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Hello! My name is Aria, and I am going to be trying a new medical treatment for my 6 year old son who has nonvocal autism. My son is the sweetest kid you will ever meet. He loves cuddles, tickles, and going for walks. Ash is probably different than most kids you see because Ash is not able to communicate vocally, instead using an AAC device to ask for what he likes. He may not call out to me as Mama or tell me how his day is, but he can say some words, like his favorite foods, and "I love you" that he has started saying this month for the first time. I have dedicated my life to becoming the greatest advocate I can be for him and helping more kids like him as I finished my graduate studies in special education specializing in applied behavior analysis, and preparing for my board exam to become a BCBA who creates interventions to help better the lives of those who need it the most.

Ash has spent most of his life in intervention programs from early intervention, ABA, speech therapy, etc. It is very much a part of our daily lives. I plan on continuing these no matter what as they are evidence-based to help him have a more independent and happy life.

There is a 6 week treatment that has shown success with some individuals with nonvocal autism. It is an expensive treatment, but I want to try it to see if Ash has positive results from it. There is no guarantee that it will work and there is no guarantee that if it does work that the results will be in the way that we see in neurotypical kids. But there are kids that struggle with vocal communication and have autism diagnoses that have increased their speech during the treatments. I want to give my son any opportunity in life for greater independence. I want to take a chance for my son, and I hope you will too.
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Aria Blarg
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Oregon, OR

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