Jonathan has always had problems transitioning from seasons. When he is comfortable with short sleeve and short pants, going to winter clothes has been hard. But going from winter to summer clothes has been incredibly hard in the past. He would wear long pants and long sleeve shirts at 95 degrees. But today Daddy put on shorts pants and a t-shirt and he had no problems at all. That is very exciting. I commented on his shirt as he came down, and he looked at it and pointed out the bull on it.
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.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Summer is Here Finally
This Spring has been cold. Jonathan really likes playing outside and it has been hard. Today the weather was nice.
His therapist commented that he was not interested in circle time today. But that he played with 2 other kids appropriately. When he got home, he went bike riding with Abuita and Vanessa to one of our neighbor's house. He had a great time playing with 2 other kids. They played with swords and chasing each other. Thank goodness for the warm weather! When they came back, Vanessa got one of her birthday toys out (a Croquet game) and Jonathan, Vanessa and Abuita played for a while. The kids had a blast.
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2 comments:
What a great posting!!! I am so happy for you that Jonathan had fun and played with other kids!!!!
Bea
Great day! Good for Jonathan!
I'm happy for you that HBOT is over for a bit. I'm sure you can use a break. That was quite a commitment - and if I recall, you were only late for a grand total of 5 minutes over 41 sessions! Just want you to know I understand how stressful even that aspect of it must have been. Yea for you!
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