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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 parenting, Early Intervention, Family fun, Inspiration

Ethan’s First Easter Egg Hunt!

Ethan had so much fun at the Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Pediatric Therapy Network! It’s almost time for Easter. Last Sunday, April 14, Pediatric Therapy Network, the place where…

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April 17, 2019
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Intervention, Family fun, Inspiration, Uncategorized

Ethan’s first time in Disneyland!

I had heard of horror stories of kids with autism in Disneyland. I was in for a pleasant surprise at my son's first time at Disney.

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February 18, 2019
autism awareness, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Intervention, Uncategorized

Ethan’s Graduation from PTN

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…

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November 15, 2019
Autism parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Early Intervention, Inspiration, Uncategorized

A Conversation with Emily Bobseine, M.A. CCC-SLP of Kids in Motion

Emily Bobseine, M.A. CCC-SLP or as we simply call her, Emily, is Ethan’s Speech and Language therapist at Kids in Motion, a pediatric therapy clinic in Torrance, CA where he…

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March 26, 2019
Autism Spectrum Disorder, occupational therapy, occupational therapy video, Uncategorized

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

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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September 6, 2019
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    Video: My Son Ate His First Cracker!

    Liza CK / February 22, 2019 / No Comments

    Ethan ate a Ritz cracker! Woohoo!

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

    Things I Love About My Son Ethan

    Liza CK / February 19, 2019 / No Comments

    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 spectrum.

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  • Autism Spectrum Disorder,  Early Intervention,  Family fun,  Inspiration,  Uncategorized

    Ethan’s first time in Disneyland!

    Liza CK / February 18, 2019 / No Comments

    I had heard of horror stories of kids with autism in Disneyland. I was in for a pleasant surprise at my son's first time at Disney.

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  • Autism poetry,  Autism Spectrum Disorder,  Inspiration

    An Autism Poem

    Liza CK / February 18, 2019 / No Comments

    A poetry break! A poem on Autism inspired by the many times I watched and learned as Ethan was in therapy.

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    My First Autism Parent Support Group

    Liza CK / February 18, 2019 / No Comments

    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 to the ground and nobody is there to hear it, did it really make a sound? Now that I was speaking and I was heard, I felt a certain kind…

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  • Autism Spectrum Disorder,  Feeding Disorder,  Feeding therapy,  Picky eating

    When My Son Stopped Eating – Adventures with an Extremely Picky Eater

    Liza CK / February 18, 2019 / 2 Comments

    When my son was four months old, he started eating purees. Boy, we’re off to a good start, we thought. From his first sour-faced applesauce encounter, he went on to try many different kinds of purees, from blueberry-banana to kale and broccoli. When Ethan was 15 months old, he decided to stop eating.

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    Autism Early Signs: Developmental Delays

    Liza CK / February 18, 2019 / 1 Comment

    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, while my husband kept reassuring me that the milestones t would come. A friend mentioned that delayed crawling might be a sign of a disability. I freaked out.

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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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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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