Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 Hi Sara Welcome to the list! I am Tracey and my youngest daughter, Skylar age 11, was diagnosed autistic at age 3. We live in a small town in Ontario, Canada. This is a great group of people. I have found it to be a great source of information and support. It is also a good place to vent when you are having a rough day either with kids, school, therapists or just life in general. I know it has been a great help to me. It is good to have you with us. I look forward to hearing more from you. Tracey New and Saying Hello My name is Sara and I'm mother to two wonderful children, Elise and Luke. Elise is 2.5 years and was diagnosed with ASD earlier this year. Luke is four months. We live in Southern California Elise appeared to develop normally her first year although she had these little quirks that no one seemed to be concerned about (other than me). She did not want to breastfeed nor did she want to be held or cuddled. She loved playing on her own and just seemed to have her own way of doing things. Around her first birthday her language development began to slow and she still was not walking. We moved from Chicago around this time so we chalked it up to that. Elise added a word here or there the next few months and began walking around 18 months. None of her doctors were concerned, but I was so I called the school district and was directed to our regional center. She was evaluated last fall and began speech therapy in November. At that time I started noticing other concerning behaviors. After attending our first group therapy session early this year, I had to ASK the therapists if they thought Elise was displaying Autistic behaviors. They said yes, but suggested I wait to get her diagnosed until she was 2 years 9 months. I ignored their advice and she received a diagnosis two weeks later(late February). Elise is currrently attending the Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program at UCLA (Baically ABA/DTT and additional therapies...ST, OT, RT). She will complete the program in early June. The program has been amazing and Elise has excelled there. I'm currently working on securing services for after the program. Elise is verbal and is talking more every day. She is commenting/relating more to others and things that are going on around her. Her tantrums are practically non-existent, but she does get frustrated and whiny a lot. Her stimming behavior is mild (hand posturing) and she loves social situations even though she doesn't quite get how to play WITH children her own age (except on the playground). Sometimes I have to think twice about her behavior and question if it is her being two or autistic. I am VERY new to all of this, so please excuse my green questions (as I'm sure you've answered them many times before). If anyone has any ideas/advice for someone at this point in the process, I would greatly appreciate it. It's great to have found a place specifically for autistic girls! Thanks! Sara, mommy to Elise, 2.5 years, ASD Luke, 4 months www.lifeonthespectrum.com Autism_in_Girls-subscribe ------------------------ Autism_in_Girls-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 Welcome, Sara. I'm Penny (with a Y), and lived in Torrance for nearly 5 years. I live in Michigan now. I have 6 year old and 4 year old twins. (They all have birthdays really soon, so they're almost 7, 5, and 5.) One of my twins is on the spectrum. We've known for almost 3 years, and have a home ABA program, and have recently begun adding Floortime to what we do. We're GFCFSF and biomedical. Computer about to shut down. Will hit post and try later. > My name is Sara and I'm mother to two wonderful children, Elise and > Luke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 welcome new people my name is of Sondra adult with HFA in Ohio and mom to 4 children's with Asperger's syndrome. I to be married going on 18 years this fall. I be much tired and ready for to go to bed but wanted to post a welcome. Sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 WELCOME TO THE GROUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Robin, mom to Whitney 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 Sara, hope we can all help. I too, wonder about behaviors, but I have 4 children and kara is just not in the mold, even though all children are different. I am now wondering who and how much I should tell coaches, since she is starting to play sports. I don't want to scare them, which has happened in the past. (mom to Kara 9) > My name is Sara and I'm mother to two wonderful children, Elise and > Luke. Elise is 2.5 years and was diagnosed with ASD earlier this > year. Luke is four months. We live in Southern California > > Elise appeared to develop normally her first year although she had > these little quirks that no one seemed to be concerned about (other > than me). She did not want to breastfeed nor did she want to be > held or cuddled. She loved playing on her own and just seemed to > have her own way of doing things. Around her first birthday her > language development began to slow and she still was not walking. > We moved from Chicago around this time so we chalked it up to that. > Elise added a word here or there the next few months and began > walking around 18 months. None of her doctors were concerned, but I > was so I called the school district and was directed to our regional > center. She was evaluated last fall and began speech therapy in > November. At that time I started noticing other concerning > behaviors. After attending our first group therapy session early > this year, I had to ASK the therapists if they thought Elise was > displaying Autistic behaviors. They said yes, but suggested I wait > to get her diagnosed until she was 2 years 9 months. I ignored > their advice and she received a diagnosis two weeks later(late > February). > > Elise is currrently attending the Early Childhood Partial > Hospitalization Program at UCLA (Baically ABA/DTT and additional > therapies...ST, OT, RT). She will complete the program in early > June. The program has been amazing and Elise has excelled there. > I'm currently working on securing services for after the program. > > Elise is verbal and is talking more every day. She is > commenting/relating more to others and things that are going on > around her. Her tantrums are practically non-existent, but she does > get frustrated and whiny a lot. Her stimming behavior is mild (hand > posturing) and she loves social situations even though she doesn't > quite get how to play WITH children her own age (except on the > playground). Sometimes I have to think twice about her behavior and > question if it is her being two or autistic. > > I am VERY new to all of this, so please excuse my green questions > (as I'm sure you've answered them many times before). If anyone has > any ideas/advice for someone at this point in the process, I would > greatly appreciate it. It's great to have found a place > specifically for autistic girls! > > Thanks! > > Sara, mommy to > Elise, 2.5 years, ASD > Luke, 4 months > www.lifeonthespectrum.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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