Having a child with Autism and ADHD has been quite an interesting journey so far. As I've mentioned before, my little man was diagnosed with Autism at about 2 1/2 and then diagnosed with ADHD at about age 3. Kind of a double "whammy!" Before he talked, which was about age 3, he made very little eye contact and very much preferred his own company. A specific incident stands out and will probably be forever etched in my mind. I have tried very hard to involve my son in a lot of my baking and cooking. It has taught him how to count among other skills. One of his favorite things he likes to do (and still does) is to pull up a chair from the kitchen table and put it against the counter so he can watch me more closely. On this particular day which was before he was talking, I was unpacking our dishwasher. I had turned around to put something in the sink or to put something away, my back was turned to him for litera...
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