I have always wondered how the parents notice their child has autism at such a young age when the child isnt speaking or anything yet. With the story I am reading they noticed David was different at about four months. When he was an infant he would laugh or respond to pretty much anything. Most babies will respond when the parent makes funny faces or tickels the child. David was different and he wouldnt respond. He was so different from his two brothers who were extremely active. When he was very young they detected cerbreal palsy and began early interevention with him. This is where they began to notice that something else was wrong with David. He was so different from any other child the parents had seen. He would be very interested in one thing and one thing only. The household cat was the one thing he constantly played with. As time went on they identified David as having autism.
As a parent I cant imagine finding this out about my child. The future would scare me every single day. I wonder what his parents initially thought at this moment? Did they ever think they couldnt do it ?
As I keep reading I hope to find some of these asnwers. This book is a very touching story. These two parents are very strong!
I can't imagine either what it would have been like to find out your child was different, and their may be some sort of disability. I wonder if they didn't have older children if they would have recognized these differences so early on? It's great that they were able to detect something was off and/or different about their son, and could start with early intervention. I believe anyone who has a child with a disability has to be extremely strong to handle the everyday stresses, and what the unknown future holds!
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