tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023875857831716336.post2586723429363971480..comments2020-12-12T17:37:16.799-08:00Comments on Questioning Autism: #26 Developmental PatternsSusan Raihalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023875857831716336.post-52374307515262695642010-01-23T03:39:36.688-08:002010-01-23T03:39:36.688-08:00I just knew when he was a baby that something was ...I just knew when he was a baby that something was not right. Tony would tighten up when held. He barely ever cried. Peopel used to tell em he was such a good baby and so easy to care for. <br />He actually drank his bottle better when he was sitting in his infant seat than being held.<br />He also rarely ever smiled. <br />Then he did not start talking. Everything was jibbereish. At 18 months hecould not say any words. His first true words were at around age 4.tinamariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008040414411118758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023875857831716336.post-8046895439203122072010-01-19T08:02:15.858-08:002010-01-19T08:02:15.858-08:00Hi, Susan. I found your blog through Ann Cox'...Hi, Susan. I found your blog through Ann Cox's. I think the approach to the book you're writing is a great idea.<br /><br />For us, no talking was the "big" red flag. Looking back now I realize there were some other clues that I didn't pick up on. As soon as Willie started walking he would play a little game with himself where he would drop a ball on the ground, kick it, then run after it and kick it again. He'd go all around the house doing this, but if I rolled a ball to him he would never roll it back and sometimes would just let it bounce off him. I thought this was odd, but also was so impressed with his little kicking game.<br /><br />I'm going to poke around here a little more and take a look at some of your other threads.itsallrosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982710724156440010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023875857831716336.post-67487107826437606162010-01-08T16:37:46.479-08:002010-01-08T16:37:46.479-08:00I remember walking in to Max's day care and ot...I remember walking in to Max's day care and other children were saying either, "Max's mommy" and pointing at me, or even, "There's Max's mommy." It hit me like a brick wall at that point. Max wasn't calling me by name. He used hardly any words or gestures, and here were his peers saying sentences. That was my line. That's when I knew we had a speech issue.<br /><br />The other invisible line was when a friend said, "I tried to play with him, but he didn't even recognize I was there. He just kept playing with his ball table in the same way over and over." Another thing that made me go, "hmmmm."JoLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693454713924177306noreply@blogger.com