State: CA
Country: USA
Member since: Jan 06, 2008
Last logged in: Oct 06, 2008
Hi,
My name is Diana, I have one daughter (27) and four boys (22) (14) (13) and (9). I have 1 grand-daughter in heaven and four grand-sons (7) (4) (1) and (2). I have been happily married for 14 years and 12 of them have been with the challenges of autism, and year 15 is this May. I used to hold support meetings for parents here in Madera, I did this for 4 1/2 years...But do to the lack of parental interest in recovering these children, In July of 2007, I stopped the support group...I still provide resources when the local agencies ask for them. Now we try and do as many family outings as possible. I homeschool Julian, and I am his teacher, doctor, nurse, one on one aide, and therapist for everything.
As long as God gives be breath, I will continue to keep looking under every stone, and move as many mountains as possible to help Julian recover, and be all GOD intended him to be. May GOD's glory shine through Julian for the world to see. amen y amen.
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I live in a land of freedomA land of many blessings.
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i l...Read more
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My Prayer
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I live in a land of freedom
A land of many blessings.
I am told that you defend me
And I know not who you are.
I want to say thank you,
I want to...
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What is something you would like to talk about?
easy to talk to you mama
i love you so much
real happy i can tell you now
to love someone like i...
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My Prayer
By Seth McKinley
lord
great things are possible if we trust you to guide our lives
hope is a real possibility if we let you pla...
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Just a little background
When Seth and I set down to type this is what he wrote:
rally autistic parents to let you teach their kids to type like ...
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pitying the disabled
lots of people are berating of less than
perfect individuals
but less is more in some cases
in looking for perfection you ov...
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One Flaw In Women
By the time the Lord made woman,
He was into his sixth day of working overtime.
An angel appeared and said,
"Why a...
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Do as I say, not as I do. Is all any of us heard this while growing up I am sure. How ironic now all we say is....
Look at me and do this.
Watc...
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Before I took Julian our of school, I had asked to have daily life skills added to his IEP goals. I had goals I wanted him to learn. I was told "we ...
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Well, well, well, who said this did not live in a generation where children are really seen and not heard. Autism is a thief without mercy. All childr...
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Silence is not golden when you have a pre-verbal child with autism. All we pray for constantly is for them to able to speak and make ANY oh ANY smart ...
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I left victor with Julian today, I had to take Dante' the little girl next door and my two grandsons to race their cars in the awana grand prix. Vict...
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Well my son was happy I fixed the cake. Julian's eyes were wide open, he lick his lips like the wolf who was after the little three pigs....
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Who is to say just how far Julian will go. I believe in his ablities to reach for the stars. He has been doing very, very, well with the NAET allerg...
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It is on very, very rare occasions that we see my husbands teeth. The man never smiles, I call him shrek. But these last two months that we have bee...
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I have had this puzzle on my table for 3 years now, and tonight my friend came over and while I was sharing foggyrock with her, her child was taking a...
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Today I took Julian out to the first day of S.O. basketball. I was ready to hear him fuss and complain about not wanting to be there. To my surprise...
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Well today Julian continued with this odd fever....104* down to 101* back to 104*. At 10:30pm. I told dad lets take Julian to the hospital, no matter...
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Well at 4:00pm Julian finally migrated from the floor to the couch. Now he is back to stimming on the floor...I have always wanted the stimmng to sto...
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Well last night in the ER. as the tech was taking Julian vitals he asked if his vaccines were up to date... I said he only had them up unitl he was 7 ...
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Today was Dante's and Victor's bowling tournament. Of course I couldn't go not with Julian running a fever and now Victor too. But dad took Dante' a...
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well with this round of the flu type A, Julian has not wanted to say anything. This makes me so angry, since he was just beging to say the begining s...
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well as many of you know Julian and Victor have the flu type A. Victor's fever finally broke, but not Julian's last night his fever was back at 104* ...
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The other day I made him his favorite...quezadillas, he didn't want them so he throw them in the trash, the dog went to the trash to take them out and...
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Never stop looking for an answer to what causes autism. Alexander Grandbell didn't stop looking for a way to communicate, thank him. Ben Frankilin, ...
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What makes autism beautiful?
you and I.
What makes autism beautiful?
the uniqueness in each individual
touched by autism.
What makes autism Beaut...
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When my great aunt comes over (84), she makes all I am trying to teach Julian worth every $$$$ we spend. Today she was so suprised at how well Julian...
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When we came home today, I told everyone we had to clean up before dad came home. I gave Julian 2 garbage bags and a box full of stuff and sent him t...
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1...May avoid eye contact.
2...May prefere to be alone.
3...Echos words or phrases.
4...Difficulty interacting with others.
5...Spins obje...
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Well this moring was spend in the Dr's. waiting room...Julian has an ingrown toe nail, and he pulled at it, and now it is infected...now we have a ref...
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Today we had to do an art project with Dante's class...they were doing a sandpaper drawing...They alwayts include Julian...What you do is get the san...
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When Julian was 8 yrs. old I first heard of recovery/cure. I now had the tests that would lead me down the road we travel today...Julian has made so m...
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BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY...THIS MAMA/NANA IS WORST THAN ALL THE KIDS... 47 and refuse to act my age. With all that goes on over here, I need to keep my w...
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we had new cards made with a more resent picture...an of course the new stats from the CDC....
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Oh my, my son showed me today, that he can go into the men's restroom and change come out with all his belongings give them to me and guide me to the ...
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Hi, everyone.
I have waited this long to post on this topic only because I wanted to get resent pictures of Julian at the Special Olympic swimming pr...
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Well years ago I was told all Julian would never be able to do...Since I have been homeschooling Julian...he has shown the negative thinking people......
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Have you ever sat and watched a silent movie with your kids? well this morning I needed to jump into the shower and all the 5 boys were up at 6:30am....
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Well my great-aunt left, but not without having to hide from Julian...Dad took Julian to Mc D's and while he was in the kitchen eating grandma snuck o...
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Good Day to you all...I have had 1 particular picture in mind ever since this title came up...last night Victor and my great-aunt and I were up late l...
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We had to buy Julian new shoes...he does not like to get new shoes...but he started wearing his shoes as slip ons...his shoes are a size nine...we lef...
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My great aunt is 84 and she tries to be strong for us all, yesterday when she can she had to go check on a little garden she planted in the back of ou...
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Hi, everyone
Just wanted to let you all know my great aunt is doing a little better...she was able to be with Julian today at his swimming competitio...
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Well everyone today were the qualifiers for S.O.Swimming...Julian did geat...he came in 3rd witha Bronze in the 10 meter walk...he had to stop and pla...
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every year we get together with family and friends to celebrate...The Day of the Child...a Mexican tradition...this year we have a pool...the children...
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...explaining who is GOD...this we do by simply saying...GOD made the flowers...you can smell GOD...God made the fruits...you can taste GOD...GOD made...
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Today my greataunt called me to see if I could go to the city and pick her up...of course I said yes...she is 84 years old and the only grandma my chi...
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I am proud of myself for being able to finally recognize the gift God has given me...this gift has enabled me to reach out to strangers...to help them...
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Today while out having lunch with my great aunt and the kids, she made a comment on Julian sitting so comfortable and relaxing. I looked at Julian th...
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Who were you really meant to be?
It is a question that baffles me.
Besides my child, who are you really?
Are you to be a scholar?
Are you to b...
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A VERY SPECIAL MOTHER
The Mother of a special needs child,
Is a beacon of light,
In the sea of uncertancy and
The chaos of life.
She is the m...
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Dante' says
"I see Julian as a butterfly learning how to use his wings, learning how to have fun, and learning how to dream. He flies from one flow...





