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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any teachers on the Autism spectrum? |
| gottateach |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2018, 10:35 pm
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| Still working on how to use quotes on this board. Sorry. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any teachers on the Autism spectrum? |
| gottateach |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2018, 10:30 pm
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| [quote=I intervene directly to help students who I can tell are struggling to process in the way they are "supposed to," but when I try to advocate to teachers I usually get blank stares. I can't tell if they think I'm too far out there or they just don't comprehend.[/quote] Yes, exactly. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any teachers on the Autism spectrum? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2018, 10:19 pm
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| That, for me, has come over time. I no longer look in the mirror in surprise at my face - it's not that I didn't recognize it, but more that I've forgotten what I look like. It took me a really long time to get to know kids faces and I used to make a lot of mistakes, but the kids were pretty forgivi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any teachers on the Autism spectrum? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2018, 7:12 pm
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| LOL - It's a good thing my hubby has the demeanor of a saint. He's absolutely amazing with our son. I've never seen our little guy so happy or relaxed. Summer days have always started with demands to know how many days until school starts again. The circles under his eyes are even gone. It's amazing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any teachers on the Autism spectrum? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2018, 9:00 am
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| Thank you Elsa. I wholeheartedly agree and especially like your comments to about letting the child drive the conversation. I'm so happy for you and you daughter and that she is moving into a better setting. I wish that was a possibility for us, but in our area there are no such school - even privat... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any teachers on the Autism spectrum? |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2018, 9:17 am
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| I wanted to share an update. This year, I changed districts and in my new district I will have a real chance to change the lives of kids with exceptionalities as an integration support teacher with a relative small caseload. We've had to begin homeschooling our son who is completely miserable in his... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies aspies aspies , ! What's the deal here ? |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2016, 12:14 pm
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| I have to jump in here. When my son was diagnosed with autism at age three followed by my daughter, at age 9, with aspergers a little over a year later, I was convinced that there was a significant difference between Autism and Aspergers. My daughter had no language delays and fit the diagnosis of &... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A Mask For The World |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 8:14 pm
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| I'm learning to take the mask off. I'm lucky enough to be married to an aspie and have kids on the spectrum as well as a secure job, so I can do that. It is so freeing to just be me. My son has no choice - his autism is something he doesn't know how to hide. I don't want him to have to hide it, but ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A bunch of questions for AS parents |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 7:42 pm
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| Our son is diagnosed with autism, our daughter with aspergers, and my husband and myself both come out as aspies on online quizzes. My father is very much "on the spectrum" as is my husband's father. My father's grandfather was the guy in the coal mine who was called in to fix anything. My... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anybody here in the spectrum,raising a child in the spectrum |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 7:36 pm
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| About a year after our son was diagnosed with autism at the age of three, while going through parenting workshops, it became apparent to my husband and I that we were very much on the spectrum. By then, our daughter too was diagnosed (she's five years older than her brother). It won't surprise you t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any teachers on the Autism spectrum? |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 7:08 pm
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| I've been a teacher for 20 years now, from K-12. While it was really tough for a long time - especially before I understood about autism, the last few years have been increasingly rewarding. As with, I am sure, many of you who lived through years when there was no understanding of Aspergers/Autism/h... |
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