Well my name is Shauna, but I'm more often referred to as mommy. I have two little boys. Logan who is 3, and Luke who is 1. Logan was diagnosed with Autism in October of 2007. I'll tell you the story behind that. It's a long one so get comfy. (If your interested, if not that's ok too)I personally think it was caused by vaccination injury. He was behind on his shots because my hubby was in the military and there was A LOT going on at that time! But that's another story. Anyway, we finally got settled and I got Logan a new pediatrician, and they wanted him to have all his shots at the same time to get him caught up. Well, I had no idea about shots being dangerous at that time. I had never even heard of Autism. But I felt like something wasn't right about it, so I kept asking. "are you sure that's safe?" They told me it was fine, and it was very important for him to get caught up. So I let them do it, and he ended up getting DTAP/DTP/DT, HIB, HEP B, PCV7, and POLIO all at the same time. He didn't do well for the next couple of days after that. He wasn't the smiley happy guy that he always was, and he was very sick and didn't really want anything to do with us. I remember thinking he must be mad at me for taking him to get the shots, but he never was the same again. Shortly there after he started showing all the signs of Autism, although I didn't know that's what it was. Flapping his little hands, kind of in his own world, and not developing like he should. Then I took him back to that pediatrician a few months later for something (I don't remember what) and she kept asking me about his development, which was delayed, and she mentioned that he might have Autism, and I was so offended that I stopped seeing her. I thought she was crazy, but I went home and did some research and just went "Oh my god!" I knew she was right so I took him to another doctor and asked for his opinion. Well he didn't think so but he gave me the number for Early intervention. So I got them working with him somewhere around August of 07, but as most of you probably know, they don't do diagnosis. So it wasn't until we were referred to a neurologist because of some issues with his eye control, that he was diagnosed. The doctor just knew right away after sitting in the room with us for a few minutes. So now he has his diagnosis and is getting the help he needs. He's going to Even start four days a week and we started him on a gluten/casein free diet. As of now he is non verbal but I'm really hoping with the help of the PECS that he will develope speech at some point.
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