Dominick was born a healthy 8 lb 3 oz baby boy .. He was perfect, Dominick was my last child as I have 2 others and my boyfriend has 3 of his own so we were a brady bunch from the beginning.. Dominick's half brother who is 16 also has autism .. When Dominick was a baby he did everything typical all his milestones were on track except when he turned one i started to become concerned why he didn't babble or look at people so I went to his doctor and was told he will catch up not being satisfied with that responds I pushed to see a neuro and sure enough was diagnosed at 14 months with Autism so right there he started Occupational, Speech , 5 days a week until he turned 2 when he started ABA therapy as well so since he was 14 months he is now 3.5 he has had therapies everyday .. When he was 3 he was excepted to the best Autism preschool where he now has group speech and no longer needs occupational he went from zero words to over 100 in just 4 months .. I am now starting to potty train that is a little difficult but he is getting use to .. I have never treated Dominick any different then any of my other kids I always talked to him like I would them and he listens he never really had the typical autism behaviors he has a normal appetite he will eat anything and everything so im hoping when he turns 6 I am taking him to find out what level of Autism he has i have been told he will be high functioning so that was exciting ... Dominick is a sweet , smart funny little boy he loves playing ball , on his ipad and watching mickey mouse he is amazing ...I will say ABA therapy has been the most successful therapy of them all and I would say no matter what age all autistic children should have this therapy it is truly amazing ..

Tina
Miramar, FL