Anniversary

One year ago today, my son was diagnosed with autism. It wasn't really as surprise at that point, since the appointment with the specialists had a six month waiting list, and by that time I knew what they'd say. 

Anyway, I thought I'd highlight some of the things that have happened in the last year:

My son can now:

Communicate in two or even three word sentences

Say words that are understood without signs and gestures to back them up

Repeat things after me

Pull his pants up and down by himself

Say "diaper" and pay attention to his toileting needs at all (still not toilet trained, but that will happen eventually)

Sing songs

Put together Legos

Zip up his own jacket

Sit in chair in class without constant prompting

Name members of his family and teachers

Sound out words

Clean up after himself

I know he can do much, much more. But those are a few things he can do. He's so much bigger this year than he was last year, and I'm sure next year he'll be leaps and bounds ahead of where he is now. Yay progress!