Zachary has always been reaaly good with verbalizing but now he is really starting to throw some combos like “no more” and “more peees ” .
It is really cool to watch his development. He is going to be such a bruiser!
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Jump on top of you, turn their head, smile and then fart on you
Kiss you on the head instead of on the lips
Declare that you are getting too old to drive a car
Tell you that you are already starting to shrink
nuff said….Eli did all of these things to me. He also reminded me that I am about to turn 38 and it is really close to being 40. I am not sure if I am going to allow him to hit the teenage years much less six.
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I write this with extremely mixed emotions. Part pride, part fear and a lot of tears. Eli has been declassified and is no longer considered PDD-NOS. The experts have been saying for quite some time that Eli was heading for this and I have known that with his academic test scores and IQ being so high that we would soon face this day. Well it has come and Eli has lost his classification and now faces his future without additional support. Does this mean he has been cured of his problem? No.
The problem with standardized testing for PDD-NOS and the entire Autism spectrum is that they count academics and the ability for the child to learn as the measuring stick. If the child is learning, and excelling then the handicap is not slowing them down and hence they are cured. Eli still faces a lot of social hurdles but I believe, let me rephrase. I pray that being around kids that are socially active and capable will teach him how to be more socially active and capable. My belief is that if you put a child in a room full of drug dealers, eventually he will become a drug dealer. The same holds true for kids on the spectrum. If you put a bunch of kids on the spectrum together, how do they learn more appropriate behaviors? Since learning social skills is something you get from experience, if you are experiencing bad social skills then how do you learn proper ones.
I think it is a blessing that we have come this far. I credit the people who have worked with him. Ralph Barone as his SEIT, the OT and Speech therapists working on his social skills, his teachers and his family and friends. Eli has evolved so much in the 3.5 years of services he received. I think it is time that money go to another child. Maybe the dollars spent will turn that child around and give him or her the opportunities in life that Eli now has.
I am worried for Eli, but I celebrate all that he has become and know I have to push him harder now to keep on track. Congrats my son…job well done! We always knew you had it in you and I am very proud of you. But if you continue to mouth off, be put on the yellow for socially misbehaving I will silently be thrilled, but I will punish you my little stinker head.
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