Jenni “JWOWW” Farley is opening up about her son Greyson’s recent autism diagnosis. The Jersey Shore star has been candid before about his developmental delays and speech struggles, but now he’s received an official diagnosis. Click through the gallery for all the info.
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Jenni, 32, told
Hollywood Life, “Greyson, he was recently diagnosed with autism.”
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Now, he’s still “nonverbal,” but is making “positive, positive” progress. “He has co-therapies [every] week but we’re going to step it up a notch soon and get him ABA treatments, speech therapy,” she explained.
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JWOWW said that the therapies are already working. “He’s understanding words better which was his issue. Not that he couldn’t speak, but he would never know what his shoe is or if you said, ‘Greyson,’ he actually didn’t even know his name at one point until he was a little over two,” she revealed.
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“So now that he’s understanding simple words, he’s come so far,” the mom proudly said.
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“He only did ‘blue’ for a year and within the last two weeks he knows green, yellow, red, white and he’s [doing sign language] so much more,” she explained.
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“I’m like a proud mom over here,” the reality star declared.
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She said another problem is his relationship with big sister Meilani, 4. The sibling have a hard time understanding each other. “It’s just a challenge and it’s getting him to hang in with Meilani which is the biggest challenge,” she said, but they’re working on that, too.
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Jenni, 32, told
Hollywood Life, “Greyson, he was recently diagnosed with autism.”
Now, he’s still “nonverbal,” but is making “positive, positive” progress. “He has co-therapies [every] week but we’re going to step it up a notch soon and get him ABA treatments, speech therapy,” she explained.
JWOWW said that the therapies are already working. “He’s understanding words better which was his issue. Not that he couldn’t speak, but he would never know what his shoe is or if you said, ‘Greyson,’ he actually didn’t even know his name at one point until he was a little over two,” she revealed.
“So now that he’s understanding simple words, he’s come so far,” the mom proudly said.
“He only did ‘blue’ for a year and within the last two weeks he knows green, yellow, red, white and he’s [doing sign language] so much more,” she explained.
“I’m like a proud mom over here,” the reality star declared.
She said another problem is his relationship with big sister Meilani, 4. The sibling have a hard time understanding each other. “It’s just a challenge and it’s getting him to hang in with Meilani which is the biggest challenge,” she said, but they’re working on that, too.
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