Messages posted by: khro

The potty training is an issue with us as well. My son will use the bathroom all day at school however when he gets home he wants a pull up to have a bowel movement. He will not use the toilet for this and is 6 years old. The school said they would assist. Time will tell.

That is great news because I am very interested in this. I am going to train with my son for his Autism Assistance Dog later this month and there is another mom there that has a son diagnosed with Autism who was also premature.

I will keep my eyes open for the questionairre.
Thank you

Very interesting information. My son has had symptoms of autism all along and I never saw a marked difference in him after any vaccinations. Even after he was diagnosed I had another child who went through all the vaccinations and is not showing any signs of autism at 3 years 3 months.

I keep a very open mind to all of this because no one knows the reason and I won't allow myself to get obsessed with the "whys". I do concentrate on what is out there that can help. My son was on the NICU for two and a half months and had a blood transfusion. Who knows what was in that blood? I also know that the vaccinations he received didn't have thimerisol in them.

So I listen to both sides of the debates and until there is clear and hard evidence on either side I will just continue to research what to do now to assist him in his life.

PS I am telling people about the IAN Research Project...I have done all the parts so far. Thanks for creating this, what a great concept.

I would like to see more research done on premature babies and Autism. My son is a twin and was born 13 weeks early. He is now six and was diagnosed with Autism around 18mos.

What a great idea to open up and ask all the parents that access the internet for their input.

I have a 4 year old son that was diagnosed with autism shortly after he turned 1. He is a twin and his sister is a "typical" child and he also has a brother who is coming up on 2 that is so far also "typically" developing.

I get very excited when I see new things that come along that support reasearch to into autism that will help the children and adults who have it now and the future generations. Maybe one day it will no longer be here, maybe one day the word autism will be for the history books.