Author: Eddy Hsu

Leo’s testimonial

“See you next summer!” was what Leo’s family said before they went back to Indonesia.  In January 2019, Leo’s mother found KickStart after a search for “occupational therapists”. She said that what impressed her was how professional our website...

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Eddie’s testimonial

Eddie, an 11-year-old boy, who has been in early intervention and special needs classes since a young age due to developmental delay issues, still has difficulties keeping up with academics in school because of his poor attention span. Year after...

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Liam’s testimonial

“At home, Liam is quite an active and playful child, but he becomes extremely anxious when he is outside or at school. Aside from not being able to keep up with classes, I’m more worried about his social interactions with other children,” was what...

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啟端與孩子的故事——自閉症的宥宥

宥宥6個月大就會站,開始學會走後對事物有探索的慾望,但在1歲半時就發現叫他都不回應、眼神接觸較少、幾乎沒有口語,最多只想講他喜歡的英文字母。由於我本身有職能治療師背景,對於孩子的發展一直都非常關注,因此帶他去醫院評估,雖然心智科醫生覺得還可以再觀察,但我希望盡早確診、盡早朝這個方向幫助孩子。宥宥除了有典型的自閉症特質外,他也有肢體協調差及低肌肉張力等問題,我知道感覺統合可以幫助孩子,因此花了些時間了解市面上的各大機構,最後決定落腳啟端。

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