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Greetings from Africa! My husband, Ken, and I are parents to an adorable (sometimes monster like!!) four year old, Zack. We believe he has autism, as he fits many of the criteria pretty closely, although Zimbabwe is not a good place to look for a formal diagnosis! I have a lot of people to educate about autism it seems!

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Words Words Words!!!
by zacksmum on 06.27.08 - public

This morning, not quite sure why, Zack was particularly vocal, fromt the time he got up...and the power went of shortly after that - so no teletubbies...

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This morning, not quite sure why, Zack was particularly vocal, fromt the time he got up...and the power went of shortly after that - so no teletubbies for him :( We were headed to the farm today, mostly I must admit so that Zack could make use of the large garden and border collie who loves him to bits... to wear him out a bit.  Zack is not happy about school being closed!!!  (I think school is better at routine than I am, and they do wear him out quite well too, even though he is only there 8-12, Mon-Fri)  By the time I got to the farm I had been bombarded by words (mostly single words.. repeated many times... "white car... white car... whi car..... blue car... blue carlll boo car.... purple car... purplce car... purple car....." repeat ... repeat... repeat..... When I got to my parents house on the farm.. I leaned on the door frame and said to my mum,.... much as I love the fact that my son can now speak some words and make a noise.. I am not used to it and I am absolutely exhausted by it"    
.....(he was almost totally silent - barring tantrums and grunts - until 14 February this year)....

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Road Block Update
by zacksmum on 06.27.08 - public

We went through the same road block today, with the same policeman on duty... it was just Zack, myself and the puppy this time, we were in a differen...

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Road Blocks
by zacksmum on 06.27.08 - public

Police and military Road blocks are also a fact of life at the moment.... I need to pass through at least one between home and the family farming busi...

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Police and military Road blocks are also a fact of life at the moment.... I need to pass through at least one between home and the family farming business I work in.... One day this week, I had two of my office staff in the car, an old mazda 323, along with Zack - safely I thought strapped into car seat.....( he is off school due to elections this weekend), and our border collie x jack russell puppy..... we get stopped and the policeman asks me if he can search the car... of course I say... where would you like to look... in the trunk the policeman replies... I get out the car, and by the time I get to the trunk Zack is in the driver's seat... pressing the horn.... now I know he can unclip the seat belt!!  I look cautiously at the armed army and police officers around... hoping that they are not offended by the noise from the car.... thankfully they dont' appear to worried about it.... the policeman then says he has seen enough (and i breath a sigh of relief... the horn is getting rather insistent!).. the next trick is to get the four year old and the puppy out of the drivers seat..... child has white knuckle grip on the steering wheel, so I have to wrestle him out of there, into his seat... amid very LOUD protests... and put his seat belt back on... then move the puppy of the seat too... After all this... I'm sweating profusely... partly fromt he wrestling match, and partly as am I am little concerned as to how the owners of the weapons are getting on.... the conversation with the policeman then goes something like this:
policeman (shaking his head in disbelief I think "is he always like this"
me:  "yes, at the moment he is, he wants to drive the car"
policeman:  "you should get him his own toy car"
me:  "he already has several, he wants the real thing"
policeman "goodbye, you may carry on"

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Life ....
by zacksmum on 06.27.08 - public

18 hour power cuts are the norm at the moment, I think Zack forgets that power exists sometimes, it is off by the time he wakes up in the morning, and...

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