/Holly

[Guest guest]

<< I have some pix of smiling and looking at the camera, but they

are few and far between.>>

Hi, Everyone........to this day, we still have to tell Gareth " crack a

smile " when he's in a picture. He does have the cutest smile, but many

times has to be told when to use it.

Holly.....how did the move go? Did you already post about that and I

missed it? How is Jake doing in the new home/area? How are you doing?

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

[Guest guest]

I believe that our children have another world which inhabits their brains.

Sometimes they are in this other world longer than at other times. I know

there are times (never longer then hours so far) where ELie sits and stares

as if what he is seeing is strange and never seen before - and neither moves

nor makes a sound. Then suddenly he is back - light comes into his eyes,

and he goes on like there hadn't been a period of time when he was gone.

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> Hi, Everyone........in a nutshell, yes!!! I do believe that, on some

> days, Gareth is more autistic than other. The problem is finding out the

> triggers for each change....medications, not feeling well, hormones, etc.

> What Holly describes with Jake is Gareth to a * T * !!!

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> Just this morning, I was so upset and ready to write to all of you about

> G's behavior. Dr Jeckle got up and came out to eat breakfast, finished and

> went back to sit in his chair, and when I went to get him ready for his

> shower, Mr Hyde emerges. Go figure!!! Mr Hyde looks at me like I'm talking

> Greek to him.....totally unresponsive, uncooperative, and emotionless.

> " Gareth, I'm talking to you. Please answer yes or no. " Fifteens or twenty

> minutes later, he's back to cooperating. This behavior goes on all day

> long.....drives me nuts anymore!!! It's like the communication center in

> his

> brain just stops working for periods of time.

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> Take care, Everyone.

> Margaret

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