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My Little Angel
by: Cleofe on Sun, Jul 29 2007

My daughter is 2 and a half yrs. old. I know that there was a problem when she doesn’t respond to her name, does not look at us and pay attention to what we say, won’t say or ask what she wants and instead she takes our finger towards the object. I asked Easter Seals to check her out for therapy. She is supposed to get speech, developmental and occupational therapy but it’s been 4 mos. now, nobody came for occupational therapy . I get frustrated coz I don’t get a call back from them and they don’t have a sure answer. For a mother like me its depressing and frustrating. Even for her to get check by a neurologist, it takes months or even years to get an appointment. I don’t know what to do anymore. . . what happened to early intervention that these kids are supposed to get? should we just keep waiting until the damaged has been done? How long should I wait?

July 2007

My Little Angel - by Cleofe - (Sun, Jul 29 2007)
My daughter is 2 and a half yrs. old. I know that there was a problem when she doesn’t respond to her name, does not look at us and pay attention to what we say, won’t say or ask what she wants and instead she takes our finger towards the object. [more..]
MY FRIEND’S SON - by CONCERNED AND FRUSTRATED - (Wed, Jul 25 2007)
My friend too, has a son, who will be 2 in September! The child does not speak (one or two repetitive words), walked at the age of 17 months…Throws tantrums where he will continually bang his head, with no pain effect… [more..]
My Autistic Brother - by C.H. - (Mon, Jul 23 2007)
My brother is 15 years old and has been living with autism for about 13 1/2 yrs. Its very hard to live like this because you don’t know what it’s like to understand what my family & I go through. [more..]

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