My Sweet Family & Touched By Autism

I asked our contributing author Laurie Cosgrove to share a bit about what is going on in her life and the life of her precious little ones.  She wrote a post about her little guy (who just happens to be my sweet nephew…yes, Laurie is my baby sister) that made me feel like my heart was gonna burst.  I love her and her sweet little family so much.  They have been walking through some hard discoveries of our sweet Micah with such grace and love.   Her hope is to help and connect with others walking down the same road.  She also shares a bit about her little girl Ari.  Keep reading to meet my precious nephew and see my adorable little niece with luscious cheeks and wearing a tutu!

Here is more from my sis:

I have not shared much about my little guy and his language delays before, but for the last six months or so, our silly-sweet toddler boy has been in early intervention (speech therapy) because he wasn’t talking and interacting with us like a typical 2 year old. In more recent weeks we’ve come to the conclusion with the speech teachers that Micah is most likely on the autism spectrum. 

Obviously this changes nothing about the way we see him and love him. Micah absolutely lights up our home with his contagious joy and playful energy. But he processes things differently and it’s been really difficult to teach him or get him to pay attention to us sometimes. It’s not just that he doesn’t talk. He has trouble understanding our words and gets overwhelmed by a lot of social situations, including just everyday playing with us. So this has been the #1 thing on our minds lately – researching all hours of the night what we can do to love on him more and teach him in a way that he understands. The main reason I wanted to share this today was because I found this amazing resource for parents specifically for speech and social skills. I hope you’ll pass it on if you happen to know someone whose little one is in a similar situation with autism or even just a “late talker.”