I live in midcoast Maine with my two boys, my husband and my dog. My older son, Braeden, is 10 and enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding, writing, acting, piano and guitar. He has always been somewhat mature for his age. He toe-walks and has some minor sensory issues, like hating tags in his shirts. My younger son, Thane, is 4½ years old and was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder when he was 2½. He has been in speech therapy, occupational therapy and developmental therapy since right around his second birthday. We started some ABA therapy in fall, but have gone slowly with that.

Thane is currently on a gluten-free diet (his speech doubled within a week of going off gluten) and we are treating him as if he has celiac disease as it runs in the family. He was labeled  failure to thrive because he was so tiny, but he is now pretty much average size. It took about 5 month after going gluten-free to gain weight, which makes sense since it takes a while for the gut to heal. Right now we’re in the process of getting ready to switch to a more typical preschool program, and he started horseback riding therapy in May. I post more about us at Mainely Musings