As Usual

Things are as usual around here. Nothing too new, except for that my brother now occasionally has homework. That may sound silly, but he hasn't had homework in several years. He's doing a good job with the homework, doing it with his therapists. Several years ago, however trivial the homework it usually consisted of him ripping up the paper and scribbling over it.

Progress certainly comes. I just wish it came quicker, and I just can't wait.

A story of a boy recovering:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/13/CMGI7F9T5N1.DTL&type=health

There are plenty of stories about children who don't make as much progress, regardless of the time and effort their parents invest. Some experts warn that it's impossible to extrapolate from Humza's experience -- that the conglomeration of treatments he received wouldn't necessarily work for other children, or that he might have gotten better without them. And yet, there he is, a kid who once didn't answer to his name but who recently told his mother that he is like both Bill Gates and Lance Armstrong. "I'm like Bill Gates,'' Sara Iqbal said he told her, "because I'm smart, and I'm like Lance Armstrong because I had a disease and I got better."

Why? Why do some Autistics improve quicker? Will we ever know why? Will we ever live to see those answers, see a world with a cure for Autism?