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Dear family and friends,
At just 18 months of age, our son was struggling. He was not developing language and spent much of his days unsettled, tantrumming, and circuiting the room. He was not developing normally like his peers. We were of course concerned and began immediately to seek professional advice. Before long, he was diagnosed with autism. Hearing “autism”, we felt stress and fear, as we followed the psychologist’s advice to enroll him into a preschool but his behavior did not improve. His language didn’t develop. His social skills didn’t develop. His autistic behaviors increased. His mother fell into a depression and believing he was one of thousands of children who don’t respond to treatment.
One in 68 children are diagnosed with autism making it the largest developmental disorder in the world. There is no definitive cure for autism and it is considered a lifelong disability. However, we have been incredibly fortunate to have found a treatment program that has made a huge positive impact for him.
Through our desperate search for a viable treatment program, we found Jonathan Alderson’s Integrative Multi-Treatment Intervention (IMTI) in Toronto, Canada. In only two initial online training sessions, Jonathan taught us strategies that started to immediately reduce my son’s tantrums and to increase his eye contact. We knew this was the right program and we followed our strong intuition to Canada in 2017.
During the past two years, Jonathan Alderson has designed and directed a customized IMTI autism treatment program in our rented house in Toronto. During these months, we have witnessed the most remarkable ‘recovery’! In just 18 months, my son is more social, with good eye contact learning to share toys, take turns, and to cooperate. He follows instructions and is even attending school three days per week for a few hours now. We are amazed that he has learned English so quickly using the IMTI language strategies. He can talk in full sentences now, although his words are not yet clear enough.
We feel more hope than ever that he might be able to attend a public school in a regular classroom within the next few years. But there is still a lot treatment to do. He continues to suffer from obsessive repetitive actions as well as unusually intense or dulled reactions to sensory stimulation. He is still too controlling and he has visual perception problems.
He is now 5 years old. The cost of this private treatment along with special biomedical supplements and, educational materials, and other professional autism services is exceptionally high. We are not eligible for public funding, so we have used all of our personal savings. Jonathan has generously provided us with several months of pro bono trainings last year, and is currently giving us an almost 40% scholarship. We have worked hard to earn enough income, taking any jobs available but all of the expenses beyond the program are unmanageable. Despite our desire to continue the program that has helped my son come so far, we are overwhelmed financially, and we fear we cannot continue.
My son is our little hero with incredible potential to be fully integrated into school. Autism is not an impossible barrier to a healthy and successful life, but without more specialized treatment, his development will significantly slow down and he will not likely reach his full potential. We need your help. We are asking family and friends like you to consider being a part of funding another year of treatment. We need to raise $42,500. A contribution of any amount will help him stay in this program and keep hope alive for a bright future for our lovely little boy, and we are hoping that you will be one of several lead donors with a gift of $1500.
Please send us an email or give us a phone call to ask questions and to discuss with us at what level you can help. Thank you sincerely in advance for your generous support.
.ساده بگم، پنج سال قبل كه براي اولين بار پسر كوچكم رو تو اغوشم گرفتم و بوئيدم، از اختلال اوتيسم چيزي نميدونستم
Dear family and friends,
At just 18 months of age, our son was struggling. He was not developing language and spent much of his days unsettled, tantrumming, and circuiting the room. He was not developing normally like his peers. We were of course concerned and began immediately to seek professional advice. Before long, he was diagnosed with autism. Hearing “autism”, we felt stress and fear, as we followed the psychologist’s advice to enroll him into a preschool but his behavior did not improve. His language didn’t develop. His social skills didn’t develop. His autistic behaviors increased. His mother fell into a depression and believing he was one of thousands of children who don’t respond to treatment.
One in 68 children are diagnosed with autism making it the largest developmental disorder in the world. There is no definitive cure for autism and it is considered a lifelong disability. However, we have been incredibly fortunate to have found a treatment program that has made a huge positive impact for him.
Through our desperate search for a viable treatment program, we found Jonathan Alderson’s Integrative Multi-Treatment Intervention (IMTI) in Toronto, Canada. In only two initial online training sessions, Jonathan taught us strategies that started to immediately reduce my son’s tantrums and to increase his eye contact. We knew this was the right program and we followed our strong intuition to Canada in 2017.
During the past two years, Jonathan Alderson has designed and directed a customized IMTI autism treatment program in our rented house in Toronto. During these months, we have witnessed the most remarkable ‘recovery’! In just 18 months, my son is more social, with good eye contact learning to share toys, take turns, and to cooperate. He follows instructions and is even attending school three days per week for a few hours now. We are amazed that he has learned English so quickly using the IMTI language strategies. He can talk in full sentences now, although his words are not yet clear enough.
We feel more hope than ever that he might be able to attend a public school in a regular classroom within the next few years. But there is still a lot treatment to do. He continues to suffer from obsessive repetitive actions as well as unusually intense or dulled reactions to sensory stimulation. He is still too controlling and he has visual perception problems.
He is now 5 years old. The cost of this private treatment along with special biomedical supplements and, educational materials, and other professional autism services is exceptionally high. We are not eligible for public funding, so we have used all of our personal savings. Jonathan has generously provided us with several months of pro bono trainings last year, and is currently giving us an almost 40% scholarship. We have worked hard to earn enough income, taking any jobs available but all of the expenses beyond the program are unmanageable. Despite our desire to continue the program that has helped my son come so far, we are overwhelmed financially, and we fear we cannot continue.
My son is our little hero with incredible potential to be fully integrated into school. Autism is not an impossible barrier to a healthy and successful life, but without more specialized treatment, his development will significantly slow down and he will not likely reach his full potential. We need your help. We are asking family and friends like you to consider being a part of funding another year of treatment. We need to raise $42,500. A contribution of any amount will help him stay in this program and keep hope alive for a bright future for our lovely little boy, and we are hoping that you will be one of several lead donors with a gift of $1500.
Please send us an email or give us a phone call to ask questions and to discuss with us at what level you can help. Thank you sincerely in advance for your generous support.
.ساده بگم، پنج سال قبل كه براي اولين بار پسر كوچكم رو تو اغوشم گرفتم و بوئيدم، از اختلال اوتيسم چيزي نميدونستم
برای پسرم مثل هر مادر دیگه ای کلی آرزوهای بزرگ در ذهنم داشتم و احساس میکردم خوشبخت ترین آدم روی زمینم. اما بعد از گذشتن یک سال، همه چی ناگهان متحول شد. بیقراری ها، گریه های شبانه روزی، مریضی های مداوم و عفونت های شدید شروع شد. در همین حال، کم کم متوجه شدم رفتار پسرم با هم سن و سالهاش کاملا داره متفاوت میشه و مسیر رشد طبیعی شو طی نمیکنه. تمام راه های ارتباطی بین من و پسرم قطع شد، گفتار نداشت و به حرفای من دیگه واکنش نشون نمی داد. تمام مدت روز تو اتاق دور خودش میچرخید و به اطرافش هیچ توجهی نداشت که حتی من شک کردم که ممکنه مشکلی تو شنواییش وجود داشته باشه. پر از اضطراب بود و کوچک ترین چیزی باعث انفجارش میشد و همین باعث شده بود ما توی خونه حبس بشیم. شروع کردم به بردنش پیش دکتر های مختلف، اما همشون رفتارهای متفاوت پسرم رو ربط به مریضی و عفونت های مکررش میدادن. اما بازم من مطمئن بودم که مشکل بیش از این حرفاست
در نهایت در سن ۱۸ ماهگی برای پسرم تشخیص اوتیسم شدید داده شد. من تا اون زمان خیلی از این اختلال چیزی نمیدونستم جز یک اسم. ولی جملاتی میشنیدم یا میخوندم مثل "اگر اوتیسم شدید داره احتمالا هيچ وقت حرف نزنه"، "تا اخر عمرش احتياج به كمك واسه كاراي شخصي اش داره"، "بهتره يه فكري واسه آينده اش بكنين چون شما هميشه كنارش نيستين" و خیلی چیزای دیگه که تونست یه مادر بی تجربه رو توی یه کشور غریب و دور از خانواده از پا در بیاره
داستانش مفصله، تا چند وقت گيج بودم، در واقع نميخواستم با واقعيتي روبرو بشم كه از آرزوها و روياهايي كه هر مادري براي بچه اش، پاره ي تنش داره فاصله بگيرم. طول كشيد تا تونستم روي پاهام بايستم و با وجود افسردگی شدیدی که باهاش دست و پنجه نرم می کردم دنبال كمك بگردم. راههای زیادی رو امتحان کردم اما نه تنها پیشرفتی نمی دیدم بلکه روز به روز رفتارهای اوتیستیک پسرم بیشتر و بیشتر میشد. تا اینکه یکی از آشناها یک متخصص توی کانادا بهم معرفی کرد. بعد از دوبار مشاوره تلفني با "جاناتان آلدرسون" و انجام دادن توصيه هاش، پسرم اولين كلمه زندگیشو رو گفت و باعث شد تا آرزوهاي جديد تو دلم متولد شه
وقتي پسرم سه ساله بود، از خیر تمام چیزها و موقعیت هایی که داشتیم گذشتیم و با سه تا چمدون و از اروپا مهاجرت كرديم به كانادا واسه شروع درمان، براي رسيدن به آرزوهايي كه براي بيشتر آدما حداقله، براي اينكه پسرم من رو ببينه واجازه بده تو اغوشش بگيرم، واسه شنيدن كلمه "مامان". بعد از ارزیابی که جاناتان از رشد رفتاری و سلامت جسمی پسرم انجام داد، برنامه ای رو بر اساس نیازها و توانایی های پسرم طراحی کرد که با کمک تراپیست ها و متخصصین اجرا میشد. البته مرکزیت اصلی این برنامه خانواده بود. ما به عنوان اصلی ترین کاردرمان ها آموزش می دیدیم و حضور بسیار فعال داشتیم و داریم که بتونیم از لحظه لحظه فرصت ها برای آموزش پسرم استفاده کنیم
درست بعد از ٢ ماه از شروع تراپی ها، پسرم شروع كرد به ارتباط برقرار كردن و گفتن كلمات ناواضح. از روزي كه برنامه رو شروع كرديم تا حالا كه ٢ سال ميگذره، مسير رشدش رو طي كرده و با تغییرهای بزرگش ما رو هر روز اميدوارتر از ديروز ميكنه. پسرم ٥ سالشه وهنوز تو خيلي زمينه ها احتياج به درمان و کمک داره. هنوز به شدت درگير كليشه هاي تکراری و وسواسي است. همچنين از اختلال پردازش حس بينايي كه باعث واکنش های غیر منتظره ميشه، رنج ميبره كه خوشبختانه با تراپي هاي فشرده قابل تعديله.
ما توي كشور كانادا اقامت نداريم و هيچ گونه كمك خاصي از دولت دريافت نميكنيم. بعد از مهاجرتمون سخت کار کردیم تا بتونیم از پس مخارج درمان که شامل کاردرمانی حسی حرکتی، کاردرمانی ذهنی و گفتار درمانی میشه بربیایم. هزینه های این درمان به صورت خصوصی فوق العاده بالاست و متاسفانه همه پس اندازي كه از اول زندگيمون جمع كرده بوديم و كمك خانواده، توي اين ٢ سال خرج شده و ما تحت فشار زياد مالي هستيم. هزينه هاي ماهيانه درمان حداقل ماهي ٤٥٠٠ دلار كاناداست. متاسفانه در حال حاضر با حقوق همسرم و خودم فقط ميتونيم زندگي روزمره مون رو بگذرونيم و برای ادامه این برنامه احتیاج به کمک داریم
با توجه به پيشرفت خيلي خوبي كه پسرم داشته، فكر كردم اگه شانسم رو امتحان نكنم و درخواست كمك نكنم، در حقش ظلم كردم چون اون داره تمام تلاشش رو ميكنه. اوتیسم یک مانع غیرممکن برای داشتن یه زندگی خوب نیست و پسرم تا اینجا با پیشرفتش این و به ما ثابت کرده، اما بدون درمان تخصصی، رشدش به طور قابل توجهی کاهش پیدا میکنه و به پتانسیل کامل نخواهد رسید
ما از خانواده و دوستانی مثل شما می خواهیم که با ما همراه بشین و بخشی از بودجه یک سال آینده را به ما كمك كنین. کمک شما، هر مقدار که باشه، باعث میشه که پسرم در این برنامه باقی بمونه و امید به آینده ای روشن رو برای پسر بچه دوست داشتنی ما زنده نگه داره
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Hanieh Razzaghi
Organizer
North York, ON