Speech regression: New information

I have been documenting our journey with Gavin. This journey has recently taken a dramatic turn towards the more complicated. For those of you that are new to this blog…

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A daddy on the edge

Elliott had nightmares once again last night. This meant that he was up very late because he was afraid to go back to sleep. The equates once again to no…

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Removal of Autism Subtypes

So I guess it's official. The next edition of the DSM will remove all Autism subtypes (Childhood Desentagrative Disorder, Asperger's, ect). When we were at the Cleveland Clinic last week…

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Tippy-Toe Dancing

Tippy-Toe Dancing...that's exactly what Gavin is going. He's Tippy-Toe Dancing on my last nerve. I swear, if I have to repeat myself just one more time, I'm gonna lose it.…

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We’re on the same team….right?

  I'm not infallible but I am experienced I wrote a post called 10 Things My Autistic Kids Wished You Knew. This was written about my children, although many, many people…

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Life is precious

Something I have never shared with all of you is my life long love of animals. When I was a kid, I was always outside exploring nature. My family went…

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Mimicked or inherent behavior

As many of you are aware of, Elliott was forced to start a new school this year, at the last minute. While I'm very upset over the circumstances of what…

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Lizze sees her PCP this morning

Lizze and I have been wondering if maybe she has the same type of immunodeficiency as Gavin. That would explain why she is always sick and was frequently sick as…

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