OK so here is the latest!!
A 3 teams received e-mails yesterday saying that cuts have been made they were moving forward and would need to get ready to go to LA the first week of December if they make it through this week!
I have talked with a few other teams and the consensus is
THE FAT LADY HAS NOT SUNG!
Emily and I are still very much in this competition!
The producers are eliminating teams and really looking into those who they are considering!
The time to rally your friends and family to help us out by following us has never been more crucial than RIGHT NOW!
This next week could either make it or break it for us!
We appreciate you guys helping us get this far, and let's keep going!!
SHARE, LIKE, TWEET, BLOG, AND SEND E-MAILS OUT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
I honestly think that this would be an amazing way to raise awareness for autism, so the country can hear how it affects our children and families!
Here is our You Tube Link
Focus Rally: America You Tube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44pPUy1uLeMAnd our Facebook Fan Page
Facebook Fan page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Emily-...37591366290800And Twitter message!
PLEASE RT! ATTN @FordFocus & @FordFocusRally @ImnotURavgmom & @EmilyYingling raise awareness for #autism! #FocusRallyAmerica
Remember the winning team in this competition will receive 10 2012 Ford Focus' to give away to those who have helped them out the most!!
Let's gather up a second wind and sprint to the finish line!!
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My Autism Mom Moment...Why I want to use Focus Rally: America to raise autism awareness
Tonight was parent night for the autism classrooms at my son's school.
We went over some quick changes to the school calendar, then split off into our classrooms and the teacher walked us through what our children do each day.
My son has very limited speech, so he can't tell me what he does in school every day.
It was so amazing for me to hear first hand from his teacher what he is doing everyday and how much he is learning.
I LOVE my son's teacher!
I could not ask for a better teacher, and a more loving woman to be with my son for 4 hours a day!
I have watched my son grow and change leaps and bounds since starting in this classroom back in March of this year.
This year, unlike last year, his classroom integrates with another preschool class to help mainstream the children in the autism classroom.
I love that my son gets to interact with other kids, and learn from them.
I loved being able to talk with the other parents and that there was SOMEONE who knew exactly what our family is going through!
As the night progressed, my heart slowly began to break.
It looked like it was going to be one of those nights...
While I was so proud of my son for all that he is accomplishing at school, by heart was breaking because I know how far behind he is.
Not even my 4 years in college, learning about childhood development and teaching can "fix" my child.
I know where he should be, and I know where he is.
He is still young, and doesn't yet get that he is different and I love that innocence about him!
Later that night he was laying in bed and called my name for me to come upstairs.
I went upstairs and in the most sweet voice said "Hi mommy, sit, sit"
I went over and laid down next to him and he stoked my head and said "hi baby", like I do to him every night when I go tuck him in for bed.
He then began telling me something, I asked him to repeat himself a few times but I never understood what he was trying to tell me.
There is a person inside of him that wants to come out so bad but he is trapped.
My emotions came over me, and I quickly tucked him into bed, kissed him goodnight, then walked out and closed his door.
I then began to cry.
I was crying for the little boy that is trapped inside, for the little boy that I know he is, and the boy that I know he can and will become.
Tonight was a hard night, it wasn't the first and it won't be the last.
This has impacted our family in ways that I can't even describe.
I want to find answers, I want to know why this has happened to my sweet little boy!
I want to eradicate this spectrum disorder off of this planet!
If Emily and I are to make it as one of the final 6 teams on Focus Rally: America, it is so important that I use that experience to bring awareness to this growing problem.
(Not sure what that is? Watch the video in the upper left of my blog)
He looks like your normal 3 1/2 year old!
He is funny, loving, rambunctious, curious, and adventurous!
He is also autistic....
Autism has many different faces, and each face has a different and unique story.
I want to bring awareness to them all.
