Nathan's story about autism & how he continues to recover.

This is a video about our son Nathan who has Autism.(Please don't forget to rate this video).

Nathan was a premature baby, he was born 3 months early (27 weeks gestation), weighing in at only 910 grams. Nathan spent the first 3 months of his little life in hospital. Nathan had to fight for his life when he was only 5 days old as he was very sick. Thank God he made it and is still with us today. He had heaps of test and probes within that three months and prior to leaving the hospital had to have a double hernia operation.

Nathan was a regular visitor at the Royal Womens and Royal Childrens hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for the first two years of his life.

As Nathan grew we started to notice abnormalities with his behaviour. By the time he was 2 years old we knew had severe Autism and as a result was very low functioning. We wanted to be pro-active about this and so we wanted to find out about anything we could that would help our son. As a result my wife came across a number of therapies that have helped our son out a lot, some more successful than others. The bio-medical side of treatment can be very stressful but is very rewarding. Nathan has come along way as a result of the treatment plan that he has been on. The ten minute video can't show you everything but enough to see how a child with Autism can improve dramatically with the right care. Nathan is still on the road to recoverying from autism but we need your help.

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[milcraig]

Thank you.

[gnomederwear]

Your video totally made me cry. My daughter, who is 3 now, was diagnosed with moderate-severe ASD back in March. We have done numerous interventions including dietary/biomedical, and we are just starting ABA (which she is doing well in) and the biomedical just beforehand has made her very receptive to the other therapies.

[milcraig]

How are things going with your daughter?

[FutureHucherson]

hes so cute

[milcraig]

Thank you

[pafs1990]

you are an awesome parent! stay strong and know that i, as i'm sure many others, support you and wish you all the best. your son is adorable ")

[hillmanhuskey1970]

i dont think anyone can recover from autism fully im sorry just opinionated

[milcraig]

HI. They are very good signs. My only advise is to take one day at a time. I think he is very blessed to have a father like you who is so concerned for him. There is so much you can do to help him without it taking up all your spare time. I will write to you soon and give you some ideas. You and your daughter can work together to help him at the same time you can also help each other. It won't be easy it will get easier.

[belieber0777]

he is a very beautiful baby even though he may not think like other people hope all is well with your family :)

[k0rps3gynd3r]

Respond to this video... one more thing and ill stop writing lol. he sleeps all through the night and rarely wakes up. no seizures either and he is full of energy. that is alot of the problem. cant slow him down enough to get him to concentrate.

[k0rps3gynd3r]

Respond to this video...if you could please also compare a few of my sons actions to yours. could he do more or less at 3. again, thank you.

[k0rps3gynd3r]

Respond to this video...he jibber jabbers alot as if he is trying to say something but i have heard that can just be an auditory stem. he will tell your "no, go away" if he gets mad at you. if he realizes ( with no distraction ) that someone is leaving he says "bye" and waves or "bye, see ya". he just turned 3 on the 22 of july. are these good signs? he will interact with people, but has to be in the right mindset. he can also get a cup out of the fridge, drink it., and put it back.

[k0rps3gynd3r]

@milcraig one other thing i would like to address that i find differs from many autistic children i have studied about tend to not sleep through the night. extremely aggressive. as long as he is in a comfortable invironment which means at home or grandparents and without large groups of people. he is not sensitive really. loud sounds that we wouldnt be bothered by do not affect him as well. if you can get his attention by excitedly talking at him will try to respond to you and look right at you.