I'm close to an Autistic.
Its rough.
Check this out "to Peacebaby," and I hope it proves helpful:
But hey, what am I going to do now?
There's no use beating up on oneself. Wouldn't we all do things differently if we'd known? I've spent very little time doing that -- didn't shed a single tear over our autistic guy until he was 11, and then I cried buckets practically on command because of a cold-hearted teacher backed by an evil district nurse -- and we keep looking and trying. Virtually everything we have used has helped some, some more than others. The most helpful stuff has been the stuff that promoted vasodilation and new vascularization (sequela of vasodilation), and include: electromagnetic stimulation -- see Len Ochs on the internet -- and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) also on the internet. The next thing we'll be trying is HBOT along with vasodilation mitigated by FDA meds and supplements, per Dr. Hammesfahr (of Terri Schiavo fame). Sensory integration helped a lot, also, but somewhat less dramatically than the other two things, IMHO. It is quite powerful, however (and not to be confused with SMI, sensorimotor integration -- which is the "harsher" equivalent to the homeopathic SI). 223 posted on 04/20/2005 12:05:19 PM PDT by Orgiveme (Give me liberty orgiveme death!)