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Autism Spectrum Disorder, Diagnosis, Early Intervention, Inspiration, Uncategorized

Things I Love About My Son Ethan

Me and my husband have always loved Ethan’s little quirks. Some of the things that we loved about him also made us realize that he might be in the autism…

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February 19, 2019
autism awareness, Autism parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorder, COVID-19 Autism, occupational therapy

Submitting my USC and CSUDH OTCAS Applications in the midst of COVID-19

My journey in preparing to apply for OT schools confirmed what I already knew: I was called to Occupational Therapy. I had never known about OT before my son's ASD…

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August 26, 2020
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Inspiration, Support Group, Uncategorized

My First Autism Parent Support Group

It was therapeutic to hear myself talk openly about my child and my role as a special needs parent in the special needs parent support group. If a tree falls…

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February 18, 2019
Autism parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Doberman Pinscher, Family fun, Inspiration

Ethan Gets A Preview of Our Future Doberman Pup!

After a chill time at the Central Coast, which was of course, partly spent just enjoying wine at our favorite tasting room, Moonstone Cellars, we were finally off to the…

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August 14, 2019
Autism parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Intervention, Inspiration

Ethan’s Transition Meeting from PTN to LAUNCH Preschool

Our former Harbor Regional Center coordinator had told us that Ethan’s transition meeting would just consist of introductions. That it was, a brief meeting where preliminary introductions were made and…

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June 21, 2019
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Intervention, Inspiration, Uncategorized

Autism Early Signs: Developmental Delays

We noticed my son’s developmental delays early on, when he still wasn’t crawling or sitting up at 9 months. His range of motion was very limited. It worried me deeply,…

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February 18, 2019
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    Autism Mom updates: Ethan’s continued progress through ABA and OT

    Liza CK / August 26, 2020 / No Comments

    Since Ethan started with First Steps, he's started to consistently imitate our words, learned how to use the LAMP program in his AAC device, learned to identify more than 50 objects and learned how to identify colors and match like objects. His attention to his virtual class sessions during the summer session at LAUNCH preschool improved 100%.

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  • autism awareness,  Autism parenting,  Autism Spectrum Disorder,  COVID-19 Autism,  occupational therapy

    Submitting my USC and CSUDH OTCAS Applications in the midst of COVID-19

    Liza CK / August 26, 2020 / No Comments

    My journey in preparing to apply for OT schools confirmed what I already knew: I was called to Occupational Therapy. I had never known about OT before my son's ASD diagnosis, but slowly, going to each OT appointment, talking to his OTs about his progress and seeing how much it made him better, I began to desire to help kids…

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  • aba therapy,  autism awareness,  Autism parenting,  Autism Spectrum Disorder,  COVID-19 Autism,  Doberman Pinscher,  Early Intervention,  Feeding therapy,  mental health awareness,  occupational therapy,  teletherapy,  Uncategorized

    Autism Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic #autismawarenessmonth

    Liza CK / April 22, 2020 / No Comments

    It's been a while since I've updated Autism Mom Diaries. So much has happened since November, the biggest change, no doubt, being the coronavirus outbreak. Let me detail some of Ethan's developments since November, including how we've coped with the COVID-19 situation until the present time. #autismawareness

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    The Journey Begins: My Son’s Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis

    Liza CK / February 18, 2019 / 4 Comments

    I had both dreaded and anticipated this day for a few months. My son Ethan's psychological evaluation. We had suspected about half a year ago that he might fall within the autism spectrum. He had all the typical signs of a child with autism -- incessantly playing with anything that looks like a wheel, repetitive routine-focused play, delays in speech…

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    VIDEO: ABA therapy progress

    Liza CK / November 24, 2019 / No Comments

    Please enjoy the following videos showing some of the fun things that Ethan’s been doing at ABA. He learned how to blow bubbles, added more nouns to his vocabulary, and learned how to play tag!

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    ABA Adventures at the Botanic Garden and Beach!

    Liza CK / November 24, 2019 / No Comments

    Since Ethan and his ABA therapist have had a lot of time to build rapport at home, we frequent Hickory, Wilson and South Park, which are all in the area, we've been to Torrance Beach a couple of times, and we recently visited the South Coast Botanic Garden.

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  • autism awareness,  Autism parenting,  Early Intervention,  LAUNCH preschool

    First Day at LAUNCH Preschool! (and other LAUNCH updates)

    Liza CK / November 24, 2019 / 2 Comments

    As a true mama bear, I was both super excited and worried about Ethan's entry into Torrance Unified School District through LAUNCH preschool, which had a very good reputation as a hybrid program for both typically developing PALS and special needs kids.

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    Ethan’s Graduation from PTN

    Liza CK / November 15, 2019 / No Comments

    PTN will always be the first place that Ethan developed a pre-school based routine and had a life away from mom and away from home. He learned to participate within a community, socialize with other kids, take turns, mimic actions and songs from circle time, sit nicely when asked to, among other things.

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    Ethan learns how to play a tune on his little piano!

    Liza CK / September 6, 2019 / No Comments

    Today, Ethan's ABA therapist guided him to play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" on his little piano. After a few repetitions, he played a very close approximation of the tune!

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    Back at School for the MSOT program at CSUDH!

    Liza CK / September 6, 2019 / No Comments

    I already had this feeling that I wanted to eventually become a professional in the field of serving special needs children. And ever since I started this blog and Ethan got diagnosed my interest in the field of pediatric therapy grew. I attended the info session to see if studying Occupational Therapy would indeed be for me.

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  • Autism parenting,  Autism Spectrum Disorder,  Doberman Pinscher,  Family fun,  Inspiration

    Ethan Gets A Preview of Our Future Doberman Pup!

    Liza CK / August 14, 2019 / No Comments

    After a chill time at the Central Coast, which was of course, partly spent just enjoying wine at our favorite tasting room, Moonstone Cellars, we were finally off to the dog ranch, where we planned to go to meet some Dobie pups and parents. We went to West Coast Doberman, a reputable Doberman breeder located in Northern California.

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Autism Mom and Writer

Abby Khou is the mom of a three-year-old boy diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and work-from-home Communication Manager for a digital marketing agency in Santa Monica. She earned her M.A. in English from Cal Poly Pomona in 2013. She aspires to be a pediatric occupational therapist in a few years to better help her son Ethan and other children with special needs.

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  • Autism Mom updates: Ethan’s continued progress through ABA and OT
  • Submitting my USC and CSUDH OTCAS Applications in the midst of COVID-19
  • Autism Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic #autismawarenessmonth
  • VIDEO: ABA therapy progress
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