Re: OT Speech issues

[Guest guest]

Thank you and fam,

Yes, the dream child that will never be. I love her

though...wouldn't trade her for a perfect her even if I could...she

is who she is. Those eyes seems to " see " things that others just

don't see....I can't wait until she is old enough to tell us. Either

through speech or through other means.

God Bless all, Antoinette

>

> Hello all--

> I've been out for a while--super busy. About the speech issues--

my son, who

> just turned 8, had almost no receptive language prior to being 4

and a half

> (e.g., you could say, " Put this in the trash " , and he could not

understand

> that until he was about four and a half). It did slowly develop,

and he has

> really good receptive language now. In second grade school work,

it only

> shows up in his reading comprehension. And it's really not that

he doesn't

> understand what he read, it's that he doesn't understand what the

question

> is asking. He spends about 90% of the day in a regular

classroom. He has

> great expressive speech/language. We're very proud.

> Don't be hard on yourself, Antoinette (or others), for grieving

the loss of

> that perfect child. That's natural, and it still comes in waves

in our

> house--years after knowing the diagnosis. 's future is

wide open,

> and yet, sometimes I'm so sad for all he's gone through, or when

he cries

> that he's different, that I can hardly stand it. It's grief that

he is

> still going to have a hard life, even after all he's had to endure-

-it's

> tough for me, because, like all of you, I'd give absolutely

anything to

> change it. This diet has helped with repeating--he used to repeat

lots of

> things, over and over--he doesn't do that anymore (unless he

manages to

> sneak forbidden foods--which has happened three times in the four

months

> that we've been doing this...)

> I hope you all have a great weekend,

> and fam

>