Profile

I'm going to write two Profiles; one which is gives the quick explanation, the second which longer for anyone who wants more information.  The longer profile will be written over time in chapter form.

Here is the basic profile information.

In September 2013 we were given a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for our only son.  He was 7 years old at the time, in second grade.  We were devastated as parents.  It felt like the Tom Hanks line in the movie Apollo 13, "we just lost the moon."  Any dreams that we had for him seemed gone.  (In time we have seen ASD as a good thing and the diagnosis is a blessing.)

As we struggled with the emotions my husband (Mr. TsukiMoon  and I quickly mobilized to do what ever possible to help TsukiMoon overcome any and all disabilities.  We did this because TsukiMoon was unhappy. his challenges countered the things he wanted.  His gifts are plenty but disabilities hindered any abilities.  We had to do something.  

A year later our consistent and constant push to address challenges started to reap fruit.  TsukiMoon had better eye contact, more language, can read emotions in others better, is empathic, and can calm himself most times.  There have been so many changes to our many interventions that I decided to create a blog about what works.

Another reason for the blog is that this diagnosis has been a secret, only our most trusted allies know, there are grandparents that don't know.  When I kept such a large secret from most people it felt like living a lie.  It is important to maintain the secret and live this lifestyle of lying through omission because I fully believe that TsukiMoon will become symptom free of the challenging aspects of ASD and exibit the characteristics that are the best parts of autism.  His gifts will flourish and he will be integrated contributor to the Earth.  Basically what we all want for ourselves and our children.