Justice 4 Autism

Here is my face of Autism. My name is Justice and I look just like every other 6 year-old boy, except I am a child with Autism. I was diagnosed at 15 months old because my Grandmother, Momma Lil, noticed I didn’t speak, didn’t respond to my name or make eye contact*. At 19 months old I started 8 hours a week of home school, which quickly escalated to 20 hours ABA and two hours of speech.

Six months after that, I was enrolled in the Developmental Disabilities Institute for full days of school and ten hours ABA home school as well as two hours of speech. September 2005, I was enrolled at DDI's Young Autism Program and I had started to speak independently.

I can swim underwater; I can go online and use the Internet. I can write my name and read. I can complete a puzzle in record time, even for the first time. In January of 2007, I started to see Dr. Scherr at the Creating Wellness Center of Northport. He has changed my diet to wheat-free, dairy-free and nut-free. Now I speak spontaneously and sing whole songs.

 I am in a public school, but in an autism-based program. I have also joined LI Traditional TKD and I am a little dragon.