While they credit early intervention for their son's improvement, the Lotz's of Wisconsin seek out all forms of therapy on an on-going basis.
This story in the 2/18/07 edition of the New York Times Magazine highlights a young woman's life with her two autistic brothers.
A relationship with an autistic sibling is unique and rewarding.
The Center for the Whole Child in Newbury Park, CA, is a non-profit program that assists children with special needs and their families in forming meaningful relationships while attaining optimum leve
At each visit, I ask the therapist to tell me the two top things that I should be doing with my boy and I make sure that I do those two top things every day at least once a day. I keep a running list on the refrigerator so that the whole family knows what we are working on. It ends up being 6+ things a day and is time consuming but it is something that we all tackle. My boy has big sisters who also work on things with him. In fact, you can specifically ask the therapists for ideas of things that the big sister can do with him. I think that siblings can be great motivators and quite patient and be a great resources in working with our kids.
