
Autism / Autism Spectrum Support Group
Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers.
worried about the future

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My little matt was diagnosed last February, I've always know something was not quite right with him, he didn't talk he was always so angry, he went off on his own to play, he shook and bite his hand when he got excited, he was so rough, and he was the size of his 4 year old brother by the age of two. the past year has been filled with test after test therapy and school. we have a great school system he loves going to school. plus I have seen him change in a way i could have only dreamed of, he is happy, his fits are getting less by the week, he's marks at school are better, he is talking more and has moved off of signing, he looks at you when he talks most of the time, and he is just well him again, I haven't seem the real him since he was only month old and now he will be 4 next march. but now he is having new problems he seems sick all the time either he is coughing or has a runny nose, plus now sometimes his eye will just move inwards by its self. it seems to me every time he seems to be getting better something new happens, will it always be like this? what kind of a future will he have? will he always be limited by this? i just want to know from people that are going threw this or have been threw this what kinda life will my baby have? will he ever really grow up?
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if i think too much about it, i get sick inside.
so i do what i can today and tomorrow to help steven in everything,
heck maybe they will come up with something that helps them completely before they are adults.
i pray,
And of course he'll grow up, he's a little boy before he is autistic. He will grow with love and family, after all I can feel your love for him from here!
Blessings-Diane
Luv,
Kris