Walk Now!

This past Saturday, I participated with my family in the Walk Now event sponsored by CAN - Cure Autism Now, in Orlando.
This "walkathon" has the purpose of raising Autism awareness and also to raise funds for Autism research.
Mama and Papa made t-shirts with my picture and we all wore them for the event. Many people commented how nice our shirts looked!
After walking we stayed in the activity since there were many games of throwing the ball, bubble machines and hoola-hoop. My brother Jay won a prize dancing to the hoola-hoop!
We had so much fun, we plan to make this a yearly event and walk every year until a cure for autism is found.
WE WANT A CURE FOR AUTISM NOW!

I drink from a straw!!

Finally!! After years and years of drinking from a sippy cup - and not wanting to drink from anything else, no matter what, I finally started drinking from a regular cup and straw today!!

It all happened during a field trip that my class had to McDonald's. My teacher Ms. Lauren offered me a plastic cup with a straw with water, and after showing me how to do it, I drank from it like an expert!

Ms. Lauren was so happy she called my mom right away and they were both screaming of happinness over the phone.

I have continued doing it all day long and my parents say there is no turning back. From now on there will be no more sippy cups for this big boy.

As my body gets treated with the clearings plus the detoxing baths plus the AIT sessions that I recently had (and which I would address in a separate blog), my mind awakens to new experiences and understandings. Today my mind clicked to the activity of sucking from a straw and having my drinks without the sippy cup.

For everybody that knows me, this milestone is a huge success. For one thing, leaving the obsession with the sippy cups is great news, but also, drinking from a straw is a very good oral motor exercise that helps the muscles in my mouth to get in shape so that I can articulate sounds better.

We are all very happy! Today is a happy day!

Look at my room!

Papa was on a mission: to redecorate my room to make it nicer for me. He started by removing the carpet and putting a brand new floor. Then, he painted the walls with blue and green. Then he bought a toy cabinet where I can put all my toys and materials for therapy. I was very happy when I saw my new room!