Dear Sir,
My son Cem Vardarci is 14 years old and thank God that he is no longer an autistic:)
We have collected his videos to announce how much we both tried to take him out of this very complicarted situation.
he worked so hard just to feel much more normal.
We live in Turkey and as you may guess that in such an underdeveloped country it is extremely hard to try to cure such a confusing symptom.
His journey began as regressive autism but now he is %98 out of autism:)
As he is in his puberty now he still suffers a little from this unknown condition.
Though he said his first words in 5yo now he even talks in English.
He goes to regular school 6th grade,he can read and write.
He even goes to movies.(subtitled ones)
He plays darbuka,bateri,keyboard,percussion.
He learns to play tennis,soccer,basketball and horseriding.
He telephones to his friens,invites them to our home and plays with them in his room.
We had to change our rutins and dreams of ourselves for Cem's sake.
Though I am an economist I had to remain just a mother in order to rescue CEM.
My daughter,20 yo will become a pyschologist to understand Cem.
To motivate Cem,his father has started to play basketball years later and I have started to the University again.
Even though it is so hard, I want to give you good news about autism and want to tell you that TREATING IS POSSIBLE.
Of course Cem still has some sensory issues and many alternative therapies have not been tried yet because of the lack of knowledge and financial matters.
In september 2001 our story were published in Turkish newspapers 3 times and once in ATTA Washington and till then me and Cem tried to help volunteerly to the families, suffering from autism and we keep sending information and our videos free of charge.
People keep telling me to write a book about autism and my topic will be about sibling support.
Cem is also learning English and he might tell you how he felt when he was an autistic.
If you have a web-cam you may contact us and make conversation with him any time you like.
But don't forget that Turkey is 7 hours in the eastern part of USA.
His therapists are from Israel and USA.
I’m quite sure he wouldn’t carry any symptoms of autism for the rest of his life if we had the chance to meet his SI therapist in Tel-Aviv before he was 7,5 yo.
In 1998 we have been in USA and visited Marry Bolles in Boulder Colorado for a specific therapy called Sensory Learning.
I keep reading books about autism and I also have urls in the internet in Turkish about autism and our videos of his therapy sessions and our expriences are available in www.otizm.org
I'm sure Cem will be an expert on music.
Cem can play percussions and he had already played behind a famous rock star’s concert.
He must have an education in this field.
We need your help.
Cem is speaking about himself to help others suffering from autism in seminars.
I hope Cem will be leading a very beneficial life both for himself and for the autism enigma.
Thanks
Gulcin Vardarci
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