Here we are a little over 3 years since my first post.  Boy have things changed.  Eddie is almost 7 years old (May 29th).  He is speaking, interacting and just finished First Grade. We decided to homeschool and this was our first year doing that.  He began public school at the age of 3 because of his Autism.  Homeschooling was the best fit for us.  No child should be expected to spend six hours a day in a school much less one with Autism.  We can complete his work within an hour or two since there isn't any gym, art, lunch, recess breaks in between the subject.  The actually time to do the academic work is just an hour or two and the rest of the hours at school are filled with "other stuff".  No anxiety here at home whereas there were lots at the school.  If his anxiety level is low then he can concentrate better.  Just a better choice for us to homeschool. He can add and subtract, read a little and write. He is in the stage of "Why?" for everything and asks several times on the same subject before he "gets it".  That is fine with me.  It just shows that he wants to learn and is learning. He has come a long way.  He isn't where he needs to be but is very far from where he was just a year ago.

We made the decision to use only homeopathic remedies and they work!  No side effects and he just seems to be responding better than the prescription stuff.  I am a researcher by nature and I never give him anything that I haven't spent months researching and not until I have tried it on myself first to see how it makes me feel.  Lets just say I have a son with Autism that use to not talk, interact or even be in our world that is now fully in our world, won't stop talking, funnier than anyone I have ever met before, has such a caring and living heart, and is incredibly smart.  He is amazing.