tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311924585407045591.post7160992125829055096..comments2017-02-22T09:48:33.390+11:00Comments on 10 Minutes Here... 10 Minutes There...: Finding My SonViviannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10995482065976676352noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311924585407045591.post-9873510278322208522010-03-26T21:52:53.743+11:002010-03-26T21:52:53.743+11:00Hi Gin! Wow - thanks for your note! I'm tota...Hi Gin! Wow - thanks for your note! I'm totally flattered :D It is very encouraging, and I love hearing from other people about their experiences. (This is all still very new to me, and I totally hear you when you talk about the teaspoon in the black hole). Logan sounds like a real cutie! I'm rather pleased that you're enjoying the blog, and hopefully we'll be able to catch up more at some stage. <br /><br />Cheers! xxViviannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995482065976676352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1311924585407045591.post-3817643688420679522010-03-25T13:30:47.671+11:002010-03-25T13:30:47.671+11:00Hi Viv,
We've met maybe once or twice before -...Hi Viv,<br />We've met maybe once or twice before - I'm Gin, a friend of Lois's.<br />I don't know if Lois has mentioned, but my son, Logan also has ASD - severe Autistic with mild mental disabilities. He was diagnosed almost 4 years ago after a 45 min session with the paediatrician and life has never been the same since!<br />Your words ring so true for me and I've found them very inspirational.<br />Logan is now almost 7. We moved here from NZ less than a year before diagnosis and didn't have any eligibility (for most public assistance) or the financial resources to get him the kind of early intervention or speech therapy he needed. To be honest, I felt like I had been dropped in a really deep black hole with nothing but a teaspoon to dig my way out and I didn't even know where to start!!<br />Things are much better now. He still has no real speech, but he's one hell of a good SINGER! He has perfect pitch/tone and can't quite get his tongue around the words, but good enough so that we can pick out what song he's singing. <br />I often used to find myself wallowing in all the negatives, and found it hard sometimes to focus on the positives...but there ARE positives, which you have already discovered, and LOTS of them!<br />My boy is the joy of my life. He may not understand us 90% of the time, but 10% of the time he DOES and it's awesome! We can have the worst days at work, but one smile from him can melt all of that yucky stuff away...because a smile is so rare, and yet he gives us one just when we least expect it...and just when we most NEED it!<br />His attendance at Northern Autistic School has done wonders for him..and US! There are so many things he can do now that we never even imagined him doing before he started school.<br />One thing that has always helped us is making HIS normal, OUR normal. We don't even notice (until we get visitors) that almost everything we do and the way in which we do it is because of Logan. It's just the way its done. And it doesn't affect our household at all.<br />I could ramble on forever, but I need to get back to work.<br />Thank you for your blog. You are an inspiration!<br />GinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708084108208226133noreply@blogger.com