State: AR
Country: USA
Member since: Sep 08, 2007
Last logged in: Jul 23, 2008
Hi, all! My name is Emily, and I live with my husband of 21 years and our 4 children and numerous pets. Our oldest has high-functioning autism. The rest of the kids are, apparently, normal. I think that siblings can really help a kid with autism, but no doubt there are some costs to the NT siblings of children with autism. That said, Daniel is very kind and helpful to his siblings and the opportunity to be socially competent at home is good for him. I just hope to help him be socially competent in the wider world, too.
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I've got this photo on my home page, but I'll write about it here. Sarah frequently gets on Daniel's nerves. She's fond of making loud, squeaky nois on - 07/12/08More.. I keep seeing Daniel's progress, but we still have some pretty definite symptoms. For example, I took my youngest child in a stroller for a walk whil on - 07/08/08
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by EmilyL on 07.15.08 - public
Tonight, Catherine came back from the neighbor's house with a check for dogsitting and a box of saltwater taffy as a gift to share with us. She left ...
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by EmilyL on 04.17.08 - public
After listening to Daniel's new favorite song for roughly the 50th time in two days, I was humming a song under my breath. Daniel looked up from his ...
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Thank you for the welcome! It is nice to have finally found a place where people understand the day to day of living with Autism!
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Just wanted to stop by and tell you....I think You're AWESOME Girly! Have a wonderful 4th.
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