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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Have you taken your Aspie child to Disneyland? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2008, 5:26 pm
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| My daugter will have just turned 8 when we go. We have a 5 day pass so I can take it nice and slow and our hotel is right across the street. Sounds like what I planned is what you're all suggesting. Good to hear. My daugter doesn't like rides much either, she likes mellow ones like swings and merry ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Have you taken your Aspie child to Disneyland? |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2008, 4:34 pm
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Did they get overwhelmed? We're going next month and I'm just wondering how long they could handle that much stimulation? I see lots of breaks and jaunts back to the hotel for mellow time but who knows.
Just wondering if anyone has Disneyland stories to share...
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: amount of stimming... |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2008, 6:58 pm
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Replies: 11
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| so when she's doing it alot should I ask her if she's ok? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: amount of stimming... |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2008, 6:15 pm
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Replies: 11
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| her most common one is hand flapping mixed in with nose touching. Then she does this thing where she moves her eyebrows up and down over and over. Last night for the first time she was doing a quick jerky movement with her head that included a blink. At first I thought she was having a seizure but s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: amount of stimming... |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2008, 5:55 pm
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my daughter goes through waves with almost no stimming and then some where its all the time. Is this related to outside events? Does she do it more when stressed about something or is it not related at all? When she stims alot should I assume something is the matter?
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Is your aspie child medicated? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2008, 6:09 pm
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Replies: 35
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| If so, with what and what does it do for him/her? |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: fixation |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 21
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| since I started this thread I have decided to embrace it. It brings her joy and thats all I care about... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: fixation |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007, 1:06 pm
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Replies: 21
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Thats all I was doing. Although its nice to know snuuz thinks I'm his/her pal...  |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: fixation |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 21
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| its used because its easyer to say "fixation" than to say "an unhealthy preoccupation with something, usually regarded as trivial or unimportant, as opposed to an intense interest in a subject." everytime. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: fixation |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 21
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| fixations are completely normal for autistic children and you should both embrace them and work with them. Like mightyzebra suggests, use the reindeer as an incentive. Even using reindeer for enriching activities like coloring or artwork, math, creative writing, conversation, geography. My son's ob... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: fixation |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007, 1:23 pm
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| I guess what I'm getting at is I know its normal for her to be fixated on one thing but should it be encouraged or discouraged or just part of the day? |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: fixation |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007, 1:12 pm
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Replies: 21
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| My daugter gets fixated on things. The main fixation of her life is horses but for the christmas season its moved to reighndeer. She makes everything about them, its all she wants to talk about. My question is do I as a parent try to stop this or embrace it? Do I take her to see real reighndeer and ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: NT parents, would you cure your child? |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2007, 4:39 pm
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: swimming |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2007, 4:38 pm
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Replies: 7
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| funny how everyone is different eh, my daugters favorite thing in the world to do is swim, she loves it. She would live in a pool if I let her. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: First Doctors appointment |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2007, 6:15 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Hi everyone, My daugter has her first apointment coming up to diagnose her as aspergers. What do I tell her as to why we're going to the doc? She understands thats she's different than the kids at school and I don't want to upset her. How do I tell her where we're going and why? What did you tell yo... |
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