I was told by a Doctor that there is no cure for Autism. No medication, no operation.... But only through training that might help him. The earlier the better. He started his Occupational Therapy (OT) class earlier 2013, followed by Earlier Intervention Program (EIP) class. Patience is the most important key for not giving up so easily. There's no such thing as '1 day training and miracle'..no... This is about train him daily as a routine. Every achievements count, no matter how tiny it is, we will never forget.
Achievements:
- Better eye contact.
- Better response when we call him by his name.
- Ability to differentiate objects by it's colors and shapes.
- Ability to complete jigsaw puzzle
- 21st June 2013 - HE CALLED ME "MOMMY'..!! at the age of 3 years 7 month (happiest moment of my life).
- 30th June 2013 - He recognizes numbers and alphabet letters. I taught him numbers by saying 1 to 10 without showing him the numbers. But after a few days, I realized he was much a head then me. He started to point some numbers and says it out...Surprisingly, 1 to 10 and even A to Z. Only after that I notice he learned it by himself from his tablet. lols!
- Start learning spelling through tablet.
- He called DD and CHE CHE SHENNA.
- Start follow simple instruction.
- Less tantrum
- Grab pencil in a correct way. After 2 months of daily practices, he finally can draw eyes, nose and mouth all by himself. (thanks to his speech therapist).
- Surprisingly, he said "thank you" to my sis in law after she handed his tablet to him. lols!
- 17th December 2013 - 1st 55min fly. Not very perfect at the beginning, he tantrum when we entered the plane. But after that he remained calm till we landed.
- Before Christmas 2013, I taught Sean to say "SEAN LOVES MOMMY!!". On 24 December 2013 early in the morning, I was awake by him saying out loud, "SEAN LOVES MOMMY!!". Wonderful feeling ever, I'm blessed with this autistic child. Thank God very much.
