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oblekis
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08 Feb 2008, 4:34 pm

I am a new member. Ive been lurking now for over 4 months. I cant remember how I found WP, but I keep on coming back every night after I put the kiddos to bed.

A little about myself.... I am NT and the main reason I joined WP is for my son. I have a 5 year old son and a 2 year old daughter. My son at this time is nonverbal and is on the spectrum. He is in the classification of regressive autism. He was developing fine till 15 to 18 months, had about 10 words, and then all the sudden never heard the words again. He was diag at 2 1/2 with mild to moderate autism. I am a firm believer that HIS autism was not caused by shots, and that its genetic, with possible environmental triggers of some sort. I am not one to try to find a "cure", I really dont think there is a cure, just trying to help him communicate and be the best he can be. I dont want to change who he is, I love him no matter what. He gets speech, OT, and ABA and goes to pre-k special needs class.

My daughter is NT with some speech delays. She started imitating her brother getting my attention by screaming and raising her hand (like my son at the time). So, shes in speech therapy and doing well.

Im looking forward to meeting people here and finally joining in! :D



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08 Feb 2008, 4:37 pm

Welcome! Never forget your son loves you.



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08 Feb 2008, 4:37 pm

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08 Feb 2008, 4:46 pm

Nice to meet you, oblekis. :) 8)


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08 Feb 2008, 4:55 pm

Thank you for the nice responses! Its nice to feel welcomed. I feel very fortunate that I found WP, everyone seems very caring, and its nice to know that everyone here understands me and my families issues.


JerryHatake, I grew up in Fairfax, VA! Spent 2nd grade thru 12th and some college there, and I graduated HS the year you were born! (boy, I feel older all the sudden....age is nothing but a number tho)

Again, thanks for the warm welcome.



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08 Feb 2008, 5:06 pm

Welcome oblekis! :)


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08 Feb 2008, 6:03 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!


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10 Feb 2008, 11:02 am

Welcome to WP!


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10 Feb 2008, 11:03 am

Welcome to wrongplanet... i am the official Strappologist of wrongplanet... if you want to learn more about me and some other things you can click below to hit some of my other threads. :D

http://alinssite.iguido.com/Thread_List ... _List.html


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10 Feb 2008, 11:18 pm

Hello. I keep wanting to read your name as ooblek, the famous green weather in Bartholemew Cubbins world.



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11 Feb 2008, 8:09 am

lelia wrote:
Hello. I keep wanting to read your name as ooblek, the famous green weather in Bartholemew Cubbins world.


Wow, I forgot about that book! Actually my screen name is a morph of my 2 cats names. Oblena is my girl cat, and Ikis is my boy cat (they are brother and sister...rescued from an animal shelter). Oble-kis. And some may recognise the names of my cats. When I rescued them, it was 12 years ago. My favorite cartoon at the time was 'Real Monsters'. Oblena was the black and white stick monster, and Ikis was the crazy long eared one. At one point we almost got another cat so we could call him Crumb (the weird monster that held his eyes in his hands...)



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11 Feb 2008, 12:58 pm

Welcome :D great people hang out here.


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