“Dad, I miss hockey.” That’s what my 6 year-old son, who has autism, said to me a couple of weeks ago as we were getting ready for dinner. I can honestly say that I never expected to hear those words from him. I’m a sports guy. I grew up in a neighborhood where the kids …
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Truman was diagnosed with autism in 2007, just after his 3rd birthday, which was also his first year of pre-school in an early intervention program. But earlier, he said his first word at six months of age, “baby,” and we saw language continue to grow until right around 14 months of age. We saw a steady …
My daughter, Ryan, was born December 4, 2002. Three and a half years later, she was diagnosed with autism. I became concerned about her development at age 2 ½, when she didn’t answer to her name, protested any demand placed on her, and was extremely tactile-defensive. If we met people for dinner, even those she …
There’s more than one way to win over autism. I would love to be writing my daughter’s recovery story, with autism as an interlude instead of a fact of her daily life. Ten years in, Leah still has autism. The victories I occasionally feel like celebrating belong to our family. Our wins haven’t been big …
I wasn’t at all surprised when our then 2-year-old son, Eddie, was diagnosed with autism. I had read a lot about autism and knew that Eddie had many red flags, especially the stimming and lack of language. Our concerns had started before he turned one, since he had missed many physical milestones. Physical and developmental …
Our son, Hagen, was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3, though he started showing early signs at 2. In January, he is turning 5. It has been an interesting couple of years! The worst issues he had included being aggressive towards others, diarrhea, repeated ear infections, echolalia, and overall communication problems (he didn’t …