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Carlos

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since 03-06-08

 

 


May 2008

Carlos has transitioned into our family very well. He is playful and loving toward his new brothers. Carlos loves the activities that our family participates in, he especially enjoys going to Legoland! Carlos loved having some many brothers and so many presents at his recent 5th birthday party!

Carlos also continues to do well in school where he is working on increasing his communication skills. Although he continues to make progress, Carlos' lack of verbal communication has hindered his social and academic growth. Although we were worried that Carlos' lack of language development might be due to a hearing impaired, recent audiological tests confirmed that his hearing is perfect. Next year we are fighting to put Carlos in a regular kindergarten class instead of a special day class, We were actually shocked when his special day preschool teacher disagreed with our desires. In any case we will certainly fight for Carlos' right to be educated in the least restrictive environment. Its amazing in this day and age that we are still fighting for such basic rights of inclusion.

February 2008
Carlos is four years old and is the most recent member of our family. Carlos joined us at the end of the month from the San Diego area. Carlos has lots of biological family involvement so we are glad that we all live fairly close to each other. Despite his diagnosis of autism, Carlos is a very engaging little boy. While he has limited language skills Carlos is able to get his point across through pointing and vocalizations. Carlos is attending preschool at our local elementary school. He enjoys school and is happy to be taking the same school bus as Dylan. Carlos loves Disneyland and McNuggets! We are excited to have Carlos join our family at such a young age. We are very excited to be able to parent him and feel confident that with such a large and supportive "forever family" Carlos will thrive.