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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Parents grieving autism |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2018, 3:15 pm
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Replies: 74
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| The term "grieve" is used because it's assumed that person a born with autism has no chance in life. Which is erroneous. Yeah-that makes sense. I guess I was taking it more to mean grieving a lack of an easier time for the child vs actually grieving a lost person. I assumed it was meant n... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Parents grieving autism |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2018, 12:49 pm
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Replies: 74
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| I think it's mostly a semantics issue. The word "grief" is associated with death. In that light, it's pretty insulting and inappropriate to grieve a living child. You can feel sad, worried, or scared about an autism diagnosis. You might have all sorts of negative feelings about it. "... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Parents grieving autism |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2018, 6:17 pm
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Replies: 74
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| I think the grieving is more about what makes your kid's life harder and what will make your kid's life harder in the future than anything else. As was previously stated, by Fluffysaurus, the life of an autistic person is usually more difficult, and of course it is going to make a person sad that th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Autistic Shutdowns or Autistic Catatonia Treatments or Ideas |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2018, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Question for you: Does the cycle persist through summers and other school breaks? If she appears to be better during those periods, does her school allow for online classes or anything similar? O home school my son, but I don't knee-jerk recommend it b/c it is not feasible for a lot of people. The r... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Parents on the spectrum |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2018, 1:14 pm
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Replies: 274
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| Is your child NT or autistic? Without knowing either way, I am going to say go with special interests because you can't go wrong with that not matter what the kid's neurology. Interacting with kids (even NT kids) is way easier than small talk with adults. You may have to deal with the fact that your... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Type 1 v Type 2 Autism |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2018, 4:15 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,120
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| Due to how autism is defined (as an umbrella term for who knows how many different genetic/epigenetic/environmentally influenced things and as a spectrum) there will always be people on both sides of the clinical dividing line between diagnosed and undiagnosed who have varying proportions of NT and ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Is this an obsession or special interest? Or maybe not? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2018, 11:46 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Maybe it is just that he prefers the more stylized versions vs the ones that are more realistic; or he likes the pretend play version better than the real life ones b/c it matches something he imagined in his head. I don't think this makes it any less of a special interest. When my son was really in... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: [vent] School doesn't believe autism diagnosis |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2018, 10:20 am
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Replies: 1
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| I did not have this problem b/c in our case, it was extremely apparent. They made some initial noise about wanting to video tape him in multiple settings, first, but it was clear enough that they did not choose to waste their time in that way. Unfortunately, you are probably going to have to have to... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Toddler self harming when upset |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2018, 8:27 am
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Replies: 4
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| I don't think self-harming is common for any toddlers. The stereotypical version that people associate with autism is the headbanging thing, but I don't know what percent of autistics have a history of that behavior. My son never did any of that. Scratching is not part of that stereotype, but there ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: 4 year old obsessed with plugs and fans |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2018, 3:01 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 881
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| Will he watch videos or does he need the experience of spinning/unplugging himself? If videos will work, I would make videos of spinning and plugging/unplugging stuff. If he need the actual experience, you can probably find kid safe toys with propellers and wheels and the like. The plugging/unpluggi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do Aspie parents handle kids in school? |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2018, 8:41 am
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Replies: 17
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| My daughter is 5, and in Kindergarten this year. I've already had a meeting with the school on getting her evaluated, but their decision was that since she *is* learning, if slower than other kids her age in the social arena, she is not ASD and doesn't need formal evaluation. They said she just nee... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My tiny tyrannical dictator |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2018, 12:33 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I went back and re-read my message, and it's just that: funny, entertaining. I didn't see an iota of malice, anywhere. And your original response to the OP? Also not malicious? If you start out from jump, being condescending and patronizing, people are going to just leave. What percent of new poste... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My tiny tyrannical dictator |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,992
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| ... When you attack and belittle someone from the get go, you've moved into intolerable jackass territory, ... For a moment I thought you were talking about the title of this thread: My Tiny Tyrannical Dictator... Oy. I don't disagree with you that obviously people should not be calling their kids ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: completely Stuck and not sure what to do |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2018, 12:37 pm
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Replies: 7
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Other thoughts:
I know your choices where you are are extremely limited. What if you immersed him in his special interests for a month or two? His sister won't get to do that, and if you make it seem like big boy project it might make him feel special in a big kid way, which he may need. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: completely Stuck and not sure what to do |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2018, 9:04 am
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Replies: 7
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| Hi, Ellemenope. I am glad you are back. I am sorry things are not going well. The first thing I would do is scale back or re approach anything he is getting negative feedback on. If that means not grading things or scaling back what is done, that is where i would start. I know that theoretically wil... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Best treatment |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2018, 12:39 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 674
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| Has your son been checked out by a physical therapist? A neurologist might not be a bad idea, either, b/c neurological issues can have an effect on balance which might be his issue with turning. I am not a big expert on therapies per se, but how does your son do with non-verbal communications? Does... |
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