Kerry Magro, a professional speaker who himself is on the autism spectrum shares stories through on camera interviews of those impacted by a diagnosis that educate on disability, disease and overcoming obstacles. Want to be featured in our next interview? Email us at ASpecialCommunity@gmail.com for more details!
Dianosed with PDD NOS at 11 years old. Rediagnosed at 16 or 17 with Asperger's Syndrome by an individual counselor that specifically works with individuals with developmental disabilities.
My older son is 8 and his younger brother is 3 and autistic and he helps me with his brother and protects him from kids in our neighborhood who look and him different and he’s such a great help with him I just love how loving they both are. They love each other and my older son loves teaching his brother what he learned at school.
Yay top 4 and top 3 likes and comments. Love this channel. Thanks for making this video. Best to you and your families. Addison, thanks for participating in this video. #bravegang
he is so much like my 10 year old boy recently diagnosed with ASD. aside from math difficulty, which is on a kinder level, he is perfectly fine, doing things on his own…
My son was also tormented by kids he thought were his friends and the school I worked for and authorities did nothing . And sad to say his dad in law enforcement also did nothing . This story made me think of our story years back.
I am a mom of a now 12-year-old boy who was diagnosed with level 2 autism at age 5. His symptoms at 5 were much more obvious and pervasive at that age. At 5, he struggled to interact with peers, had 1:1 aide support in school, couldn’t go in a public restroom because he was so afraid of the sound of toilets flushing and hand dryers, perseverated on special interests, constantly interrupted his classroom by shouting out, and had several stims. He also toe walked. Now, at 12, people say, “I don’t see Autism! He just seems like a quirky, smart, amazing kid!” He has grown and matured a lot over the years, thanks to ABA therapy and therapy in school. He also had an IEP until this year but lost his educational diagnosis, so now has a 504. Kids on the spectrum can and do look like this! Meet my son for 5 minutes and you won’t necessarily see signs of ASD, but spend enough time with him and you will recognize that he has trouble with filtering himself, reading body language, and knowing when to stop talking about special interests. He masks well at school but struggles at home. You can’t possibly tell from a 3 -minute video who a child is, how hard he has worked to appear neurotypical, and what his current challenges might be. As a special Ed teacher and as a mom of a child much like the one in this video, I can tell you that it’s important not to make assumptions or judgements based on a very small snapshot.
Mom of my 2 year old son, recently diagnosed with level 2 autism. Your son’s story is so good to hear. ❤ Thank you for sharing. I hope my son will continue to thrive like yours as he gets older.
Thank you so much for your story and also giving specifications about what level he is, you have no idea how much that helps to give hope to other parents with ASD children.
Thankyou for sharing. My son is 11 turning 12 and level 2. What you said rings home for me. I hate using the word disability for my son but no it is. Autism kids rock!
My son has never been diagnosed he's really smart especially good in math he didn't start talking till he was 3 and with the help of speech therapy my son can talk but he gets stuck before finishing his sentence and sometimes he can hold a conversation without a problem. We were told by the school he's dyslexic and has a speech problem and that he stutters but that he's very smart we never had any problems with his behavior at school but at home he can't stay put he's constantly in and out of every room in the house he sometimes makes weird sounds very loudly like hes shouting the sounds he's also very touchy but don't like nothing touching him he can't eat anything that has texture like too chewy and he only eats certain foods. I'm not sure if this is all normal behavior but my other kids were never like this I feel it in my heart that there's something else there but idk
What symptoms did the doctor pick up on that decided he’d diagnose him with autism? He seems totally 100% neurotypical and in my opinion has above average social queues and speech for his age. I’d hate the thought that he’d had a label slapped on him for no reason but I think he has.
this comment is soooo ignorant of you oh muy gosh! youre not an expert to say that someone does not have autism or does... autims had 3 LEVELS meaning the ones with moresevere cant talk/ alk less and hte ones with less severe learnn to talk normally. ALSO talking isnt the only thing that defines if ur autistic, you cannot just assume hes not by a BARELY 3 minye long video. get educated on autism before commenting sm like this
my baby is positive in CAH..and fatty acid disorders..she was born on dec.27,2023...the newborn screening test center was call yesterday...can you advise me if what i'am doing my baby..
So upsetting to see this. I thought the younger generations were way kinder than this. As a parent and sibling of amazing people with Autism, the fact that someone even THOUGHT this challenge up hurts my heart.
Well, as far as I understand autism, I think all humans come with two types of programming. As these days typical children are switching to an autistic system with screen exposure, I think autistic brain could also be hammered to typical brain. Autism is not a disease. It's a brain condition. I strongly believe an autistic brain can be set and re set to typical brain.
I have first-hand experience as a mom of a child very similar to this boy (who was diagnosed at 5 with ASD level 2, but now has learned skills and masks well in public) and as a special education teacher and former ABA therapy provider. Autism is called a spectrum disorder for a reason. There are many people with ASD who “pass” as neurotypical. And this is a 3-minute video. You don’t get any info on what this child has overcome to get to this point, or what his struggles are now, from this video. Please, everyone, refrain from making statements like “he’s not autistic.”
He's stimming a lot. It takes a lot of effort for him to appear like everyone else. He's clearly very intelligent. The comments on this video are depressingly ignorant of autism which perpetuate the stereotypes which causes damage to undiagnosed autistics who mask well. It prevents them from understanding that they are type 1. Everybody thinks of autism as type 3.
Absolutely disgusting comments on here the arrogance of it ! I certainly wouldn't be so arrogant as a parent to hide my child's struggles & mental health because he looks fine this is what's wrong with the world !! & I certainly wouldn't have him labeled for a payday !!! Uneducated & discrimination at its finest 😠
Sorry but thats not really how autism works. Not everyone with autism are the same, and just from reading this comment you obviously don't know autism.
Fellow Aspie Soldier here, I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome during my childhood, and I had recently enlisted in the Canadian Army at 29. I graduated from Basic Training, and I must say that it is not a disqualifying condition to enlist, at least here in Canada. Overall, the military, and those with Asperger's Syndrome (now Autism Spectrum Disorder L1) are extremely compatible due to similar characteristics, which would produce better soldiers (especially those who expressed admiration to Physical Training, like myself).
@@_Balanced_ I do understand that, in which 12 years ago, I researched if Autism was considered a disqualifying condition to enlist, which I was discouraged to enlist, that they only provided American answers, although 11 years later, I discovered that Autism is not disqualifying in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), which I am from Canada, that I had spoken with my recruiter and when they asked me for my diagnosis, I sensed that I would be rejected, but no, they offered me an accommodation plan, which is optional, although I gracefully rejected their offer, since I believe that there are no impairments, and I proceeded with the enlistment process, and got in 15 months later without any issues.
I believe the military is perfect for autism because autistics need a lot of structure, regularity, and support which the military has and supplies. There should be special platoons created just for autistics in order to give them as much added support as possible.
