Miracle...

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In a message dated 4/14/2006 5:46:58 P.M. Central Standard Time,

candisfirchau@... writes:

I had just witnessed a miracle!! It was truly something!!

Hooray for you and your daughter! I love to hear about these stories. Nearly

everyday we share with each other the problems and challenges we have with

our children on the spectrum. It's great to hear about the " miracles " and the

milestones reached, even if they are delayed. I write down on the calendar

all the little miracles and milestones my son has, like the first night he

slept without a pull-up, and another time at 3:00 am I heard him go potty,

flush

the toilet and then go back to bed, and yet another time while I was sitting

at the computer reading 30 new posts he was in the kitchen helping himself to

a turkey and cheese lunchable and a boxed drink. These are some of those

brief moments of real happiness and joy. R.

[Guest guest]

Candis,

That's a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it with us--I LOVE to hear great

news like that!

a

Miracle...

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share a little big miracle with you. I have two daughters, one

is 14 and one is 13. The 13 year old has PDD. She needs help with tons of

things. She talks some, because I have taught her various things. So cannot

hold a conversation,etc. She does not know how to cook or anything like that.

I was cooking ( and I can't remember even what it was!) and she came in from

being with her grandparents and sister and went to the refrigerator and took out

chicken nuggets and then took out a pizza pan and put the chicken nuggets on it

and turned the oven on and put the nuggets in the oven and threw the empty

package away in the trash!! I was in total shock! I had just witnessed a

miracle!! It was truly something!!

She has been laughing alot at things she thinks are funny- like American's

Funniest Home videos!! That has been a pretty big deal for me for the last

couple of months.

I hope this continues.

It also makes me wonder if Autism could be what I have always referred to

it, but literally- a 'detour of some neuro paths'. I'm not talking about cause,

but results of damage. She made prepared those chicken nuggets like she had

done that before. NO prompts, no effort.

Anyway, just sharing a little joy;) God is SO GOOD!

Candis

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Inclusion Community Training Center

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and Training

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[Guest guest]

What a beautiful thing to hear about. I love those little big miracles. Hope

you have many many more.

Candis Firchau wrote: Hello everyone,

I wanted to share a little big miracle with you. I have two daughters, one is

14 and one is 13. The 13 year old has PDD. She needs help with tons of things.

She talks some, because I have taught her various things. So cannot hold a

conversation,etc. She does not know how to cook or anything like that.

I was cooking ( and I can't remember even what it was!) and she came in from

being with her grandparents and sister and went to the refrigerator and took out

chicken nuggets and then took out a pizza pan and put the chicken nuggets on it

and turned the oven on and put the nuggets in the oven and threw the empty

package away in the trash!! I was in total shock! I had just witnessed a

miracle!! It was truly something!!

She has been laughing alot at things she thinks are funny- like American's

Funniest Home videos!! That has been a pretty big deal for me for the last

couple of months.

I hope this continues.

It also makes me wonder if Autism could be what I have always referred to it,

but literally- a 'detour of some neuro paths'. I'm not talking about cause, but

results of damage. She made prepared those chicken nuggets like she had done

that before. NO prompts, no effort.

Anyway, just sharing a little joy;) God is SO GOOD!

Candis

Autism Research Survey online at:

http://www.inclusioncommunitytrainingcenter.org

Candis Firchau,MA,TLPC

Director

Inclusion Community Training Center

Advocacy, Behavioral Interventions, Counseling

and Training

This email is intended exclusively for the person to whom it was addressed. This

email is confidential. If you have received this email by error, please

disregard it.

[Guest guest]

That's great news. We should NEVER give up on our kids. Congratulations!

Enjoy your Easter miracle.

Miracle...

> Hello everyone,

>

> I wanted to share a little big miracle with you. I have two daughters,

> one is 14 and one is 13. The 13 year old has PDD. She needs help with

> tons of things. She talks some, because I have taught her various things.

> So cannot hold a conversation,etc. She does not know how to cook or

> anything like that.

>

> I was cooking ( and I can't remember even what it was!) and she came in

> from being with her grandparents and sister and went to the refrigerator

> and took out chicken nuggets and then took out a pizza pan and put the

> chicken nuggets on it and turned the oven on and put the nuggets in the

> oven and threw the empty package away in the trash!! I was in total

> shock! I had just witnessed a miracle!! It was truly something!!

>

> She has been laughing alot at things she thinks are funny- like

> American's Funniest Home videos!! That has been a pretty big deal for me

> for the last couple of months.

>

> I hope this continues.

>

> It also makes me wonder if Autism could be what I have always referred to

> it, but literally- a 'detour of some neuro paths'. I'm not talking about

> cause, but results of damage. She made prepared those chicken nuggets

> like she had done that before. NO prompts, no effort.

>

> Anyway, just sharing a little joy;) God is SO GOOD!

> Candis

>

>

> Autism Research Survey online at:

> http://www.inclusioncommunitytrainingcenter.org

>

> Candis Firchau,MA,TLPC

> Director

> Inclusion Community Training Center

> Advocacy, Behavioral Interventions, Counseling

> and Training

>

>

>

> This email is intended exclusively for the person to whom it was

> addressed. This email is confidential. If you have received this email by

> error, please disregard it.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Candis-

Hello.

I wanted to thank you for sharing your daughter's miracle, is so

wonderful and inspiring to read and has given me hope for my son's

future.

May God Bless You and Keep You Always,

Stacie

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> I wanted to share a little big miracle with you. I have two

daughters, one is 14 and one is 13. The 13 year old has PDD. She

needs help with tons of things. She talks some, because I have

taught her various things. So cannot hold a conversation,etc. She

does not know how to cook or anything like that.

>

> I was cooking ( and I can't remember even what it was!) and she

came in from being with her grandparents and sister and went to the

refrigerator and took out chicken nuggets and then took out a pizza

pan and put the chicken nuggets on it and turned the oven on and put

the nuggets in the oven and threw the empty package away in the

trash!! I was in total shock! I had just witnessed a miracle!! It

was truly something!!

>

> She has been laughing alot at things she thinks are funny- like

American's Funniest Home videos!! That has been a pretty big deal

for me for the last couple of months.

>

> I hope this continues.

>

> It also makes me wonder if Autism could be what I have always

referred to it, but literally- a 'detour of some neuro paths'. I'm

not talking about cause, but results of damage. She made prepared

those chicken nuggets like she had done that before. NO prompts, no

effort.

>

> Anyway, just sharing a little joy;) God is SO GOOD!

> Candis

>

>

> Autism Research Survey online at:

http://www.inclusioncommunitytrainingcenter.org

>

> Candis Firchau,MA,TLPC

> Director

> Inclusion Community Training Center

> Advocacy, Behavioral Interventions, Counseling

> and Training

>

>

>

> This email is intended exclusively for the person to whom it was

addressed. This email is confidential. If you have received this

email by error, please disregard it.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Candis--

How fabulous!!! And I will share one of my own--my son has been having lots

of ups and downs lately, but we took a chance and put him in the city league

baseball for his age group. It's been a stretch, but at the second practice

(I wasn't there and heard from his dad), he got his first hit from a

pitch--now he's getting them regularly. And last Tuesday at practice,

(again I wasn't there) I caught 3 pop flies--this from the kid who hates

having the glove on his hand caught 3 balls and all his team mates cheered

him on!!!! Wow. I feel really blessed.

Wishing everyone a blessed and peaceful Easter (or Passover)!!

S.

Miracle...

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share a little big miracle with you. I have two daughters, one

is 14 and one is 13. The 13 year old has PDD. She needs help with tons of

things. She talks some, because I have taught her various things. So cannot

hold a conversation,etc. She does not know how to cook or anything like

that.

I was cooking ( and I can't remember even what it was!) and she came in

from being with her grandparents and sister and went to the refrigerator and

took out chicken nuggets and then took out a pizza pan and put the chicken

nuggets on it and turned the oven on and put the nuggets in the oven and

threw the empty package away in the trash!! I was in total shock! I had

just witnessed a miracle!! It was truly something!!

She has been laughing alot at things she thinks are funny- like American's

Funniest Home videos!! That has been a pretty big deal for me for the last

couple of months.

I hope this continues.

It also makes me wonder if Autism could be what I have always referred to

it, but literally- a 'detour of some neuro paths'. I'm not talking about

cause, but results of damage. She made prepared those chicken nuggets like

she had done that before. NO prompts, no effort.

Anyway, just sharing a little joy;) God is SO GOOD!

Candis

Autism Research Survey online at:

http://www.inclusioncommunitytrainingcenter.org

Candis Firchau,MA,TLPC

Director

Inclusion Community Training Center

Advocacy, Behavioral Interventions, Counseling

and Training

This email is intended exclusively for the person to whom it was addressed.

This email is confidential. If you have received this email by error, please

disregard it.

[Guest guest]

,

This warms my heart and gives me lots of hope. Although my son is not as

high functioning, but I can see him doing something like that at some point.

Candis and keep up reporting your good news please. Congratulations

and God Bless.

Miracle...

>

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> I wanted to share a little big miracle with you. I have two daughters,

> one

> is 14 and one is 13. The 13 year old has PDD. She needs help with tons of

> things. She talks some, because I have taught her various things. So

> cannot

> hold a conversation,etc. She does not know how to cook or anything like

> that.

>

> I was cooking ( and I can't remember even what it was!) and she came in

> from being with her grandparents and sister and went to the refrigerator

> and

> took out chicken nuggets and then took out a pizza pan and put the chicken

> nuggets on it and turned the oven on and put the nuggets in the oven and

> threw the empty package away in the trash!! I was in total shock! I had

> just witnessed a miracle!! It was truly something!!

>

> She has been laughing alot at things she thinks are funny- like

> American's

> Funniest Home videos!! That has been a pretty big deal for me for the

> last

> couple of months.

>

> I hope this continues.

>

> It also makes me wonder if Autism could be what I have always referred to

> it, but literally- a 'detour of some neuro paths'. I'm not talking about

> cause, but results of damage. She made prepared those chicken nuggets

> like

> she had done that before. NO prompts, no effort.

>

> Anyway, just sharing a little joy;) God is SO GOOD!

> Candis

>

>

> Autism Research Survey online at:

> http://www.inclusioncommunitytrainingcenter.org

>

> Candis Firchau,MA,TLPC

> Director

> Inclusion Community Training Center

> Advocacy, Behavioral Interventions, Counseling

> and Training

>

>

>

> This email is intended exclusively for the person to whom it was

> addressed.

> This email is confidential. If you have received this email by error,

> please

> disregard it.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's incredible news ...how wonderful for him to be cheered on by his

teammates too. Way to go!

a

RE: Miracle...

Candis--

How fabulous!!! And I will share one of my own--my son has been having lots

of ups and downs lately, but we took a chance and put him in the city league

baseball for his age group. It's been a stretch, but at the second practice

(I wasn't there and heard from his dad), he got his first hit from a

pitch--now he's getting them regularly. And last Tuesday at practice,

(again I wasn't there) I caught 3 pop flies--this from the kid who hates

having the glove on his hand caught 3 balls and all his team mates cheered

him on!!!! Wow. I feel really blessed.

Wishing everyone a blessed and peaceful Easter (or Passover)!!

S.

[Guest guest]

Another great story. He's doing so well, I'm overjoyed for you and jealous at

the same time (in a good way).

Aliza

Jeff & a Sell wrote:

That's incredible news ...how wonderful for him to be cheered on by his

teammates too. Way to go!

a

RE: Miracle...

Candis--

How fabulous!!! And I will share one of my own--my son has been having lots

of ups and downs lately, but we took a chance and put him in the city league

baseball for his age group. It's been a stretch, but at the second practice

(I wasn't there and heard from his dad), he got his first hit from a

pitch--now he's getting them regularly. And last Tuesday at practice,

(again I wasn't there) I caught 3 pop flies--this from the kid who hates

having the glove on his hand caught 3 balls and all his team mates cheered

him on!!!! Wow. I feel really blessed.

Wishing everyone a blessed and peaceful Easter (or Passover)!!

S.

[Guest guest]

I love hearing the miracle stories and hope to have many of my own in

the years ahead. We are still very new to this whole thing!

This is a great, encouraging article about adjusting to the idea of

having a child with disability. It's not long and it's a great

description of another mother's experience.

-

WELCOME TO HOLLAND

By Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a

disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique

experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It is like

this.

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation

trip-to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make wonderful plans.

The Coliseum. The Michelangelo . The gondolas in Venice. You may

learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack

your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The

stewardess comes in and says, " Welcome to Holland. "

" Holland?!? " you say. " What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy!

I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to

Italy. "

But there's been a change of flight plan. They've landed in Holland and

there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven't taken you

to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place full of pestilence, famine and

disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole

new language. And will meet a whole new group of people you would never

have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy

than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your

breath, you look around...and you begin to notice Holland has

windmills...and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy...and they're

all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the

rest of you life you will say, " Yes, that's where I was supposed to go.

That's what I had planned. "

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away...because the

loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.

But...if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to

Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely

things...about Holland!

________________________________

From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

[mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Aliza

Ratterree

Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 11:44 PM

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: Re: Miracle...

Another great story. He's doing so well, I'm overjoyed for you and

jealous at the same time (in a good way).

Aliza

Jeff & a Sell wrote:

That's incredible news ...how wonderful for him to be cheered

on by his teammates too. Way to go!

a

RE: Miracle...

Candis--

How fabulous!!! And I will share one of my own--my son has been

having lots

of ups and downs lately, but we took a chance and put him in the city

league

baseball for his age group. It's been a stretch, but at the second

practice

(I wasn't there and heard from his dad), he got his first hit from a

pitch--now he's getting them regularly. And last Tuesday at practice,

(again I wasn't there) I caught 3 pop flies--this from the kid who

hates

having the glove on his hand caught 3 balls and all his team mates

cheered

him on!!!! Wow. I feel really blessed.

Wishing everyone a blessed and peaceful Easter (or Passover)!!

S.

[Guest guest]

We've had our share of miracles too. Deanna (15) finally began to

converse about age 10 or 11. About that same time she began to sing,

after 7 years of silence (the silence ensued after her last vaccination

at age 4), and to study ballet (she'd loved that since babyhood, but

sensory integration dysfunction kept her from taking classes until age

10). Now she participates in solo voice recitals and choir, ballet and

jazz concerts.

There are many more things that happened after we'd almost given up.

J. Ruede

[Guest guest]

Thanks a--I was surprised to hear that cheered for him because he's been

a little rough on them when he gets overstimulated.

Re: Miracle...

That's incredible news ...how wonderful for him to be cheered on by

his teammates too. Way to go!

a

RE: Miracle...

Candis--

How fabulous!!! And I will share one of my own--my son has been having

lots

of ups and downs lately, but we took a chance and put him in the city

league

baseball for his age group. It's been a stretch, but at the second

practice

(I wasn't there and heard from his dad), he got his first hit from a

pitch--now he's getting them regularly. And last Tuesday at practice,

(again I wasn't there) I caught 3 pop flies--this from the kid who hates

having the glove on his hand caught 3 balls and all his team mates cheered

him on!!!! Wow. I feel really blessed.

Wishing everyone a blessed and peaceful Easter (or Passover)!!

S.