I have some exciting news for everyone.................................Anthony is gonna be a big brother. Woo Hoo. Anthony just adores babies and I know he will make the best big brother and be my best lil helper.

Every year for Halloween, by the time I get Anthony ready and go trick or treating, it's usually dinner time. Anyone that knows Anthony, knows that dinner time is 5:30 and if he doesn't eat then, he doesn't cooperate for ANYTHING! Needless to say, the past few Halloween's have not been the greatest. So this year I decided to leave work early and take him before dinner time. Ummmmm......not so much, we made it to 2 houses, then he decided to sit on someone's front lawn to protest. NO MORE TRICK OR TREATING. Thankfully it was a beautiful evening, so we hung out front all night and handed out candy. He was happy with that.

Down Syndrome With Symptoms of Autism: Don't be Fooled!

Down Syndrome With Symptoms of Autism: Don't be Fooled!

Step One

I couldn't sleep at all Friday night. It was like everything hit me all at once. I'm so overwhlemed with everything that I need to do for Anthony. I haven't cried as hard as I did that night in a long time. So where do I begin?????????? So I created a list and figured I'd do one thing at a time and on of the things on my list is this webpage. I hope you all will keep visiting to watch Anthony progress.

Dreams

I have this recurring dream where Anthony and I are out and about spending some quality time together. All of a sudden Anthony says something to me . . . not just a word or two, but a full sentence. Always in an english accent also, I don't know why. It's one of the best dreams I have, until I wake up and realize that my son can't even say mommy or I love you. I hope and pray that one day with everything I do, I get to hear those beautiful words.

Anthony

In the beginning of the summer a very good friend came to me with a concern of hers regarding Anthony. She thought that Anthony might have Autism and I told her I had thought that before, but people I had mentioned it to kinda blew me of, so I dropped it. After my conversation with her, I ran to the bookstore and bought a ton of books on the subject and started reading. Everything started to make sense and sound a lot like Anthony, so I contacted a specialist to get Anthony in right away.

This summer has been a whirlwind of specialist appointments and therapies. I've also been preparing to talk to Anthony's school to get him pulled out of it right away and put into a special needs school. So I've been absolutley swamped.

After all of our appointments, we've come to the conclusion that not only does Anthony have Down Syndrome, but he has been having seizures and also has Pervassive Developmental Disorder (PDD), which is an Autism Spectrum Disorder..

For years now, I've always known in the back of my mind that something else was wrong with Anthony and I couldn't figure out what it was. He has seen many Dr.'s over the years and no one ever said anything. Now that I know, it is like a big weight being lifted off my shoulders and I'm ready to take a steps needed so Anthony can reach his highest potential.

I wanted to start this website to keep family and friends updated on Anthony's condition, it's going to be many years trying anything I can to see Anthony accomplish anything he puts his mind to and communicate with his friends and family.