Re: AS kids have low IQ'S...yeah, right (Amber)

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What a wonderful post and how very true! If anyone had told me way

back when what my life would be centered around these days...I would

never have believed I'd survive it let alone be greatful. I'm so

proud of every little accomplishment she makes and of being the

person who paved the way for her. Her school is great but whenever I

bring them new info I've unearthed they're amazed. Lots of people

love and help my daughter but I know without a doubt she wouldn't be

in the great place she is if I hadn't have spent every spare moment

on the internet researching and then following through. I have a 10

wk old son now and he's already doing things I realize she never did

at that age-too bad she was a first born and we had nothing to

compare with maybe we could have realized she needed help

sooner...but...we also had the time for years of one on one

attention. I am thankful for boards like these and people who really

understand how great it is to have your child recognize numbers or

use pretend play or set the table for dinner! Take care.

Kathy

> Kathy,

>

> I know that I take for granted when my NT kids do something that

seems NT.

> But, in every single accomplishment of Spencer's, no matter how

small, I find

> great joy. I took Spencer to the video store today for the first

time. He ran

> to the kids' section and immediately hit the floor (on top of the

hopscocth

> shaped floor mat with numbers) and started pointing to the numbers

for me to

> name them-until we got to 8 and 9, which he named himself. If his

twin walked

> in, she would point to the numbers and name them herself, because

that is a

> NT thing to do, but I am finding Spencer is a lot closer than I

have given

> him credit for. He then walked over to the kids' movies and pulled

Toy Story

> 2 from the shelf and brought it to me. We watched it on our new DVD

player

> last night for the first time. It was the first time he had ever

seen the

> movie, Buzz Lightyear, or any other of the characters, as I am very

selective

> about what the kids watch. So, he not only remembered what he had

seen last

> night (though he didn't seen to really be watching the movie), he

was looking

> at the video boxes and chose to bring that one to me-over Pooh Bear

or Barney

> or any of the other characters he also recognized. So, it is all

going in. Up

> until recently, it just wasn't coming back out, so the NT world

doesn't have

> any indication that it's going in. He also began doing his ABC's

this morning

> in response to a cereal bowl I gave him that had the alphabet

printed around

> the perimeter. He saw it and just " woke up " to them and started

pointing and

> grunting/babbling sounds that simulated the letters. We're getting

there and

> I know all of the other kids are, too. It's just finding the

right " formula "

> of therapies, supplements, and treatments that work for the

individual child

> effected with these issues. If we've ever questioned our capacity

for

> perserverence, understanding, patience, and learning, this

experience as a

> parent of a non-NT kid and the interaction on this board should

tell us that

> we really can do anything we set our minds to. We all have or know

doctors

> who spent thousands of dollars and many years in school and can't

do what we

> are all doing with limited resources and little or no education

except what

> we research on our own in our " off " hours...with our motivation not

being our

> careers or profiles, but the love of our children. There's a reason

they call

> it " practicing " medicine.

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> Amber

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