what we've been up too.

Well we have been busy to say the least. Donovan is going to be 4 years old in just 3 months. We still have no services through Fresno unified and i am still trying to fight for a re evaluation. If i would have known it was going to be so hard to get him into proper services in the beginning i would have tried harder and not listened to the people who i thought had him in their best interest.
Donovan is still showing normal signs for autism spectrum disorder. but does not have classic autism. which is good in some ways and in others it just makes it even harder. Many people would like to pretend that this is just going to go away and he will be a perfectly normal kid. heck times i wake up and wish the same thing. how awesome would it be to wake up and him be perfectly normal no problems be a typical developing almost 4 year old. heck i would jump for joy. but i know this is never happening. i know he is not normal. he has some issues that we are going to try to help him adjust with. its still hard on me to really take it all in. who wants to believe their kid isnt completely normal? i mean i know hes normal for who he is. but hes not the same as other kids. I still have anxiety attacks when i have to take him out somewhere by myself. i am scared of what people are going to say or going to do. the looks they give us. It takes a lot for me to admit this. I thought i was stronger then this but i realize the way people act when around him makes me so mad i want to scream and yell and go crazy sometimes. i want to freak out. i know i cant... and i know i have to be calm and just ignore it because they are not informed but sometimes its harder then it sounds....

So currently Donovan is getting Occupational therapy and speech therapy through children's hospital. we are not as concerned about his speech. he does have a good range of vocabulary. He does have some problems with articulation and that is going to be worked on also. Occupational therapy has been kinda use less to me.. the things they do are things that i already do at home.

Our newest thing is ABA... i am excited about this. I believe this is going to help him more then anything else. I cant wait. we had our intakes and today had our first clinic visit. I went to the office and we went over our plan for him. I am so excited!!!! I am a little hesitant about how things are going to go. he seems to have bonded with them well so thats good but im not to sure how hes going to do once they start to try to structure things and force him to do things he doesnt want to do.
He is still being very physical and maybe its even worst then it was. he bites and pinches and scratches and will pull hair. he also becomes angry very fast and doesnt communicate what is wrong or what is frustrating him.he also isnt potty trained still.

we have high hopes for the outcome. and hopefully this fall he will start school.