Jealous Again

by Kodey Toney 

My wife, Jennifer, called me the other day and said, "Kruz just asked me out of the blue, 'Why does Konner have autism and I don't?'" 

We've always tried to explain to him that Konner has autism, but I'm not sure if he truly understands.

So, when I got home I laid down with him and Jen and tried to tell him the best I could.

Kruz is five, and is in a bit of a selfish stage. He's in that stage where if someone else has something he wants it. You know, like a toy he hasn't played with in months, but suddenly he sees someone else with it and he has to have it because he, "was playing with it!" I think he was a little jealous that Konner had something that he didn't have. 

I tried to keep it as simple as possible. However I really wanted him to realize that, while it's not a great thing, it's not necessarily the worst thing. 

read on......

My son, Connor, was diagnosed with Sotos Syndrome in 2009 at the age of 7. Up until that point we had a neurologist suspect that my son had Sotos but because of insurance barriers we had been unable to have the genetic testing performed. Connor initially received a diagnosis of autism (PDD/NOS) when he was only 18 months old but it was obvious well before then that Connor was just "different". His facial and physical features were distinct as he has always been a very big boy with prominent features.

Connor has many behavioral challenges and developmental delays but he never lets anything slow him down!

read more of Connor and his successes

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