Dedicated to my son Muhammad Aqil Nabil Bin Maulid.
Autism (with a capital “A”) to me, says that I accept my child wholly. I celebrate his differences and his quirky-ness. I advocate diversity. I try to empower him. I am proud of his successes, no matter how small they seem. I hope he holds onto the compassion he has in his heart into adulthood. I do not think he needs “fixing”. I am IMMENSELY super-proud that he is my son, and sometimes I am humbled by that very same thought. ♥
My husband and I know for a fact that our son is very intelligent, he developed his gross and fine motor skills at a very fast pace. When he turned 2 yrs of age, we noticed he seldom makes eye-contact with us, seldom responds when his name is being called out, he's full of energy, gets excited easily and can be extremely hyperactive. He's fascinated with wheels, ending credits of a movie, so we did research and found that he displays certain traits of mild autism and dyslexia. We have NO time to be sad or dismay..bcos we love him too much and InshaAllah we know that one day, he'll grow out of it. And so we do our very own intervention program. We know he have photograhic memories, so we instill Quranic values in him. We will recite doas or zikirullah for him to follow. We taught him using picture cards since he learns faster when he sees images. When comes 2012, we persevere to send him to normal playgroup classes but we honestly told his pg tch abt Nabil's learning difference. His teacher is sweet and reassured us that boys develop later than girls. Alhamdulillah now, Nabil has reached most of his developmental milestones. To parents out there, accept your children no matter how different they are because they are God's gift to u. A gift to treasure, cherish, educate & nurture for life. ♥
