State: PA
Country: USA
Member since: Dec 29, 2007
Last logged in: Jul 23, 2008
Hi, my name is Christie, I am 28 and have been married to my husband Eric, for over 7 years now We have been together for almost 12 years (high school sweethearts). He is an Electrical Engineer and I am a SAHM but also going to school part time for psychology. We had our first child EJ (Eric Jr) in 2002. He is dxed with PDDNOS, Anxiety, Sensory Processing Disorder, Dispraxia, and an articulation disorder. Quite a lot for a 5 year old boy! He was just dxed this past May. Although out sons psychiatrist prepared us about 6 months ahead of time. They also think he will probably have his dx changed to aspergers when he is a bit older. EJ is very high functioning he is in a regular classroom most of the day. He spends 15 min in the morning in an Autism Support Classroom and 30 mins a week in OT, and 30 mins a week in ST. He also has a TSS with him the entire day (half day k). Besides in school he goes to out paitent OT once a week for an hour, he also goes to a psychiatrist once a month, and has a mobile therapist who spends 2 hours a week with him. We are in the process of learning more about the SCERTS model and trying to implement it.
Our second son Addison is 3.5 he was a premie born a month early, but very healthy! He is our little joker. He is ver small for his age but so adorable. He too has some issues... we are in the process of having him evaluated. His speech evaluation gave him a dx of communication delay and now they are going to be doing and autism eval. for a long time i thought NO ways Addison doesnt have autism. Now, i dont know, I really think we might get that diagnosis again..Hopefully we will know more about it soon. I feel like he has major sensory issues as well and when i do EJs sensory diet, Addison likes to join in. I feel like he sometimes gets lost in the shuffle being the middle child, we try to give him a little extra when we can.
Cohen is our baby he was just born this past August (the day after EJs 5th bday!) he is now 4 months old 15lbs, and has several teeth!! He is so health and we are so happy, we tried to get pregant for almost 2 years. I found out i was going to be having Cohen last christmas eve. I ended up spending all but my frist trimester on bed rest. I then went into preterm labor at 25 weeks (around the time of EJs dx) i spend 2 weeks in labor and on all kinds of meds to try and get it to stop. Finally they were able to and I spend a month in the hospital before being sent home on meds and bed rest for the remaineder of my pregnancy till i had him by c-section. He was my biggest baby at 7lbs 4.4 oz!!
Well that is a quick glimps into my life :)
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by mommyof3gr8boys on 04.01.08 - public - 122 visits
I posted a new video to my site. Please take the time to look at it. However, if you dont believe in accepting autism you may be offended so please keep that in mind. It does however, show lots of people who have/had autism or aspergers through out history.
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4muskateers
Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2008
The video was a good source of history, especially for my other boys...I present on autism all the time, and the first handout I give is a simple timeline I made on autism, and the next...well you know.
KevinLivsDad
Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2008
I watched it & liked it. You know I have not meant an Aspie I did not like. I know I work with one on a daily basis. At first he was a bit hard to work with. I adjusted & so did he. Funny, on the way to get coffee he told me.. Sometimes I have a hard time with your sense of humor. And, a lot of times I do not understand the politics. That is why I sometimes send you my emails to you to look at before I send them to 30 + people. I just smiled. I don't even think he knows he is an aspie. I really don't know either. But, he fits it to the t. Love the guy. He knows more about gardening than anybody I know. One time when I was getting to know him (he is in his 50's) if he was ever married or if he dates or anything. He said, I tried dating but gave up I was never on the same page as anybody. He is a very happy, neat, productive guy.





