Switches, the kindness of strangers, and Disney!

I want to start this entry by saying how amazingly kind people are in general to Finn and our family. I started this blog with its sole purpose to be an outlet for me to get a lot of things/feelings off my chest, to be a therapy tool to help me cope with this situation we are in. But the longer I do this I am realizing that this is a great way to keep people updated in how Finn is doing, what challenges we are facing, what he has accomplished, and the struggles I face as a mother to a special needs child. My target audience was of course family members who live far away from us, but I am finding out that way more people keep tabs on Finn than I realize. I have gotten such amazing feedback from people I haven't talk to since high school, friends of family members, and even strangers who have reached out to offer advice, words of comfort, and even gifts for Finn. Most recently Finn received this in the mail from someone I have never met.

I feel very lucky to have people in this world who are in Finn's corner and rooting for him and thinking of him. So from the bottom of my heart I thank each and every one of you.

Finn has started preschool in August and since then our schedule as been pretty busy.

 

 He goes to school 4 days a week on top of going to therapy 3 times a week. So he is always doing something. Our latest thing is getting Finn to communicate through the use of switches. It is amazing how awesome this technology is. He is learning how to find his voice and tell us what he wants and needs. Unfortunately, he is only able to use this technology once a week. I am hoping to get one funded so we can have one to use at home b/c he does awesome! We were at speech therapy this morning and just look how awesome he does with this technology! The first video is early in the session, and he hadn't had speech for 2 weeks so he was a little rusty, but the other videos posted are later that same session and he is speedy with his switches!

He does that well with only using this once a week!! Can you imagine how expressive and talkative he will be when he has one of these full time!? God, he makes me so proud!

Our family leaves for Disney in less than a week. We are really looking forward to our vacation. I know Finn will have such a great time, and I am sure I will be taking like 1,000 pictures that I will be sure to share once we get back!