Aidan was born a beautiful baby boy just before Christmas in 2006. He met all of his development milestones including using words to have his needs met at age one. At about 20 months, Aidan "lost" all of his functional words and began using only scripted lines from TV shows or movies. He also would not acknowledge family in the room unless you touched him, and would not engage in meaningful play. As an Early Intervention Specialist, I knew immediately that my beautiful baby boy had Autism. We immediately began Early Intervention and transitioned into the School District. Aidan progressed wonderfully. We accessed ABA therapy and Aidan took off.
Today, Aidan is not only using functional words in sentences, but he is able to tell you an original story with a beginning, middle and end. He is performing at grade level in all areas, but still struggles in reading. Although, Aidan has lots of behaviors that we work through, he surprises us every day with what he knows and is able to do!!
Friendswood, TX
