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Dealing with childhood Autism

2008-03-28 16:28:48 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Health News News)

Atlanta, Georgia: CNN reported that Shannon Kinninger, the mother of Justin Kinninger, noticed that her son was not like other babies, he was not hitting the milestones of development like other kids. His mother says “When he was supposed to be sitting up, he wasn’t sitting up. When he was supposed to be holding his head up, he wasn’t holding his head up. When he was supposed to be rolling over, he wasn’t rolling over.” She works as a nurse and lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.
Shannon consulted a paediatrician, but she was told not to worry. “The doctor kept saying that boys develop more slowly than girls,” “He kept reassuring me he’d be OK.” Finally when her son was 4 years old, she changed doctors, and the new paediatrician asked her to go to a developmental paediatrician. “He said, ‘He’s autistic. I knew five minutes after you came in,’ “says Kinninger. “I thought, finally, we get a diagnosis.”
The executive president of an awareness & advocacy organisation, Autism Speaks, Alison Singer says that “refer the child to a developmental pediatrician for additional screening and testing. Because when a parent thinks something is wrong with their child, they’re usually right.”
Judish Steuber, the grandmother of two grandsons who were suffering from autism, said that if she will have to bring them up all over again, the difference she will make into her approach would be “From the beginning, I wish I’d had more support from other parents,” “I think that makes a big difference.”



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