I'm a Special Education teacher and Reading Specialist. My husband and I have been married for 8 years and we have 4 boys, ages 14, 7 year old twins and a 5 year old. Our 14 year old is gifted. One of our twins has PDD_NOS, Apraxia, and Learning Disabilities, his brother has Aspergers, Learning Disabilities, and Anxiety. Our 5 year old has a 16p11.2 duplication, apraxia, dysarthria, and PDD_NOS.
Listen to MUSNT's childListen to the DONT'SListen to the SHOULDNT'SThe IMPOSSIBLES the WONT'SListen to the NEVER HAVESThan Listen close to me ANYTHING can happen childANYTHING can be. -Shel Silverstein
I don't think the worst thing that could happen to me is having a child with special needs. I think the worst thing would be to raise a child who is cruel to people with special needs." ~ Matthew Mickelson Butman
The Autism Pizza
It's a good explanation of how things line up on the spectrum.
1. The Crust: Lack of Social Interaction (poor eye contact, not sharing interests with you, no pointing/gesturing)
2. The Sauce: Impaired Communication (possibly no speech, poor conversation skills, repetitive language, echolalia, no make-believe play)
3. The Cheese: Stereotypical Activities & Interests (extreme routine, strong interest in certain things, stimming [flapping, atypical play, etc.] -- like spinning wheels, lining toys up, stacking, etc.)
If you have all of those things: crust, sauce, cheese, you made an Autism pizza. It might have different toppings, but you can look at it and know it's still a pizza. If your pizza doesn't have sauce, that's Aspergers's. If your pizza is missing more than that but still kind of looks like a pizza, that's PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified)
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Your boys are gorgeous. Thank you for the beautiful comments on my son Matt's blog.
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