some older blogs about my son Samuel

this is from November of 2007

another middle of the night musing.....

well, here I am again. I got hit by some ickiness earlier tonight, so I am having a "medication induced insomnia" moment.

So, I was trying to figure out what to post...and of course thought about Samuel. He is one of the most interesting things I am involved with! lol.

We do have a diagnosis of PDD-NOS. For those of you (which will be the majority) who don't know what that means.....Think of an elephant, and the body is called PDD (Pervasive Development Disorder) and it has 4 legs: classic autism, Rett's syndrome, aspergers, and NOS (not otherwise specified). Sam supposedly has the last one.

It's very interesting, b/c many mental health professionals are pushing to make ADD/ADHD a category under NOS. I personally agree that it should be added, but it does expand the umbrella so. However, there are so many possible connections between them that it might be remiss not to make the addition.

Navigating the world of services has been so frustrating to say the least. Sam is getting ready to turn 3 in January, and I feel like the assistance he has, has been put into a holding pattern, just waiting for him to age out. Grrrrrr, as if I didn't have enough to worry about, now I have to deal with fighting for services.

But Samuel is doing so great in many areas. He is getting so much more verbal, even though his articulation is horrendous. It's like trying to translate a foreign language. lol. But, at least he is trying. He sings happy birthday, and loves to do the prayer from his favorite video. It is so precious.

We have been having a lot of behavior problems, but I am trying to be optimistic. When a child has a leap in development, a lot of times behaviors get worse before they get better. I am tired of him kicking and throwing things things at me, but I am praying that this stage will be over soon.

Anyway, that is my update.

my second one in the same night!!!

ok, so after I posted the other, I started thinking about some of the information that I wished I had 3 years ago, about vaxing and autism.Here is a link to be able to see, sid by side, typical and non-typical children. http://www.autismspeaks.org/video/glossary.php The first time I watched these videos, about a month ago, such a light bulb went off in my head. Please, please forward this link to everyone you know, and ask them to take about ten minutes and start looking through it. Whether or not they feel their child is on the spectrum, they may see their neghbors child there, and may be able to pass on the information to another parent who is in the dark.

A atudy was done http://generationrescue.org/survey.html that blew my mind. Oh how I wish I had read it before I chose to fully vax my son. The website that is full of info is http://generationrescue.org/index.html Again, please, oh please take the time to read through these things.

I thought all this stuff was such paranoia, until we went through vaccine adverse effects when samuel was 19 months old. He lost all of his words within a month of the shots. He ran a 105 degree temp for a week post vax. I was told, that can happen in any kid, it's not related to the vax. Um, the fever started within 24 hours of the shots!!!! Anyway, I have mentioned these links before, but I wanted to put them up where you all could access them.