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Writing and Drawing
Today Dom's therapist came to me at the end of his shift to bring me his art from the afternoon. On one, he had drawn a happy triangle all by himself. Drawing shapes is something he has been working on for probably a y… -
Preschool
Dom just started a Head Start regular ed preschool on Tuesday (they are required to take a certain amount of special ed kids) and he loves it. I was really worried about it because we don't really "do" preschool and I… -
More Sentences from Dom
"I want orange cheese." "Give me that!" "Gimme hug." "I'm all wet!" -
Sweet
Chocolate is sweet. So is my boy. Mike gave Dom a piece of a Hershey bar earlier this week. Dom came over to me with his chocolate and said "Chocolate. I like chocolate." Then this morning, I woke early to fingers… -
Awesome Dentist Visit!!
Dom did such a great job at the dentist today! He's been going every 6 months since he was 10 months old and it's never gone very well. So every day for the past month we've been reading a social story to him about goi… -
Sensory Therapy and Other Progress
I got a call for Lily's sensory eval last week. I took the first appointment they had. I was really suprised to hear from them so soon. They just hired a new therapist - lucky us! The eval went well. They are recomm… -
Not Autism
We had Lily's developmental evaluation today and we all agreed it doesn't look like autism at this point. They said possibly Aspergers, but that she's much too young to know that now. They said usually that's diagnosed… -
Evals for Lily
I've been having some concerns about Lily lately - some since birth but I pushed them aside while I waited. She started lining up toys about 6 weeks ago so I called our Regional Center. When Dom was diagnosed they reco… -
Dom's First Complete Sentence!
I made pasta today for lunch - large shells covered in sauce. My sister dropped by and was sitting at the table next to Dom while we ate. Dom looks up at her, fork in hand, and says "I like to eat!" and then gives us h… -
No Theory of Mind?
Autistics have no Theory of Mind?....My ass. Dom has been opening the freezer repeatedly to stick my tape measure in it. After a few times I told him no more, so he said bye-bye to the tape measure and walked away. Bu…
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- Name: Patti
- Member Since: 11/6/2004
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Writing and Drawing
Today Dom's therapist came to me at the end of his... -
Thumbs Up
Dom's last day of preschool for this school year w... -
Pomatomus Socks
I started these socks a year ago and finally finis...
