Comments on: Baby Oh: 1 in 94

By: Update on Baby Oh: Progress! | Nikas Culinaria

Update on Baby Oh: Progress! | Nikas Culinaria — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:16:27 +0000

[...] may remember my mentioning in a previous post (Baby Oh: 1 in 94) that Baby Oh (Toddler Oh now) was diagnosed as being on the autistic [...]

By: Nika

Nika — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:59:11 +0000

Bee: thank you!

By: Nika

Nika — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:58:56 +0000

Cora: thanks for your comment! Yeah, the stat STILL seems freaky to me. I want to hold a press conference say “What the hell people, why isnt this a Level 1 national emergency – this is a freaking epidemic and no one is paying attention!”

But hey, no one would come and I would be left there yammering to myself!

By: Nika

Nika — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:57:07 +0000

Kira: Thank you so very much for writing and sharing your story, it has really been great to hear from you. I know for me that the biggest concern I have is to not be able to TALK with my child and check in with his thoughts and share. Non-ASD people are so immersed in verbalizing and sharing (for better or worse) that when we cant do this – its hard to adapt.

With your comment, I feel so very much more hopeful. Please keep in touch and I wish you much luck with the studies!

By: Kira

Kira — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:04:25 +0000

Your baby is so beautiful! It’s good that he has no trouble smiling. I just wanted to share with you a fact about myself: I have autism. Not severe autism, but I have a milder form (Asperger’s Syndrome), though I do have a heavy case of that. It’s very difficult for me to talk to people, but, somehow, I’ve managed to get where I am today. I didn’t know about my autism until after I graduated high school. I’m currently a freshman in college and doing fairly well in all my subjects. I think, maybe, autism is not the burden people think it is. It’s hard sometimes, but it’s not something that’s “wrong” with people. We’re just, well, different. I think that people with autism, as well as people with other medical conditions, are actually gifts from God to show that life is a wonderful thing. Perhaps all people should try to stop and focus on things (an autistic trait), and the world would be less stressful.
Good luck! And God Bless You and Your Family!
Sincerely,
Kira

P.S. This is a really good autism support website if you ever need one:
http://www.wrongplanet.com

By: Cora

Cora — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:52:06 +0000

Just catching up on my blog reading. I, too, had no idea autism was so prevalent. You have a beautiful boy and he is fortunate to have parents who are so willing to discover and meet his every need.

By: bee

bee — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:34:10 +0000

what a gorgeous baby!!1 there’s something for you here.

http://jugalbandi.info/2008/12/milk-101/

By: Nika

Nika — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:11:30 +0000

TedC: thnx for asking and heads up. GP asked us to get him eval’d. went to clin psych and he said he was potentially on the spectrum but that he needed to see him with other kids to differentiat btw PDD and ASD (this guy wins no prizes in my book – will not go into details), went to team of developmental psychologists who eval’d him and recommended Dx of ASD but we do not have a qualitative specific (as in where on spectrum), next on this lovely rollercoaster would be ANOTHER clin psych to I GUESS get a more specific Dx?!

By: TedC

TedC — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:51:40 +0000

Who did the diagnosis? Don’t trust just any doctors to do this? Make sure you are talking to a developmental pediatrician from a hospital with a good ASD diagnosis reputation. Not all hospitals are created equal and there is a wide birth where diagnostic interpretation is concerned. The good thing is there is lots that you can do to help him develop. http://www.atotalapproach.com/

By: Nika

Nika — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:49:42 +0000

Dale: thnx We are still in the diagnostics stage so I do not have a term to use :-/. I am guessing he is highly functional – but not aspergers because he is speech delayed