The other day, when I spent some time with Allie’s little friend’s grandmother.  She had lots of questions about Christopher’s Autism.  She wanted to know my opinion about vaccinations and my belief as to what causes Autism.  I told her that I wasn’t really sure and to be perfectly honest, I hadn’t done much research on it.  I guess I felt a little embarrassed about that.  Many parents of Autism are so involved in “the cause”.  Not just what causes Autism, but meaning they are involved in spreading the word about it, and finding a cure, etc.  For me, from the beginning when we found out about Christopher’s Autism, I was all about just getting him the therapies he needed to thrive and progress.

Now, I feel like I need to get a little more involved.  I really would love to know, what could have been done to prevent this, if there was anything at all that could have been done.  I am very interested in learning more about vaccinations, possible genetic links and special diets that have been known to help children with Autism.  There are so many ideas and theories about what “causes” Autism.  I feel a little out of the loop, and so uneducated about Autism.  This is why when we move, I plan to join a support group and I’m going to sign up for some upcoming conferences.  There is one located in the city that we are planning to move to in the next few of weeks, and I plan on being there.  This one in particular, discusses Social Communication Interventions for Children with Autism.  I’m really looking forward to going to this, it’s in 4 weeks and I hope we will be moved by then.

I think this is a huge step in becoming better educated about Autism.  Hopefully I will gain the knowledge I need that will help me understand why this has happened to our son, and help me to get a better and more clear vision of what the future holds for him.

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