I am a mother of a five year old autistic son. I am a working mother. I am looking to connect with parents who are dealing with autistic children.

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It has been three weeks and my son has been completly off his binky(pacifier) I never thought he would be off of it. I kept hoping my son would remove it on his own but I think it was only a dream I had. He is five and he has some sensory issues and he used it just to chew on it. So I Kept hoping he would release it on his own. But I realized it was not going to happen. So my husband kept telling him it was time to give up the binky...he kept saying binky goes bye bye!

Well, my son finally chewed on it so hard, he tore the nippe off. So my husband cut off the nipple and we both realized it was time for our son to let it go. So everytime he would say Binky we gave him the broken one. Then one day went by then two days, my husband and I realized we will go all the way with it. It got tough at times, the third night was really rough and it was a sleepless night. But we lived through it. It has been three weeks and he longer asks for his binky anymore. So if your child has a binky, it is tough but I realize it can be done.

I just wanted to say HI. I know it is difficult not to be able to share email address on here. You can always come here for support :) I have a son that is 16 with AS. These kids are amazing and things get better with trial and error. Each child is different. We are great parents :) I just wanted to let you know that I have reached out to other moms in my school district. I had the head of Early Intervention and my sons teachers give my email address out to other moms to contact me to talk, and support each other and just connect with people who know where you are coming from:)

Hopes this helps:angel:

Thank you for the words of encouragement, you are so right our children are very special and we are great parents. Sometimes I need to remind myself of that because I am a working mother and I am not able to take my son to school anymore or pick him up. My husband's schedule is more flexiable and sometimes I do miss that flexibility when I use to work from home. But I will take you suggestion of sharing my son's email address at his school. I have to admit the new school he attends which is a autistic language based program is awesome. I have seen great improvements and you are so right early intervention helps. My son was diagnosed at a year and a half. He as come along ways but I do see him getting better.

I have reached out to another mom who has an autistic six year old. I met her through some friends of my mom. She is a great support for me. I believe we help each other.

Thank you again for the suggestion and I am going to pass my email address to some of the parents at my sons school. You are right it is good to connect with other folks who know exactly what we are going through.

My son transferred from a special ed kindergarten class to a autistic based school last month. When I say it is has done wonders for him, it really has. My husband and I did serious battle in his previous iep meetings at his old school. The problem there he had a special ed teacher who refused to work with pecs and she just wanted to do her own thing. There were times when my son was in school and he was just running around aimlessly in the classroom. And, the teacher felt if he gets it he gets it and if not oh well. she will just move into a another subject. Well, this was very frustrating for d my husband and I, and we did not see any progress with our son for five months.
But Thank goodness for the school psychologist. She witnessed my five year son not learning in that class,and my husband and I expressed our concerns about it. The school system began to look into other programs for our son. They found a autistic school in a nearby city. My husband and I visited the campus and it reminded us of the early intervention program our son was in when he was diagnoed four and a half years ago.

Our little boy is doing so much better. He is trying to put sentences together and he gives more eye contact. My husband spoke to the behavior specialist the other day and she said our son is really trying to communicate. I am so glad he is in this program. It has truly made a difference.

You can find a local chapter of an autism/asperger support group by surfing the net. There are support group meetings monthly. I belong to AANE, Asperger Assoc. of NE and there are chapters all over the country with links to many websites regarding autism.

Thank you for the support group listings. At my son's school a group of mothers there have a support group where we can talk and share. Thanks again