Our son's progress

Today  Em and I met with Dr. Harris and Maureen to review the progess of my son, Tomas, after 6 months of therapy.  Even though we see him everyday and know he had impoved amazingly, the results of the evaluation were nothing short of PHENOMENAL.  

There is so much information that it is amazing.  We don't want to share too much, so here it goes, in a nutshell.

Wechsler Intelligence Scale

Verbal IQ :  went from 61 to 81

Performance IQ:  went from 5o to 100 (WOW)

Processing Speed:  from 60 to 73

Full Scale IQ:  WENT FROM 35 TO 86..

     Remember, anything under 75 is considered a form of Mental Retardation.  Anything between 90-110 is considered Normal.  So Tomas is 4 points away from NORMAL.  Pardon my french, but isnt' that fucking awesome?????????

Language

Reception / Understanding:  went from a level of a 35 month old to the level of a 42 month old (7 month improvement).  They said this was normal for 6 months.

Expression :  went from the level of a 23 month old to the level of a 40 month old (17 months). AWESOME improvement.

There is a lot of data they collect, analyze and then Tomas  has totally surpassed their expectations,  and they are amazed, excited and enthusiastic about his improvement and chances.  

Emily and I are very thankful for all the work Dr. Harris and his team had done with Tomas.  And want to encourage everybody (for the few readers of this blog, please share if you wish) to treat Austim. Let's create more awareness.  It is totally treatable with love, sacrifice and determination.  We owe it to our kids.

God bless. Today is a good good day.