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Subject: i thought my son had it- he didnt

Author:
martha

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Date Posted: 08:20:13 10/09/07 Tue

hi kelly. I'd like to say dont sweat it. but u know as a mom, it's the best thing to do. it's your job to worry about these things and be anal about it. we started noticing differences in our son when he was a baby and did not cry much. Little things over time added up to symptons of autism. His speech delay made me relize i was not being paranoid, he could really have this! I went to my dr. who sent him to speech therapy, saying "lets not worry yet" he was almost 2 @ the time. By the middle of his second year i told my dr. -"look, im worried, help me help him." So i was sent to a phyciatrist for his behavior problems and recommended to ~ECI~. I HIGHLY recommend the ECI program. I did dismiss it @ first. for some reason i felt too good for this program since i had recources to do better(i thought). But just bcuz the program is free does not mean it's any less. When everyone said- dont worry. they ran test in my home, @ my sons comfort place and were the ONLY ones that said " yeah, you have reason to worry" My son was placcd in a preschool parents day out program and i had a speech therapist AND a social worker come to my home twice a week. It was ALOT~~ of work. he's 4 now. by the time he was 3 he was talking, behaving very socially acceptable etc. etc. etc. All my concerns were gone. I did everything eci recommended. asked every possible ? and asked for every recource. I was happy to find out his delays we're due to ~my lack of parenting skills.~ It's hard to say that!:( No one said that to me, i just found that out for myself. I was very well educated + a stay @ home mom. I read all the books didnt spank etc. but u know what. it's ok to not have all the skills. I learned little things that helped him. i did my job. I got all the rescources possible and used them. He's a normal little 4 yr old boy now. You'll be ok. I hope she dose not have it. Be strong and be there for her. Remember to listen to your gut. If your Dr. or anyone does not listen, ask for someone else. If u need more recources get them. Do your job. you'll be glad u did.

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