Wow! Blogging! What a fabulous idea! I wish I had thought of blogging two years ago when my son was first diagnosed.
He was about 27 months old then, and my husband and I had NO IDEA. (I guess I have at least 2 years' worth of blog material saved up though). We had both been late talkers, not speaking until about age 2. So, when we took Wyatt in to our local Regional Center in hopes of getting some free Speech Therapy, we were completely unprepared. Autism? No way! My husband was stunned, I was crying my eyes out. I was sure they were WRONG. After all, we hadn't even vaccinated our child after reading about that theory. We had even had a home birth, all natural all the way. We were were absolutely positive that our child would NOT be autistic despite the alarming statitistics that I was vaguely aware of. I mean, I had enrolled us in Musical Spanish for Toddlers!
So how could our child have autism??? How ironic.
Thanks in advance for stopping by to read this. I am looking forward to posting more about my experiences with autism and 4 yr. old Wyatt.
Hi I'm a Psychology student
Hi I'm a Psychology student at a college in New England and was wondering if anyone could answer my questions. If there are any questions you do not want to answer you don't need to. Anything you say will not be used for anything other than my research project for this one Research Methods class. Thank You!
1. Do you personally know anyone that has Autism?
2. Do you know a lot of information about Autism? Would you consider yourself an expert?
3. Do you believe mercury causes Autism?
4. Do you believe that thimerosal has made Autism increase?
5. Why do you think that the rate of Autism is at 1 out of 150 children?
6. Why do you believe that that number varies from state to state?
Is it the environment?
The mercury in the environment?
7. Do you believe that testing childrens’ hair is an accurate test of mercury causing Autism?
I remember when my son began
I remember when my son began therapies and evaluations. Realizing Autism was the cause sent me into many long nights with a tissue box. But in ways we are blessed. Our children can teach us so much because they see the world in a whole new way. Your son may still end up meeting all those original dreamsm just in different ways. Welcome to the site.