We see Dr. and we

started just as he opened up his office in Texas. Both my twins are driving and

have the problem solving and critical thinking skills of their age group. One

twin doesn't need to be on antifungals, the other still has yeast issues and I

can tell from how tired he gets when to change medicine. Marcia's last post was

right on, it takes a while for these kids to improve but slow and steady wins

the race These kids do pick up on higher cognitive thinking but medical

intervention is only one piece of the equation. You still have gaps and

behaviors to work on and make up for lost time. Academically my boys are at peer

level with honor roll grades, independent work and they will go to college to be

engineers. They are indistinguishable from their peers and people are surprised

when the boys tell people they have or " had " autism It is a long journey but

people on this list will guide you. Stick with it. Marcia, thanks for making a

difference in our lives Ann MacLaren- Indiana

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