RE: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: Will he ever talk?

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Your post gave me chills! I'm so happy for you and your family. Great news! Brag all you want.

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From: Cochran

Sent: 3/1/2006 11:10:19 AM

Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [ ] "Will he ever talk?"

Wanted to add, that with chelation, low/frequent dosing, our girl went from barely age minimum language at 3.9.

After 5 months of chelation at 4.4, language testing done by an outside psych was at:

expressive language 6.5 years

receptive language 11.3 years.

It was miraculous. At 4.0, just after one month on chelation, she asked her first "why" question and hasn't stopped since. All other cognitive testing was normal, or normal for her at way beyond age level. Sorry, not bragging, just reporting facts. Visiion testing, normal.

She is the only child of an only child. One day she will be alone, there is noone responsible enough to entrust with her care. She has to be strong.

After one year of chelation, she is in a reg preK, at 5.1 years, with no aide, reading at a 5th grade level, math skills at 4th grade level. PreK teacher pronounced her attentional and social skills at age appropriate.

It can happen!

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From: Patti OKeefe

Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:48 AM

Subject: RE: [ ] "Will he ever talk?"

Thanks . It really helps to hear all of your experiences! I'm looking forward to someday feeling like "the black cloud has been lifted!" Right now it seems so far away. Patti"rmaher1969@..." <rmaher1969@...> wrote:

Patti,

My son only said gibberish at 24 months. He moved on to alot of echolalia inappropiate at first, then used it appropiately, but it was scripted from something he heard someone else say or from videos. He now uses his own speech spontaneously to tell what he wants or doesn't want. He isn't quite conversational yet, but he has recently started asking things like "Why?" Which is a HUGE step. In my opinion, the most important thing to remember is to be patient. Our son is seven now and I finally feel that heavy black cloud lifted. Talk to your child even when you think they're not listening. Speak slowly, label things and limit questions. Questions frustrasted my son because he knew the answers, he just didn't know how to communicate them. Try to make language meaningful. Stories are meaningless to my son and he hates them, but if it has visuals he will pay closer attention expecially if it comes out of the television! Make your own home movies about stuff. Our older son made a video about brushing teeth and he sang a song about it, loves it and sings the song when he brushes. It sounds like a lot of work, but it just takes getting used to, I basically had to throw all of my instinctual "mommy knowledge" out the window and relearn how to help . There is hope and the fact that your son is attempting to speak is a HUGE plus! It shows that he has the ability and the will to speak. That's wonderful!

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From: Patti OKeefe

Sent: 2/28/2006 9:29:11 PM

Subject: [ ] "Will he ever talk?"

Also, with my son's recent diagnosis, I am terrified that he will never talk ( I know some autistic children never do). At 26 mos. he only says "Ma Ma" and "Da Da" and sometimes uses them inappropriately. He's getting speech therapy twice a week now but I'm hoping to get him 3 sessions per week. If you have a success story about when you're child started talking (and you thought he/she never would), I would love to hear it. My husband and I are trying to stay as positive as we can but it's hard because we don't have much to go by...being so new to this and all. Thank you,Patti

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