Jonathan is more curious about playing with toys now. He is not playing with electronic toys anymore. We bought him a small video gameboy and he does not spend more than 1 hour playing with it. He is now starting to engage more on some pretend play (like pretending he is a doctor and taking Vanessa's temperature) or pretending he is cooking. This is an exciting moment. He is showing some skills that were never developed, so that brings more hope. Yesterday, his ABA therapist told me that she was shocked that he was defiant with her. It is good to see the attitude demonstrated appropriately. We just now have to watch it because he might try to use that too much.
1 in 68 U.S. children has autism according to the CDC. Parents are given very little hope when their children are diagnosed. Doctors believe that there is no cure but only improvement through Occupational, Speech, ABA and other educational therapies. However, after 8 years of “biomedical” interventions, Jonathan has shown such tremendous progress towards recovery that we have decided to share our experiences with the world. Read his story at the end of this page.
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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