Hi from Lee family in NY-New to Group

[Guest guest]

Hey, you live near !

Welcome to the list. You'll love it here.

Sissi

[Guest guest]

Hello all! My name is and my 3 year old son, -

was diagnosed with PDD last July. Until he was about 26 months, he

spoke in two word phrases, had begun potty-training, and had an

excellent attention span. He could sing along to Spanish Soap

Operas, and dance to both English & Latin music. In around February

2002, I noticed his speech had lessened, and he was " ignoring " me.

He wasn't dancing as often, and lost interest in potty training,

doing his business all over the carpet. We reside in Orange County,

NY, which does not have a huge selection of pediatric neurologists

enlisted in our HMO. After medical & hearing evaluations, we finally

were able to get him to a neurologist 50 miles away [after waiting

two months for an appt], who diagnosed him with mild autism/PDD. My

son has a 9 yr old half-brother [from his father's side] with

moderate autism. DJ had ABA for about 4 months, which helped him

very much, speech therapy for 2 months, which made no strides, and

occupational therapy for 1 month which helped with his sensory

intergration issues. Today, DJ attends Inspire preschool and is

doing well socially and behaviorally, but his speech has dwindled to

a handful of words. There is no more spinning, hand-licking, head-

banging, arm-flapping, or hyper-jumping. He is very affectionate and

does not cringe from strangers. He has no obsessions or

compulsions. His eye contact has always been amazingly good, and he

loves to interact with other children. His main thing now is speech

and learning. I would recommend ABA to anyone, and OT really

compliments this therapy. My focus now is finding a reliable

experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. " My son is a

beautiful child, well-behaved, and predictable. He knows his

routines, and is good at anticipating next steps. I'm so proud of him.

[Guest guest]

Welcome , you have the same name my daughter has (only that we

put an additional s, just for the fun of it so she is Dessirée). She is

3.8 yo we are doing floortime with her and she is doing great. She know

talks a lot (when she was two she did not talk at all), she is very warm

and love me very much, but specially adores her Daddy, who she declared

was her boyfriend on valentine's day.

This is a great group. I love to be here.

Cecilia from Perú, mom to Dessirée (05/07/99)

Lovely husband

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Asunto: Hi from Lee family in NY-New to Group

Hello all! My name is and my 3 year old son, -

was diagnosed with PDD last July. Until he was about 26 months, he

spoke in two word phrases, had begun potty-training, and had an

excellent attention span. He could sing along to Spanish Soap

Operas, and dance to both English & Latin music. In around February

2002, I noticed his speech had lessened, and he was " ignoring " me.

He wasn't dancing as often, and lost interest in potty training,

doing his business all over the carpet. We reside in Orange County,

NY, which does not have a huge selection of pediatric neurologists

enlisted in our HMO. After medical & hearing evaluations, we finally

were able to get him to a neurologist 50 miles away [after waiting

two months for an appt], who diagnosed him with mild autism/PDD. My

son has a 9 yr old half-brother [from his father's side] with

moderate autism. DJ had ABA for about 4 months, which helped him

very much, speech therapy for 2 months, which made no strides, and

occupational therapy for 1 month which helped with his sensory

intergration issues. Today, DJ attends Inspire preschool and is

doing well socially and behaviorally, but his speech has dwindled to

a handful of words. There is no more spinning, hand-licking, head-

banging, arm-flapping, or hyper-jumping. He is very affectionate and

does not cringe from strangers. He has no obsessions or

compulsions. His eye contact has always been amazingly good, and he

loves to interact with other children. His main thing now is speech

and learning. I would recommend ABA to anyone, and OT really

compliments this therapy. My focus now is finding a reliable

experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. " My son is a

beautiful child, well-behaved, and predictable. He knows his

routines, and is good at anticipating next steps. I'm so proud of him.

[Guest guest]

Hi ...nice to meet you all!

>>>>>

My focus now is finding a reliable

experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. "

<<<<<

Good luck with this one! What's an " Adult outing " ? LOL

Penny

Mom to Jeff, 20

Jacqui, 8 (HFA)

[Guest guest]

Welcome, You will enjoy this group so much. My name is , I'm also in

Orange County NY. I'm in Otisville to be exact. My son is 4 dx with Autism

this past September, we knew for awhile before it was official. I have 3 other

children. is 8 and homeschooled, we are going through CSE testing now.

is 2 and just finished his preschool testing today. We know for sure

he'll get speech and OT, but not how much or if he'll go full or part time. I

think full. is attending Center, PLE and that is where

will go. Inspire is too far and had no opening when I asked yesterday.

I also have a beautiful baby Girl named Adeline, she is almost 5 months old

already.

We also have another list member, that is in Orange County. I'm sure she's

already answered. I haven't had the time to read all my mail yet.. (It's more

then hectic here)

I hear you about the doctors here. We ended up with a developmental ped in

Albany NY. is now seeing doctors out of Westchester for Kawasaki's

syndrome. I need a new Ped, always asking who everyone is using. I hate mine.

Anyway welcome to this great list

Hi from Lee family in NY-New to Group

Hello all! My name is and my 3 year old son, -

was diagnosed with PDD last July. Until he was about 26 months, he

spoke in two word phrases, had begun potty-training, and had an

excellent attention span. He could sing along to Spanish Soap

Operas, and dance to both English & Latin music. In around February

2002, I noticed his speech had lessened, and he was " ignoring " me.

He wasn't dancing as often, and lost interest in potty training,

doing his business all over the carpet. We reside in Orange County,

NY, which does not have a huge selection of pediatric neurologists

enlisted in our HMO. After medical & hearing evaluations, we finally

were able to get him to a neurologist 50 miles away [after waiting

two months for an appt], who diagnosed him with mild autism/PDD. My

son has a 9 yr old half-brother [from his father's side] with

moderate autism. DJ had ABA for about 4 months, which helped him

very much, speech therapy for 2 months, which made no strides, and

occupational therapy for 1 month which helped with his sensory

intergration issues. Today, DJ attends Inspire preschool and is

doing well socially and behaviorally, but his speech has dwindled to

a handful of words. There is no more spinning, hand-licking, head-

banging, arm-flapping, or hyper-jumping. He is very affectionate and

does not cringe from strangers. He has no obsessions or

compulsions. His eye contact has always been amazingly good, and he

loves to interact with other children. His main thing now is speech

and learning. I would recommend ABA to anyone, and OT really

compliments this therapy. My focus now is finding a reliable

experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. " My son is a

beautiful child, well-behaved, and predictable. He knows his

routines, and is good at anticipating next steps. I'm so proud of him.

[Guest guest]

>>>>>

My focus now is finding a reliable

experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. "

<<<<<

I missed this part, I know a few people that would be interested in this.

Maybe we can all put our heads together and come up with something

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welcome to the list desiree! david-joshua sounds like a great little guy.

M.G.mum to

Sebastian, 11 kinda quirky(NT)

Rowan, 6 extra quirky (ASD)

married to and living in Northern Ontario

Hi from Lee family in NY-New to Group

Hello all! My name is and my 3 year old son, -

was diagnosed with PDD last July. Until he was about 26 months, he

spoke in two word phrases, had begun potty-training, and had an

excellent attention span. He could sing along to Spanish Soap

Operas, and dance to both English & Latin music. In around February

2002, I noticed his speech had lessened, and he was " ignoring " me.

He wasn't dancing as often, and lost interest in potty training,

doing his business all over the carpet. We reside in Orange County,

NY, which does not have a huge selection of pediatric neurologists

enlisted in our HMO. After medical & hearing evaluations, we finally

were able to get him to a neurologist 50 miles away [after waiting

two months for an appt], who diagnosed him with mild autism/PDD. My

son has a 9 yr old half-brother [from his father's side] with

moderate autism. DJ had ABA for about 4 months, which helped him

very much, speech therapy for 2 months, which made no strides, and

occupational therapy for 1 month which helped with his sensory

intergration issues. Today, DJ attends Inspire preschool and is

doing well socially and behaviorally, but his speech has dwindled to

a handful of words. There is no more spinning, hand-licking, head-

banging, arm-flapping, or hyper-jumping. He is very affectionate and

does not cringe from strangers. He has no obsessions or

compulsions. His eye contact has always been amazingly good, and he

loves to interact with other children. His main thing now is speech

and learning. I would recommend ABA to anyone, and OT really

compliments this therapy. My focus now is finding a reliable

experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. " My son is a

beautiful child, well-behaved, and predictable. He knows his

routines, and is good at anticipating next steps. I'm so proud of him.

[Guest guest]

Hi !

Welcome! It sounds like your son is doing rather well except for the

speech. How does he currently communicate with you? Do you use sign

language, PECS or something else? I can't offer you any babysitting help

unless you want to drive across a couple of states!

Sue in MI

Mom to: 12 1/2, HFA

9, AS/ADD

IM: smgaska1

Autism, the hardest puzzle to put together.

[Guest guest]

> We reside in Orange County, NY <

welcome, desiree. i'm the gina everyone has mentioned

i'm in newburgh. whereabouts are you?

[Guest guest]

Welcome, (beautiful name ...) I'm glad you found us. It sounds

like you've done well getting a dx and services for your son. These days I

feel like that is more than half the battle.

Good luck finding a babysitter (if you find one, you will have to let the

rest of us know how you did it!)

(n 31 mo, ASD?/hyperlexic?)

(Phoebe, 2 weeks)

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> Hello all! My name is and my 3 year old son, -

> was diagnosed with PDD last July.

[Guest guest]

Ah, here is 's introduction!

Until he was about 26 months, he

> spoke in two word phrases, had begun potty-training, and had an

> excellent attention span. He could sing along to Spanish Soap

> Operas, and dance to both English & Latin music. In around February

> 2002, I noticed his speech had lessened, and he was " ignoring " me.

> He wasn't dancing as often, and lost interest in potty training,

> doing his business all over the carpet.

Seeing your child regress must be SO hard. My son never did; he just did

not develop normally.

We reside in Orange County,

> NY, which does not have a huge selection of pediatric neurologists

> enlisted in our HMO. After medical & hearing evaluations, we finally

> were able to get him to a neurologist 50 miles away [after waiting

> two months for an appt], who diagnosed him with mild autism/PDD.

Hate all that waiting especially when everyone tells you that early

intervention is the most important thing while they are making you wait six

months for an appointment. Boo, hiss.

My

> son has a 9 yr old half-brother [from his father's side] with

> moderate autism. DJ had ABA for about 4 months, which helped him

> very much,

He does not do this any more? or are you saying that it is ongoing but has

only gone on for four months?

speech therapy for 2 months, which made no strides, and

> occupational therapy for 1 month which helped with his sensory

> intergration issues. Today, DJ attends Inspire preschool and is

> doing well socially and behaviorally, but his speech has dwindled to

> a handful of words.

Is he continuing to lose speech? Does he have good receptive language?

There is no more spinning, hand-licking, head-

> banging, arm-flapping, or hyper-jumping. He is very affectionate and

> does not cringe from strangers. He has no obsessions or

> compulsions. His eye contact has always been amazingly good, and he

> loves to interact with other children.

He sounds like a delightful child.

His main thing now is speech

> and learning. I would recommend ABA to anyone, and OT really

> compliments this therapy. My focus now is finding a reliable

> experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. " My son is a

> beautiful child, well-behaved, and predictable.

Well, it sounds as if you probably can find a sitter. No one wanted to

babysit Putter. He was a beautiful child but incredibly badly behaved and

unpredictable.

He knows his

> routines, and is good at anticipating next steps. I'm so proud of him.

>

Sounds as if he is doing great. Just need to get that speech back.

Salli

[Guest guest]

Welcome!

I am jacquieH, married to jeff. We have 3 kids and live in CA. Greggory 7yrs,

ASD. Alec 5 yrs autistic, BP, ADHD and probably ODD. Yessenia 7 months and

well....demanding.

Jacquie H

Hi from Lee family in NY-New to Group

Hello all! My name is and my 3 year old son, -

was diagnosed with PDD last July. Until he was about 26 months, he

spoke in two word phrases, had begun potty-training, and had an

excellent attention span. He could sing along to Spanish Soap

Operas, and dance to both English & Latin music. In around February

2002, I noticed his speech had lessened, and he was " ignoring " me.

He wasn't dancing as often, and lost interest in potty training,

doing his business all over the carpet. We reside in Orange County,

NY, which does not have a huge selection of pediatric neurologists

enlisted in our HMO. After medical & hearing evaluations, we finally

were able to get him to a neurologist 50 miles away [after waiting

two months for an appt], who diagnosed him with mild autism/PDD. My

son has a 9 yr old half-brother [from his father's side] with

moderate autism. DJ had ABA for about 4 months, which helped him

very much, speech therapy for 2 months, which made no strides, and

occupational therapy for 1 month which helped with his sensory

intergration issues. Today, DJ attends Inspire preschool and is

doing well socially and behaviorally, but his speech has dwindled to

a handful of words. There is no more spinning, hand-licking, head-

banging, arm-flapping, or hyper-jumping. He is very affectionate and

does not cringe from strangers. He has no obsessions or

compulsions. His eye contact has always been amazingly good, and he

loves to interact with other children. His main thing now is speech

and learning. I would recommend ABA to anyone, and OT really

compliments this therapy. My focus now is finding a reliable

experienced sitter for the times I need " Adult outings. " My son is a

beautiful child, well-behaved, and predictable. He knows his

routines, and is good at anticipating next steps. I'm so proud of him.