Pam Maloney:  

Life Greetings, The great news is that my son is doing so much better! He is now a magnet student in a magnet school in a general education class. He can read 300+ words, count by 1s,5's and 10's to 200+, write all the words can read, knows certain things from the Bible, can sing in tune and is very outgoing. He has come a long way and I am proud of him and all the providers that assisted him along his young life. He will be 6 in August 2007!! I now work in the field of Autism, running a support group, meeting with families and even met Doug Flutie 2 times this year. I advocate for money at the state level and am going to DC soon for a lot more money! I did real estate for the last 20 years, still have income property but my new focus is Autism. For the last 5 years I have enjoyed spending timw with my son, Michael. At age 2 he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. He has many symptoms under the spectrum including Sensory Integration Disorder, Dysphasia, Tactile Defense, and many other things that he is overcoming. I knew at about 15 months when he had a language of 10 words and he regressed to 3 words, became withdrawn, flapped his hands, ran in circles, screached to communicate and became someone I had to get to know differently. He has been in many therapies over the last 3 years including Early Intervention. We tried Applied Behavioral Analysis ABA, Speech therapy, Occupational THerapy, Feeding Therapy, lots of sensory diet exploration and gluten free casien free GFCF diet for a time. He had such severe texture issues with food he never graduated to stage 3 babyfood. He entered the school system on stage 2 babyfood at 2.9 years of age. He attended a special needs classroom just for children with Autism. He attended the class for about 2+ years where he was integrated into a regular preschool classroom 1/2 day toward the end. He is now in a general ed classroom with some therapies still in place. He is doing well now. H...Expand for more