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Matt....if you move your post to the "parents with autistic children' section you will most likely get more replies.

Mysh

HI MATT,

MY NAME IS LUCY I'M FROM TEXAS. I HAVE A FIVE YEARS OLD SON AND MY SECOND SON IS THREE. WHEN THE FIRST ONE WAS THREE I FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS AUTISTIC. I WASTE A LOT OF TIME FROM DOCTOR TO DOCTOR TRYING TO GET A REAL DIAGNOSTIC. UNTIL ONE DAY I DECIDED TO STOP TAKING HIM TO DOCTORS AND TO START DOING SOMTHING WITH HIM. I FOUND IN THE INTERNET HELP READING ABOUT THE SPECIAL DIET FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN @ www.generationrescue.com THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, YOUR LITTLE SON WILL HELP YOUR OLDEST ONE A LOT. I HOPE I CAN TELL YOU LATTER ABOUT WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THESE TWO YEARS WITH MY SON ,BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT HE IS IN REGULAR KINDERGARTEN, HE'S MAKING "E" IN DISCIPLINE A HE IS IN THE HONOR ROLL. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO GOD. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, START ACTING, BE PATIENT AND TRUST YOUR SON TO GODS LOVE. 

I know your frustration with feeling like your son has made progress and then he looses/stops using little things he's learned.  That is the story of our life at the moment, two steps forward one step back as they say.  I think this is very typical of ASD and the age as well.  We also have a younger daughter and I think Sharlet is learning things from her, I don't have any advice about toilet training except you should sit him on the loo reguarly and just stick at it, at some point the penny will drop and he will realise that he will get praise or reward for going.  We are still at this stage, she has never done anything but we keep sitting her on there.  Also make sure you have a little seat that fits inside the big one so he feels stable and something for him to put his feet on is really important, they really need their feet not to dangle.

Welcome to the board and good luck with getting the things he needs, we have so much trouble getting services for Sharlet, it can be a nightmare!
Hello my name is matt I'm from the nw cornor of Indiana. My son will be three in January and is autistic. to what extent I don't know yet. It seems like everywhere I turn a doctor dosen't call back or therpy cancels. my son had an E.G.G and blood work done in may and riley's hospital still hasn't contacted me about his results and everytime i try to contact them i get no answer. I read a lot of the post on this chat and at times i say yeah that's landon and at other times i say no he's not like that at all. I hope and pray he is at the low end of the spectrum. A few quick questions that i hope someone can answer for me. how can one go about potty training a child with autism and how can i help him become more vocal, does anyone out there have any suggestions. Also i have a son that is 10 mo old and is semming to progress vey well(it was hard with landon being my first and not knowing what a young child sould know anyways). do older chidren with autism seem to learn from their younger siblings. it's frusrating because sometimes it seems like landon makes a lot of progress( he does) but then a few weeks later he seems to forget anything he once did. For instance he loved to say bye bye when he left and would say it a lot along with bath and a few other words now he seems like he never learned these few words he knew. any suggestions feel free to help thank you mattmsippi39051.8541087963
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