This made me cry. You hit the nail PRECISELY on the head for me. My son is 3 and the thought that he may not tell me,”Mom I love you.” because all he does is scripting and echolalia. My husband and I constantly feel like we’re not enough or good parents.
You have been a God send to me & my wife this morning. Hes almost 3 and we were trying to tell ourselves he was just speech delayed, but i had to help my wife face the fact i believe him to be, at least, mildly autistic. Your video helped her face this SO MUCH BETTER, and i cant thank you enough for your approach. What a gift you gave us. Thank you ❤️
This is so, so important. Thank you for your honesty in where you've been and where you are now. I think the "fear", "I can fix this" mentality is extremely common in the beginning and so many of us feel guilty over having felt that - but it's normal! We just have to push ourselves out of that and into a positive, happy mindset about our beautiful babies.
My son is 4, will be 5 in March 2020. Diagnosed a year ago. Non verbal, very limited diet, repetitive behaviors, stimming, no self care, no independence. He has started repeating baby signs and some words we use with him on a regular basis. I'm binge watching your channel! Your son reminds me a lot of my Noah. Your videos give me hope, thank you so much.
Faye/Fay (sorry if i spelt your name wrong)! We are not only friends in our heads, we are twins! 😊 These points are exactly what has helped me "Find the confidence to embrace it" (that and watching my son improve over time), Our paths may be a bit different but our cause/purpose is all the same! .....I am so proud of you!
Great video Faye! Very valuable lessons as I feel as parents we are very hard on ourselves. We think in that neurotypical mindset. I can definitely put my hands up to say it's hard to let go of the things I cannot control. Loving the video and advice!! You are a great mum and advocate for us all!
Thanks for this wonderful channel... Could u plz do a video on teaching self.help skills.. like brushing his teech...putting his cloths on h8s own and toilet training... Jow did you get hik out of nappues day and night... Plz help us
I really like your channel, but I must disagree with your advice here. Certainly we as parents cannot do more than our best, but I am ready to do anything I can to give my child an unlimited life ahead of her. This includes finding the right therapy, intervention program, etc. A child that has been diagnosed with Autism will in the future be limited in a number of ways. People with an autism diagnosis can’t join the military or certain governmental positions, for example, even if they were diagnosed at 2 years of age and grew out of the symptoms later in life, requiring zero level of support. How would you feel knowing your child will be limited in these ways, knowing that there is evidence based therapy available that you decided not to pursue? I have a daughter 2.5 years old, certainly autistic, displaying symptoms since she was 1. For a long time I went on to think pretty much like you, and only upon studying how the system in the UK works and the limitations she would suffer later in life if I didn’t do anything I realized I needed to act on the subject. Thanks to intensive therapy she had an amazing progress in just 6 months and started talking. I don’t have expectations over her, but I want to make sure she is given the choice to be whatever she wants to be, and not be limited for life by an NHS sentence.
