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Hi Everyone!!!! My name is Stephanie my husband Gary and I have been married over 8 years happily married about half of that LoL (just jokeing! I love my husband and he loves me too).
I am the mother of a beautiful 7 year old boy whom has autism. He is the light of my life and has brought me more joy and tears than anyone or anything else I have ever known! Yeah, I know it sounds like every mother of a child with autism huh! LOL That is because our kids are the most special children in the world.
My boy is becoming more verbal all the time though he can not hold a conversation with me yet, that day is coming! I look forward to him being able to communicate with everyone around him and making lifelong friends. I love to watch him reach beyond what he was able to do last year and approach other children to play.
Like many or maybe even all of you my child is my hero. The struggles that he endures on a daily basis I can't even comprehend. The best thing is he does it all with that goregous smile on his sweet little face. I hurt when he hurts, I laugh when he laughs and I cry when he cries.(NOT IN FRONT OF HIM) However as a mother I know it is my job to be strong for him and I will as long as I live. (Even though we all have weak moments!) Because we are human!
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by lilbitofky on 05.21.08 - public - 118 visits
Just wondering which therapies helped your child the most and what changes you have seen from them?
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xajomom
Posted on Thu, 22 May 2008
For my oldest his doctor suggested cod liver oil tablets (his son also has ASD). Xavier has been verbal for years but his sentences were fragmented. Now he speaks in very complete sentences most of the time and I believe it is because of the vitamins which are supposed to stimulate neural transmitters in the brain. He has been taking them for a year now. Joseph has been hit or miss. I've tried speech, OT, medication, and sensory intergration to name a few. Not really sure I'm up for chelation. I'm looking into it though.
Mom4Autism
Posted on Thu, 22 May 2008
Sports. It's where Raymond began to listen and 'engage' his playmates. It also got rid of his nervousness. He was so exhausted from playing, he was often calm for days. This is a child who was diagnosed as severely hyperactive. He also had a lot of aggression. Sports also allevaited the urge to be physical with the other children. Football is his favorite sport .. thank god. So it encompass's all his abilities. Higher thinking skills, aggression, and his hyperactiveness. It keeps his opponents on their toes. It's so ironic that he has become such a well oiled football machine; his 'autistic' tendencies honed Raymond's ability to be a perfect offensive lineman. We are keeping our fingers crossed that he makes the High School Football Team.
noaholiviaian
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
For my son, our successful therapies came in this order: GFCF diet stopped the regression spiral downward, Omega 3 fatty acids greatly improved language and tone (after a year of unproductive speech therapy), OT by an amazing PhD helped sensory defensiveness, Verbal Behavior Analysis helped processing speed, chelation therapy made him 'less Autistic', Vermox made him stop biting his nails and gave him focus, Lysine seemed to give him conversation skills (back/forth communication), Heavy duty probiotics and enzymes put 3 lbs on him in 3 months after not gaining weight for 18 months. Lots of things! Honestly, the traditional therapies have been the least helpful standing alone. I'm convinced I had to heal my child medically before any behavioral therapies had a chance...
mercurymom
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
Hard one..depends on WHAT we were dealing with...cause we had buckets of issues...over all CHELATION, CHELATION, CHELATION...was the door to making other therapies work...
slhh130
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
Speech for my daughter and ot for my son! SHe now talks better than her big bro. OT helps keep Caleb going.
Jake9068
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
Removing milk and after that various biomed interventions. Glutathione and Phosphatidylcholine are high on the list
ADifferentDrummer
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
This may sound weird - but my son has been helped most by piano lessons. He begged for two years before we were able to get a piano, get it tuned, find a teacher and find a way to afford them. My only regret is that it took so long!! It has improved his fine motor around 800%. His self-confidence went way up. His anxiety completely disappears when he touches the piano keys. He uses it as home to sooth himself. And put him on stage - and all the anxiety is completely gone!! It is amazing. Deb
Motherof4
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
I'm not sure what helped most. Within weeks of his neurologist prescribing vitamin therapy for Daniel, he started talking more-- that was when he was 4. Then, all the sensory stuff, like the sand box, swinging, trampoline and sandwiching himself under his mattress helped calm him down. Then, the meds, Abilify and Prozac, now, really help him to focus, remain calm and behave himself in school so they (and we) can teach him. All these things together have made him pretty darn functional. Still working on it, at 16, now we're working on life and work skills and, of course, social skills.
wktb
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
For my kids diet was the biggest help. Before we changed diet they were making very little progress. GFCF helped with patience but when we went to the Specific Carb Diet, my son was a different kid withing a couple days. Within a week he was babbling, the next week he was doing animal sounds when asked and then moved on to short words. This is after a year of speech therapy that couldn't get a word out of him! He started trying to talk for the first time in well over a year. For my daughter, removing wheat led to a jump in communication skills and better BM's. She now can tell you what she did during the day and what she wants to do. She can have a coversation for the first time. Diet helped us progress with all the other therapies so much better. Kristin
Crofty
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2008
Hi, my youngest loved occupational therapy, he is a very sensory little boy and we found that when he was on the tyre swing or soft play equipment etc, we could see past the autism and more of a little boy at play!
