Videos about Autism and EOBP

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I posted these videos yesterday. They are my original poems about raising a son with Autism and BP....

This one is about childhood bipolar, but I am sure other parents of special needs children can relate too....

This one is about Autism:

There are a couple others also if you are interested.

Janice from MA

Me: Fibromyalgia, ADHD, PTSD, High Blood Pressure meds, magnesium, Vitamin D, Calcium supplements, Trazadone, Zoloft.

DH: BP, PTSD, 9 psych meds and diabetes med.

Mom to:

Elijah: age 7; counseling since age 3. DX: PDD-NOS, BP, GAD, ADHD, SPD, NLD, Receptive Expressive Language Disorder; Delays: Global Brain Based, Fine Motor,, Academic, Executive Functioning, Developmental Urinary and Fecal Incontinence daily. Meds: Abilify 15 mg, Clonidine .1 mg, Lithium Carbonate ER 450 mg am/300 pm, Tenex 2 mg; School: 1st grade~IEP~substantially seperate E/D SPED classroom, direct PT, OT,

S/I, Speech, and Counseling services, extended school year, full time 1:1 aid...

Charlie: stepson (DH and I got custody at age 10...) age 15 released from RTC on 6/26, voluntary DCF involvement; DX: Mood Disorder NOS, ADHD, ODD, Conduct Disorder, Complex Severe PTSD; Meds: None; School: Substantially Seperate classroom with a behavioral component and level system.

Natasia: age 10 w/o dx's. : age 13 w/o dx's.

Blog: "Wonders In The Night" about raising 2 special needs children. Private, but request an invite with your email address and I will send you one....

"Everything happens for a reason. God never gives us more than we can handle... I guess he thought highly of us to give us these special children." My faith keeps me going lots of days as I continue to search for the sunshine in our life full of thunderstorms.

"Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows" Chinese Fortune Cookie.