Ava - 3 years old
Ava is my 7th child and only special needs child. Ava was born 4 weeks early and right from birth we noticed she seem to get viruses and other things faster and held them longer than our other children. At 21 months she she was behind in developing speaking only about 10 words but we weren't that worried because some kids just talk later. Ava ended up with pneumonia after getting croup off her older sister it ended up being double pneumonia and she was admitted into hospital on oxygen for 6 days I stayed with her the whole ...
This is my son Maxim. Maxim was just over three when he was diagnosed with A.S.D otherwise known as Autism. I remember it like yesterday. It was Valentine’s Day and hearing those words was a gut punch to the stomach. I cried for months and months at the loss of all my dreams I had for him. He was three and couldn’t speak. Loud noises and certain places caused him to have sever meltdowns. He couldn’t eat solid foods because the textures in most foods would make him vomit. We were lost ... 
My son Freddy is 25 yrs. old. He began a program at the age of 4. At the the time Freddy was not able to sit at a desk and do any tasks that were simple. In fact, he would pull the facilitator’s hair and was difficult. With each day, week that passed Freddy was becoming more tolerant and able to perform tasks that was being taught through ABA This program was taken place at home as there weren’t many “autism schools” in place. Also, there was no funding whatsoever. When he started at a Centre based program ... 
