Has
Autism or ADHD touched
your life? Do you have an Autism or ADHD story to tell, but don't have
the time or energy to publish your own site? You may submit your
articles to yellowrs@verizon.net
for
review and I'll post them. Please include an "about the author..."
paragraph.
In
June 1988, my son was diagnosed with
Pervasive Developmental Disorder, or PDD. He was just over 2 years (28
months) old. We were a military family, stationed in Augsburg, Germany.
Until that point, my career was center stage. I was 24, my wife was 23,
our second child was 5 months old. At the time, we knew nothing about
PDD or Autism, and we could have never imagined how our lives would
change because of it.
You won't find alot of medical or scientific facts about Autism here.
While the internet is busting at the seems with Autism support sites,
they
all have an angle to pitch. After raising an Autistic son for 22 years,
we can say that we are not experts in the field; we can't talk all the
technical scientific jargon that overloads the senses when read about
it. But,
we can tell you about our story, and about our family's struggle with
Autism. Some of it is funny, some is sad. Some is too personal to
publish, but all of it is real.
What
is Autism? According
to Advocatehealth.com, PDD occurs in the early years of a child's life.
Children with PDD have difficulty in areas of development or use of
functional skills such as language, communication, social skills, and
motor behaviors. Basically,
it's a generic term to classify children
whose development is too prematue to adequately diagnose, such as
Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Rett's Syndrome, etc. Autism is a neurological disorder that
causes difficulties in verbal and
non-verbal communication, social interactions, and higher functions the
brain.
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