Over the years, several additions to the autism spectrum have led to a varying understanding of what autism is. This can create issues if we don’t take proper care to make sure that no group falls through the cracks. Among recent additions to the Autism Spectrum, we find Aspergers and various other diagnoses classed as […]
Progress Can Appear Out Of Nowhere
At 5 years old our son started developing some words, they were not clear but they were definitely there and if you listened you could understand what he was saying, or reading as was more common. He sat with me one night and read an entire Thomas book. There were only approx 4 words […]
To Parents Of Newly Diagnosed Autistic Children: Do Not Be Afraid
To start the history a bit our son was diagnosed as non-verbal autistic. This means that on top of the general autism traits our son also could not talk and so had no method of expressing himself. Three years later he still was unable to talk much, generally a word here or there with some […]
Autism: An Introduction To Our Story
To start, I would like to give you a history of our autism journey. Our son with autism was born on Valentine’s Day, 2004. It was going to be either Valentine’s day or Friday the 13th and he chose Valentine’s day. We first noticed his behaviour start to change around eighteen months. We watched him […]
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