In my previous entry I mentioned how my concerns for my daughter started to increase despite reassurances by our doctor.  I decided to take my daughter's future in my own hands and did a little research on the internet.  I discovered that in our state, children can start receiving services from their local school dis…[more]

By the time my daughter turned two, in November of 2005, I was concerned about her lack of verbal communication.  She had a couple of spontaneous words but most of what she said was echolalia.  Echolalia is when a person echoes what she hears - my daughter used mostly immediate echolalia.  If we said something to her, or asked her a…[more]