I wanted to do this blog to also help myself. Its hard to open up and freely express your fears and doubts about parenting a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. It even took me a while to accept the fact that Jahmeir was different although I saw the signs early. Jahmeir was fluently reading at 3. I was so amazed with his ability to read so well and his imagination was well beyond the typical child's imagination. Despite this wonderful discovery the random self talk and "stemming" was far too obvious. I remember when his preschool teacher bought it to my attention. I could tell she was scared to say something to me but I'm happy she did. I won't lie though I denied her observation until he was in Kindergarden and would play alone at recess and had poor social skills.
After the initial diagnosis I cried A LOT!! I blamed myself... what had I done wrong? But there was no worse pain then the pain of seeing your child cry because they didn't know how to make friends or because they have a hard time focusing.
"The kids laugh at me mommy"
" I can't go to school"
"I'm trying mommy but I just can't stop talking to myself"
What was I suppose to do?? I had to get my child help.... Sad thing is the necessary help needed isn't included in my insurance so that means I pay out of pocket for his therapy. But you know what.... its for him so its worth it!! Well that's enough got today... I've just babbled about in the post!! I hope u enjoy!! COME ALONG FOR THE JOURNEY AND FEEL FREE TO COMMENT!!
