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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How to choose a college for my Aspie Daughter |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2014, 8:22 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,756
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| My son just finished his first semester at college, and it has turned out to be a really good experience so far. He had many challenges in high school (ADD inattentive, then experienced seizures that required medication that severely affect cognition), and he was a good student, but right up until t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What helped your child through college/university? |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 1:02 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 939
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| My son is currently finishing up his first semester at college, so we have limited knowledge. Here's what I think has helped our son so far .... 1. First of all, he has gone to a small college. I highly recommend Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. There are around 1200 TOTAL students, and a good ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Extroverted Aspies |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 8:28 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,352
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| I was just reading another thread, and I am fascinated by the concept of extroverted Aspies that was mentioned in this other thread. We dropped my son off at a college in Indiana that is very Aspie-friendly (it's Earlham College). This is a school that doesn't really have a program for kids on the s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: RE: Falling Asleep When Learning/Studying/Working & Doct |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 8:16 am
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Replies: 2
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| I'm not a doctor or anything, but I have a son who has a similar problem to yours. He has inattentive ADD, and he fights the urge to fall asleep a lot, although I've never seem him actually FALL ASLEEP while studying. I think he just loses attention and drifts off mentally, or he briefly nods off, b... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Themes: Reading comprehension |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2014, 9:32 am
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Replies: 17
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| Keep plugging away. You NEVER know when your son is going to suddenly "get it". I too thought, at age nine, that my son just wasn't getting the bigger picture. He did fine with non-fiction, but trying to get the general "gist" of a fictional story was not within his grasp. We just kept at it and at ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My Son's Behavior is Infuriating, and Embarrasing |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2014, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 76
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| CLMANSF, I can tell you from experience that what you are feeling about your son is NORMAL. Your son doesn't act like other kids, heck, he doesn't act like YOUR OWN other kids -- and you have to adapt to the way he is. You know that. It's just hard! I just said goodbye to my ASD child yesterday -- h... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Move to a bigger city? |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2014, 6:38 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,450
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| I second the Pittsburgh idea. It sounds like possibly the perfect place for you. Sports is very big here -- as my kids were growing up, they would announce the Steeler's upcoming games and final scores in the ELEMENTARY SCHOOL! It was hilarious! Everybody gets into it, and being into it provides an ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: why is it hard for some aspergers to have a job? |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,186
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| I have watched over the years my husband's experience at work. While he is not an Aspie, he works with MANY aspie types. I think as an industry, Environmental Science/engineering must be a haven for people on the spectrum. It seems like there are about half and half, meaning half potentially aspie p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your college experience better than high school experience? |
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Posted: 31 May 2014, 5:24 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,759
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| Thanks, everybody, for your replies. I have hope for this college, in that I've contacted other parents who had kids going to this college, and they said that their kids' experiences were for the most part very positive. They felt accepted for maybe the first time in their lives, and there was a lot... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your college experience better than high school experience? |
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Posted: 30 May 2014, 12:36 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,759
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| I keep telling my high school senior, who has had a relatively OK high school life, that college will be better. And then I wondered, is college honestly better for people on the spectrum? I'm making an assumption that over time, the kids in college are somewhat more mature and may be more inclined ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone here attend(ed) Earlham college? |
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Posted: 21 May 2014, 12:37 pm
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Replies: 1
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| I have son going to Earlham next year - just curious if there's anyone who has gone to that college and what their experiences were. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I Just Cannot Make Friends No Matter What I Do! |
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Posted: 13 May 2014, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Maybe what you could do is: 1) invite a group of friends out for a drink or to a concert -- that way you're not the only source of entertainment 2) go out somewhere rather than to your home -- it's more of an "event" that way 3) find something to do with friends that is something you can all "discov... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Do you not catch verbal instructions from teachers? |
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Posted: 09 May 2014, 7:55 am
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Replies: 10
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| My high school senior does relatively well in school, but right now he has an old teacher teaching environmental science who: 1. Gives verbal instructions about when tests and quizzes will occur 2. Depends a lot on videos, which my son tends to miss a lot of that info Because of these two things, wh... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Advice on what states would be best to move to.. |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 8:17 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,792
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| I'm glad to hear that I'm wrong about California. Very happy to hear that things are good in your area, DW_a_mom. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Advice on what states would be best to move to.. |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I've lived in California when my son was five, and it was HORRENDOUS. I would never suggest living in California and expecting services from the school for your ASD child. We moved purposely from California to Pittsburgh, PA, and it is WONDERFUL here. Lots of very smart and effective programs for wo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Seizures - Lamictal makes ADHD symptoms so much worse |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 5:01 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Five months ago my 17 year old had his 2nd grand mal seizure (other one happened 6 months before, we thought it was a fluke). He was given Lamictal for the seizures. He also takes a rather large combination of Vyvanse/Concerta to help his ADD inattentive problems. He's a senior in high school, prepa... |
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