Jenni “JWoww” Farley’s son has made major progress since being diagnosed with autism.
In a Tuesday chat withEntertainment Tonight, the 34-year-oldJersey Shorestar opened up about howGreyson Valor, 3, is “the best” and has “come so far with all his therapies.”
“It’s like, a four-part diagnosing at the hospital, and at that point I was okay with it,” said Farley. “I just wanted to get to where I am today, where he went from non-verbal, not even knowing his name, to today, where he’s attempting full sentences.”
“He has a personality,” she continued praising her young son. “He’sreally just leaps and bounds.”
That’s not to say the process has been an easy one. As Farley recalled of filmingJersey Shore: Family Vacation‘s upcoming third season, “I had to leave the dude ranch to goto one of his diagnosingappointments literally in the middle of the night.”
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The reality star is using her experience with Greyson’s journey to help spread awareness about autism, in an effort to “break the stigma” surrounding the condition.
“That’s my biggest thing that I want to do right now, because there is such a big stigma, but there’s also a bigpopulation of kids getting diagnosed,” Farley explained toET.
“I just want to make the world a little less harsh and more sweet, so when he goes to school there will be less critics and more people that want to help andunderstand what it’s like to have autism,” she added. “So that’s my goal.”
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Farley — who also shares daughterMeilani Alexandra, 5, with estranged husbandRoger Mathews— firstrevealed their son’s autism diagnosisin November, three months after revealing Greysonwasn’t “speaking” yet andwas attending “therapy three times a week.”
“When it comes to educating myselfso I feel less alone, they helpme in that aspect,” she said. “Every time I’m feeling down or alone, I hit up KultureCity and I’m like, ‘What can we do to make someone’s life better?’ ”
Farley’s best friend and fellowJerseyShorestar,Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi,has also been amazing. “She’sone of my biggest supportersand sidekicks,” Farley told PEOPLE.
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Farley has given various updates about Greyson’s progress over the months — recently surrounding his third birthday in May, when she told her followers that he hasmade strides with his developmental speech delayafter months of therapy and now knows “countless words.”
“As you turn three, you know countless words, call me mommy 10394 times a day and your smile has grown 10x,” Farley went on. “To my perfect son, happy birthday … I’ll continue to hold you every night until my last breath.”
source: people.com
