Michele,
Please don't despair!Your son's chances for recovery are great! Autism is actually a treatable medical condition. I am not promising anything, but with proper medical care, many, many children are vastly improving. In some cases, they make a full recovery.
I joined this list almost 4 years ago in your exact situation. My daughter had speech, but it wasn't pragmatic or connected in any capacity. We had just learned that she may have autism in addition to her apraxia, and like so many moms here, we were scared and devastated.
There is SO much more available to help you now that 4 years ago. There are very knowledgeable people on this list serve and others who can give you suggestions about doctors to approach, conferences to attend, books to read, and interventions to try.
My daughter is now considered 95% recovered from Autism (evaluated by Dr. Stephen Edelson of the Autism Research Institute this past August). When we treated the root cause of the problem, which in her case was severe heavy metal toxicity, a leaky gut, derranged mineral transport, immune deficiencies, nutritional deficiencies, oxidative stress, and food intolerances, we were able to get her back.
Many doctors are not versed in how to treat these issues in our children because of theory that these conditions were facilitated by their vaccines. I'm sure you are aware of the controversy. Regardless of how it happened, something is not well in our kids, and we have to address their medical issues in addtion to their other interventions, such as speech therapy, etc.
If you are interested in learning about these biomedical interventions, you may email me off-list. I would also recommend the following:
1. Purchase the book "Changing the Course of Autism: A Scientific Approach for Parents and Physicians" by Dr. Bryan Jepson. It's available at Amazon. This is the one-stop book for anyone interested in biomed. Fabulous book. Simply fabulous. It explains everything about the science to support what's wrong with our kids and why we need certain interventions.
2. Consider making an appointment with an Autism specialist in your area, sometimes called a DAN! doctor (Defeat Autism Now!). These doctors vary in their expertise. Some know what they are doing, and some not so much. Ask for help in choosing a good one if you want to go that route. Not every child has the same problems, and they need a very good doctor to help figure out the best interventions.
3. Consider going to the Autism One Conference this May in Chicago. There will be incredible presentations on starting the biomedical process from the most knowledgeable doctors in the field.
You may also visit The National Autism Association for more help or TACA, Talk About Curing Autism. Depending on what part of the country you are in, these organizations have fantastic mentor programs and information to help you.
Never give up. Never, never, never. There is always hope.
Julie
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From: "georgies_mama" <babyjjmama@hotmail.
My son is four and has autism and probably apraxia as well based on
his trouble with articulation. His speech is slow to come and he is
hard to understand. When he was two and even three, I didn't worry
too much because I felt he was still young. However, now that he is
over four, I am starting to worry so much more.
I was wondering if this is still pretty typical for a child with
autism and if he can still develop normal speech (conversational) or
if his chances of that are now pretty small? Do most kids with autism
that do converse usually have more speech at his age? He is only
labeling and requesting but often needs lots of prompting.
Sorry, I am the worry type and this whole autism/apraxia thing is so
hard on me.
Thanks.
Michele
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