I know about autism firsthand

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 4, 2008 - 08:15.

hi my named is Candace Long im 16 and my little brothers name is Houston hes 11... i love him to death but hes something else....i have a brother with autism and they didnt think that he was cause he was so loving. its just where they are rasied and how they are taking care and shown love that has a effect on how they act and let me tell you he has a temper like no other but i still care bout him. when he was younger they tried to say that he wasn't that he was just slow. my parents went to like 5 differnt doctors tofind out why he wasnt talking at age 3 they said that they didnt know what they were talking bout and that he was fine. but then finelly they found a doctor named mary ann block that told us that he had autism.their is a special deit to make him talk well we did the deit for like 2 weeks the stuff was too expecive and we could not do it any more but it was working he was talking to were we could understand him but now hes back to just jabbering every now and then you can catch a word or to but thats bout it.

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