SEEING BEYOND THE CHALLENGES OF AUTISM

SEEING BEYOND THE CHALLENGES OF AUTISM
One Person's Dandelion's Are Another's Precious Blooms

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Two Years Later

It has been about two years since writing my last blog post. That's twice more huddled at a school conference table to discuss my son's I.E.P. (individualized education plan) with a team of teachers, administrators and therapists to craft the blueprints for his upcoming education & therapies in the following year. I am proud to say that those small glimmers of improvement we had seen two years ago and hoped would grow to be more in Gregory have become true pictures of real change. But it was not possible without the unrelenting hard work, caring and dedication by his team, and definitely not possible without Gregory following along with all he faced. We still have a long way to go, but feel we overcame a major plateauing of skills about two years ago when we unfortunately had an unsympathetic teacher with borderline abusive tendencies & real problems, which is another blog post in itself.

Here is a picture of my G-man from recent days -- the hardest-working 7-year old I know.

2 comments:

  1. Glad you are writing again but you did not give enough credit to Gregory's Mom, one of the most dedicated Mom's I know....one day Gregory will know it too!

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    1. Thank you :) One day I hope Gregory will be at the point where he can even go with mom & dad & family to one of his ancestral homes, Italia, and appreciate all its beauty. I want to believe the sky is the limit because I've learned the hard way that G (and other kids) will only reach as high as the bar we set for him. Ciao Bella.

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