Joe and the Cup
Description: Our little Joseph, diagnosed with mild autism
Charity: autismspeaks
Author: Jon and Jen
Credits: Joseph and Kayla
Views: 3574
Posted: 12/08/07 7:13 PM
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Beautiful children! Autism Speaks and the Autism Society of America have both been very instrumental in educating our family about autism. Two of my grandsons are on the spectrum.
(you can see them on "Our Boys, Our Purpose") After reading dozens of books, articles, and doing as much research on the internet as time has allowed, one thing comes through it all: these are remarkable children, as varied in their skills and abilities as we all are, yet many cannot communicate their thoughts without a great deal of early intervention. The ability to communicate is essential. As we all continue to raise community awareness & tolerance, raise our voices for better insurance coverage and governmental support, we will be able to provide better living circumstances for all God's children on the autism spectrum. Families living with autism have the opportunity to speak for those who cannot. Thank you for sharing your "voice". . . .as well as Joseph's precious laughter.
posted by Grammy Pammy of "Our Boys, Our Purpose" on 1/24/08 11:59: AM
Your children are beautiful. God bless.
posted by kelly on 1/24/08 8:51: AM
LOVED IT! Thank you for sharing your beautiful family.
posted by Jennifer on 1/23/08 6:41: AM
I loved it! His laugh is so contagious that you can't help but laugh too. My son is 11yro and he has autism. Thanks for sharing with us, I loved it.
posted by Christy on 1/22/08 7:49: AM
Best wish to your family, the children look wouderfull.
posted by sarah on 12/22/07 8:16: PM
We love you guys and you are always in our thoughts and prayers.
posted by The Glass Family on 12/15/07 6:04: PM
Martina, to answer your question. We started to become concerned with not only his repetitive behavior but also that he was not talking, touching food with his hands and not responding to his name at 20 months. He responds to some commands like "blow kisses, clap your hands" and will look at familiar people when you say their name Like "where is mom?". He smiles alot and plays with his big sister my wife and I, he plays with some toys but not too much. We do see him go into his own world and rock back and forth for long periods of time.
We let our doctor know of all we have observed. Our doctor suggested early intervention not just because his repetitive behavior but the combination of the above.
I hope this answers your question, thanks for watching the video.
posted by Jon on 12/13/07 5:07: PM
I have three sons with Autism. Always chose hope. Trust your instincts. Most of all love them, that is what will bring them to their potential and beyond.
posted by Kelly on 12/13/07 4:19: PM
My daughter is three now and the nursery school is becoming concerned with some of her behavior - the behaviors that we had attributed to just being a toddler. She also did very repetitive activities as a 1 1/2 year old. Would walk through same two doors over and over again for about (over) an hour at a time. But she is also a brilliant learner in other aspects - picked up all the alphabets by 18 months and counting to 20+ at the same age. She's the only one in her three year old class who is beginning to write and read. Your son must not even be two yet - how did you know when they are so young?
posted by Martina on 12/13/07 8:11: AM
God bless you and your family
posted by sergio on 12/13/07 5:30: AM
This video was taken January 2007 while Joseph was just 10 1/2 months old.
Since this video Joseph started to concern us with some of his repetitive actions along with other autistic symptoms. We have just learned after multiple evaluations that he falls in the "autistic spectrum".
I cannot thank you all enough for viewing this video and helping such a great cause. Together we will find out more about autism.
Pass this web site to as many people as you can. the other videos on this site are wonderful.
Once again thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
Jon and Jennifer
posted by Jon, Jennifer on 12/12/07 5:11: PM
Your children are adorable!! :)
posted by Carolyn on 12/12/07 4:55: PM
:)
posted by Amanda on 12/10/07 12:50: PM
I am on a mac with OSX 10.4.11 Running Safari Version 3.0.4 (523.12.2) and the videos on the front page load and play but i can't get any other video to play.
posted by richard McClure on 2/20/08 5:13: PM