my name is sherri. i am the mother to a beautiful little boy whom i will call sir dantes.

he is not my only child, but he is my only child who is autistic. sigh.

i tried to start a blog on blogspot but i was only able to get one follower. lol. bless her heart. i plan on letting her know about the change and i plan on coping and pasting those blog post here.

anyway, to get back to the topic...like i said i have an autistic son. he will be three in february. right now he is diagnosed as "provisional" because of his age. he is not severe, but he certainly is not mild. moderate? what is moderate?

Follow up:

he stims. he has a "happy dance" that he does when he is really excited about something. he jumps up and down and flaps his hands. sometimes he turns circles while he's doing it. he has fantastic balance. i could never jump, turn circles, and flap my hands at the same time without falling down. amazing!

when he is not happy he generally screams and the fist go flying. the other day he hit in me in the cheek while holding his thomas the tank engine. ouch! it brought tears to my eyes.

he doesn't speak. tonight he was repeating the "word" mamamamam....but i don't think he was talking. just making sounds. he does know quite a bit of sign language however and understands it. he understand everything you say though. his therapist agree that he is very smart. he can already brush his own teeth, help dress himself, and other varieties of activities. you only have to show him something a couple of times and he can repeat it and knows the routine.

i guess i could go on and on with the things he can do and can't do. but i am suppose to be introducing myself. i guess that is what happens...you become the developmental delay yourself. it consumes you to a point that the lines are blurred.

i am 42 and have four children. i work in property management. i have a bachelor degree and three associates degrees. i like to camp and fish and paint. my car is paid off. it is a honda. nothing exciting. i am a parent of an autistic child. i love him and treasure him as i do my other children. i am so glad he's here.

thanks for "listening",
sly67