My youngest was assessed as having Autism Spectrum Disorder. She manifests mild to moderate delays in all developmental areas with gross and fine motor skills showing the least delay while cognitive, communication and socio-emotional skills proving to be problem areas for her.

MG is a sweet, affectionate and playful kid. She’s fond of playing peek-a-boo with adults around her and likes to affectionate play (tickling, kissing, hugging) as well. She likes Barney a lot and actually grew up watching it.

She’s undergoing therapy for a year now and has shown great improvement. She can now communicate basic wants and needs mostly one-word utterances or gestures. She can easily learn new skills and concepts and able to apply newly learned skills without much assistance. She can now name common body parts, most colors and shapes. She can also easily identify letters of her name and counts from 1-20 with ease.

She has acquired much skills and learned a lot this past year but she still has a long way to go. I’m very optimistic that she can overcome this all the way . With daily practice and application of learned skills and with me, her father and brother beside her, MG can advance and progress further.

For additional information and support, please refer to these links:

http://www.autism.org/
http://www.autism.com/
http://www.autismpinoy.com/
http://philippines-autism.blogspot.com/
http://www.autismcoach.com/