Growing up I knew early that I didn't want any girls, all boys. My first 2 were girls, but in 2004 I found out I was having my son.
When he was born I was so excited to finally have my little guy. One day when he was about 1 year old he developed a weird skin rash. I tried to get him to the pediatrician that my children used to see, but he no longer took their insurance. His doctor at the time I was less than fond of because she kept trying to tell me to have his hearing checked. But when my phone rang in her office and she saw him look toward the direction of it, all she said was, "Oh he can hear." No instructions on what to do next. But back to the rash, in a day it was gone. I thought no more of it. After a while, I realized, the few words he had, waving bye-bye, was gone. Everything else was fine. He had good eye contact with me, his father and siblings, just no speech. I figured it couldn't be autism, he just may take a while to talk because he doesn't feel the need to.
At the age of 3, he still had no words. I kept hearing the word autism and deep down, I knew and had already come to terms that he had it. As a mother you just know. I switched to another pediatrician within that practice and she gave me the number to Infants and Toddlers. From there he was enrolled in early education. He received his official diagnosis July 2009 and from there I have been doing whatever I can to get my son over his hurdles.
Today with the help of homeopathic medicines, Jordan can speak but I consider him nonverbal because of his limited vocabulary. He is in the autism program at a public school and is doing very well. He is very independent by bathing and dressing on his own. And with the help of his DAN! doctor he is constantly improving.
Upper Marlboro, MD
