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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Teeth brushing nightmare |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 11,799
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Kid's Crest gel with sparkles tastes like sugar candy instead of mint. It is helping with some recent push back we have gotten from our 8 yo DS.
I know he brushes longer with it than the mint flavors that he can't stand now. Too bad they don't provide taste samples. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My son can't say "I love you" |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2010, 2:45 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,833
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| We noticed this with our 8 yr old DS well before we knew he had AS. We explained to him that it makes people feel good when you tell them "I love you" and it is something people who love you expect you to say back. Now he says it spontaneously and also as a response to "I love you." Hope that helps. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: *§*AS-Parent Support Group*§* |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2010, 12:18 pm
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Replies: 371
Views: 28,789
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Reading this thread has been such a comfort to me. That I/we are not alone in the challenges of being AS and parenting.
I would LOVE a permanent place for this - that is only for Parents who have AS, with children who do or do not have spectrum disorders. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do you parents cope with the constant sadness? |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 8,111
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| I have AS and so does my son. I like to watch the most insipid vapid television programs known to man. LOL No idea why. Although, maybe it's because it makes me feel better. Like these people are inferior to me. So, logically there is someone in the world who is more messed up than I. Wow. I have be... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: The last chance at shirt chewing... |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2010, 2:45 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,911
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| Every day I read one more thing that makes me think - Me Too! on this site. This is one of them. LOL We have this problem with my 8 yr old DS, occasionally. At least now I know to ask him if he had a particularly stressful day that day so we can talk about it. He has successfully curbed this behavio... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Kids say the darndest things |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2010, 9:09 am
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Replies: 608
Views: 326,606
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| Well, she didn't know he had mild AS until I told her about it after the quiz came home. I wonder if she will read up on it now. LOL |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Kids say the darndest things |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 2:20 pm
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Replies: 608
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| Three of my 8 yr old DS's reading comprehension quizzes came back with a note on them that his answers are "Rude!" I read through the answers and they say things like "How should I know?" and "The answer is up here." pointing to the previous question (and it was). And I ask him what he was trying to... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What can be helped and what can't? |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 2:09 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,769
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| Take her perfume shopping, have fun smelling them all, and buy her something she likes. Then praise her when she wears it by telling her how good she smells. Stock the shower with good smelling shower gels and lotions. Make sure she has deodorant in the house. This should help. It's not caused by AS... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Kids say the darndest things |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 1:55 pm
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Replies: 608
Views: 326,606
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| I and my 8 yo son are AS. 1) "I like everything lime... except limes." This makes absolutely PERFECT sense to me. I am the same way with oranges. Love everything flavored orange except oranges. I think the flavorings are far more concentrated, so the real thing seems watered down and messy. LOL We w... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How successful are you with Facebook or other forums? |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2010, 4:12 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,484
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| I feel I've been awful at it, I guess. I tried to keep my friends list low so I could freely say "what's on your mind?" and now I think everyone thinks I am a big weirdo, because they all post these cheerful things all the time. In community online forums, and the like, I ended up blowing up over th... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, I'm new and surprised to be here. |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2010, 10:11 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,370
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| Thanks so much for the welcome and suggestions for places to hang out on the site. I forgot to mention that I live in Northeast Texas. What are your thoughts on not telling my 8 yr old he has Aspergers, but treating the symptoms as they arise? He is doing very well right now and his therapist said s... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, I'm new and surprised to be here. |
| Gardenia |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2010, 3:29 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,370
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| I had an epiphany this week, and finally figured out that all these problems I've been having are AS. At the same time I realized that my 8 yr old son has it, too. A work friend's husband has AS, and we talked about it some. Based on the way actors portray AS I never thought that could be me. I gues... |
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