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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Oh, the emails I've been getting from the school.... |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2015, 5:55 am
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| This is the first one, my kid had a bad day in the middle of a bad week...he caught a cold and everything went FUBAR it ended with him having a full out aspergian-style panic attack, shouting, drop-kicking notebooks, and shoving desks during the last period of the day (that teacher wanted to spout &... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is it right to hate Adam Lanza? |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 3:50 pm
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| Excerpt of an article I'm working on for my blog "Chronicles of a Lackluster Parent" I'll need your help, dear wrong planet members, with feedback before I post. you can PM me if you like. Thanks. Sarah I'd like to direct you to a few articles I have found helpful In making sense of what went wrong ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do you tell your child!~ |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2012, 3:38 pm
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| My son is 8 and I recently shared with him he has AS through an exercise and books. Before I did I bought several kid books like 'All Cats have Aspergers', What it is to be me, and Understanding Sam. I bought more but I felt those described my son best. Then based on a suggestion in one of Tony Att... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do you tell your child!~ |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 12:14 pm
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| Funny, I just bought two books (see below) for my son who is 9 now but dx with AS when he was 6. And now I'm finding this thread. "What it is to be Me" by Angela Wine (very simple book suitable for young kids short sentences and cartoon pictures.) "I Love Being My Own Autistic Self" Landon Bryce (ni... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: AS and road rage???? How does one handle this w/ husband? |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 10:59 pm
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| I busted a gut laughing at this. I have to admit. :twisted: While it's not a particularly good idea, it certainly had the desired effect. It's not threatening. It's not illegal. But it can potentially lead to a confrontation if the person doesn't have the expected "Oh crap!" reaction and run like h... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Repost: Shot in the Dark: 9 yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 3:52 pm
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| Could you be more specific about "etc"? ( "etc" suggests that there are more things you'd like to know but I don't know what those things are.) Yes, I hesitated in using the word, "etc.", as it is very imprecise. I was in a hurry and that seemed like a quick way to sum up any other questions I did ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: AS and road rage???? How does one handle this w/ husband? |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 12:25 pm
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| Well, maybe one day he'll do that to someone who has a lot of neck tatoos and then he'll learn to stop doing that. Somewhat more seriously, while that isn't a literally a threat, it comes very close to one IMO. I'd expect someone to wonder if that meant that he was going to show up at his/her house... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: AS and road rage???? How does one handle this w/ husband? |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 11:03 pm
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| My husband has asperger's he's 37. We get along great. I'm sort of proto-aspie/dabrowski's overexcitabilities so...not exactly NT either. so here's something "fun" my white collar computer engineer aspie husband has begun doing while in traffic. he just took a new job and now has a commute with high... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Repost: Shot in the Dark: 9 yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 6:55 pm
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| I've always decided what I play, and how much I want to challenge myself. (There was no lesson plan, so I could learn things in whatever order worked for me -- I'd give up entirely on songs that, a month/year/years later I could play with ease when I tried them again.) The only person who's expecta... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Repost: Shot in the Dark: 9 yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 6:31 pm
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| Arithmancer "I agree with a couple of the recommendations of the others who have already responded - breaking a new piece down and asking him to learn only a little piece each practice session, helped us a lot. So did taking breaks and agreeing to a schedule for the lesson. (Practice the awful part ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Shot in the Dark: 9yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 3:34 pm
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| I had a lot of trouble learning how to play the guitar because I could never get the notes to sound right. I would have the guitar perfectly tuned, I would know all the notes like the back of my hand, but strumming has always been something I could never manage. I can easily form the notes, my left... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Repost: Shot in the Dark: 9 yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 8:27 pm
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| when the notes I hear on the outside don't match the notes I hear on the inside, the whole pattern of the song gets interrupted and falls apart. I lose my place: Suddenly I can't find the next note and I've forgotten the one that came before it. It's a bit like the floor suddenly dropping out from ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Repost: Shot in the Dark: 9 yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 3:59 pm
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| Good questions about goals of playing the violin and whether he likes it. We study music in our family. It's part of my kid's enrichment education and one of the main goals is to teach "studentship". My kids picked their instruments at around age six, son violin, daughter piano, and began lessons. T... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Miss Montana's Campaign to Raise Autism Awareness |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 2:24 pm
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| So glad to know about this. I will so be looking into this! Thanks! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Repost: Shot in the Dark: 9 yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 1:53 pm
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| I'm seeking some outside perspective for some trouble my 9yr old son (dx with aspergers/dyslexia at age 6) is having with his violin playing. The background: He's been playing for 2 1/2 years with the same teacher and has been doing suzuki method for 1 1/2 years. He is on suzuki book 2. He's tried n... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Shot in the Dark: 9yr old aspie/dyslexic violinist |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 1:15 pm
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| I'm seeking some outside perspective for some trouble my 9yr old son (dx with aspergers/dyslexia at age 6) is having with his violin playing. The background: He's been playing for 2 1/2 years with the same teacher and has been doing suzuki method for 1 1/2 years. He is on suzuki book 2. He's tried n... |
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