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 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Jenny McCarthy Body Count

lowderra
Posted: 25 May 2009, 8:42 pm 

Replies: 29
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My K is now 4, and has had the school label of autism since 2 years and some when she was nonverbal and not doing the eyecontact thing. She's doing great now. Verbal. Plays with other kids. Calls me mommy and tells us that she loves us. She had all her vaxes on time. No special diet or supplements. ...

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Boy Alone.

lowderra
Posted: 25 May 2009, 7:56 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 1,469
I don't know. Severe autism IMO is totally different than aspergers or high functioning autism. I've worked with a couple severely autistic patients (I'm a nurse) and while I liked them, I certainly wouldn't want to live with them. It's no cakewalk. Maybe this guy felt he needed to tell his side of ...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: How do you deal with a young child's meltdowns?

lowderra
Posted: 25 May 2009, 2:16 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 1,629
Yes, it started with clapping. We'd clap to get her attention and focus and try and get her to calm down....and then we hit upon the clap once ritual thing.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Oh no... My stylus!

lowderra
Posted: 25 May 2009, 2:02 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 981
Hmmm, sounds like what you need is a chew toy. No, seriously! Talk to a speech therapist - they have various and sundry things they use for the pediatric crowd to treat both oral aversions and also increased need to chew to avoid anxiety. There is one I'm familiar with that looks like a firm, orange...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: How do you deal with a young child's meltdowns?

lowderra
Posted: 22 May 2009, 10:24 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 1,629
My K is 4 and her meltdowns are almost entirely from not getting her way, being asked to do something she doesn't want to do. She was out of school for easter break, then I kept her out b/c I was unsure of the swine flu thing. I ended up teaching her a little ritual, and it worked. She begins to mel...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: For those who have ever doubted child's dx...

lowderra
Posted: 22 May 2009, 3:10 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 2,114
My K was in Childfind for delays (in all areas) by 17 months. By age 2 and a few months she was being assessed by the school system. She was making progress with Childfind (2x a week visits) but not very fast. We had already ruled out deafness (she ignored completely people calling her name, etc) I ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Chance Of Having Children With Aspergers

lowderra
Posted: 22 May 2009, 12:24 pm 

Replies: 22
Views: 15,143
Hi, new here. Here's my own personal experience. Keep in mind that most of the people I'm talking about have never been officially diagnosed and aren't pursuing it. Most won't even consider it, or accept the reality. If you want to skip my life story, scan all the way down to the bottom where it say...
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