Oliver: Oliver's smile

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Smile

Tonight my family went to Disney on Ice. We didn't go along because I didn't think Oliver would enjoy it enough to sit there the whole time and watch. I want to be able to take him to things like that and see that he is enjoying them and not have to have Brett walk with him up and down the stairs, but we just aren't there yet. So after the show the my mom came by and brought him one of those spinning, light up, mickey, wand toys. And even though those colorful lights were bright, Oliver's smile lit the room up even more. Still as I am listening to him play with it downstairs it brings a smile on my face and tears to my eyes.

Where we're at with Asperger's Syndrome

When Oliver was 18 months his pediatrician told us he was probably autistic since he had no words. We went to many doctors and finally got in to see a Psychologist at the University of Utah when he was 22 months. Dr. Peck evaluated him and told us he had a feeling that Oliver had Asperger's Syndrome but couldn't give a full diagnoses since he was so young. He is now a little over 2 years old and we will have to wait till he is closer to 3 to go back and get his diagnoses. We are working with the Early Intervention and have an Occupational Therapist, Behavioral Specialist, and Speech Therapist coming in and helping with Oliver. We are trying to teach Oliver sign language and he is slowly grasping new signs.