Journey through 18 years of autism (Sean and Rocky)

See Sean and Rocky's story at http://wolfysluv.terrabox.com/sean.html
My son Sean was born autistic 18 years ago when there was very little help. With a lot of blood, sweat and tears on his part and ours, as well as proffessional help ... he emerged into a happy young man. The turning point was when a little ferret named, Rocky, entered his life. As you can see, he went from virtually being mute to jabbering away. He still has his battles, and he still has his ferrets.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• sean
• rocky
• autism
• ferret
• pet
• therapy

[jenny9580]

I found this because I'm a huge fan of Sunny but it was an incredible thing to watch! It's really amazing how much of an impact the ferrets had on your son.

[wolfysluv]

@jenny9580 "Touchdown" lmao!!! Yah, that batbird is a trip, huh?? Thank you for watching him, I think he's the bomb and it makes me so happy to share and others feel that along with me.

Thanks for bearing with this movie, I know it's long. And thanks a million for taking the time to comment.

[polkadotpants]

I really enjoyed watching this, I definitely think Rocky was the main factor in Sean picking up progress so quickly; I have aspergers and have always had pets, dogs, cats, ferrets; at the moment I have mostly exotic pets; chameleons, monitor lizard, snake, tarantula, scorpion, tropical fish and 2 cats. Animals have always helped me overcome my issues, they distracted me from having meltdowns and held my interest enough to limit my stimming. I hope Sean continues to make progress; best wishes

[wolfysluv]

Hi I know you! You're Dominics mom right? Thanks so much for coming to watch my son. You know, I erased most of my sons tantrums. I think it's because when I showed doctors it hurt too much to hear them say he wans't autistic, etc.. Ya know? I did keep the lining up cars, and everything else. I kept all the photo's in a tiny book I'd bring to each dr's appointment. Hey know what? There was an English study years and years ago where they measured how an autistic child relates.

[wolfysluv]

They measured eye contact, etc. Well, they reacted to humans the least. Dogs were somewhat high on the list of having no reaction. But exotics were markedly higher. They think it's because they don't overwhelm you with touching, noise, and other stimulation. They gently engage you. Makes sense.

[rentacrip]

Well as you might beable to tell i too have cp , I know to well about the false hope doctors give . An all my life i have been around all different types of Disablity, seeing your son grow up in this video an the progress is amazing. Through all of this you must remeber that theres always a reason for what we go through, when we are going through it the road might not be clear . I can say with 100% confidents that ur son will inspirer ppl he might never meet . you should be proud of him .

[wolfysluv]

Sean was lucky to have such a mild right hemiparesis (spelling). Once again, they only wanted him to have an hour of physical therapy a week. WHAT? Okay it takes an Olympic ice skater with top notch coordination and muscles 8 hours a day to learn a "jump", but this country wants to give them 1 hr a week, at best 30 mins a day of hard core therapy? Whatever ya know? Still, once again .... so much luck involved with the resolvement plus radically early intervention is important.

[S4ndy71]

thanks for the great video!I have 2 autistic boys,they are 9 and 19.Older has epilepsy and he is more autistic,little one can speak....hugs and wishing all good...

[jadisha2603]

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[calibirdiful]

This is a great video. It's really inspiring. I too am a fan of Sunny, but your family videos are enjoyable because your family is unique. I really learned a lot about autism by this video. Thanks for sharing your family with us.

[ferrets14]

this is so touching! even for me. especially the part where sean was holding rocky and explaining about him, that part almost made me cry it was so precious! :)

[polkadotpants]

That's really interesting, I definitely agree, other than scratchy feet sometimes they're very gentle and mild natured, especially snakes. I LOVE snakes; my earliest memory of them is being about 6 in my dad's snake room with a giant python around my neck, their skin is completely gorgeous, people think they're slimy but they're just very smooth, wonderful for sensory input :)

[polkadotpants]

@wolfysluv Yep that's me! I almost deleted all mine too but then one day I got on youtube after a really bad one, determined to find someone I could relate to having to deal with the same issues, but there was just nothing like it; it was hard to do so I thought I'd start the ball rolling and show people it shouldn't be such a taboo subject, it's important for people to see that it happens to other families too.