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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: best and worst countries for autism awareness? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2015, 2:24 am
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Replies: 20
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| Trinidad is so bad the average person thinks autism is caused by an infectious evil spirit called a jumbie, more than once people have stopped me or my wife on the street to tell us we need to do obeah rituals to cure it. That is if they even notice our son is not just a rude or misbehaved child who... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do I alter a routine? |
| TheSperg |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2015, 2:11 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 771
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| How about lining a child's potty with a pull-up, and teaching him to void on it ? Eventually, you can "fade" the pull up out and have him voiding on just the potty. Then, once he is consistently doing it, you can work on making the transition from the child's potty to a regular potty. Als... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do I alter a routine? |
| TheSperg |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2015, 2:12 am
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Replies: 6
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| My non-verbal son is 5 and he is potty trained in the sense he has full control and can even wait hours to go, the problem is he thinks the place to go is in a diaper or pullups. If he is dressed without one, or is running around the house naked he will wait hours or when he has to go request a pair... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: "To the Man in the Barbershop Who Called My Autistic Son.... |
| TheSperg |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2015, 12:54 am
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Replies: 10
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| My wife cuts my son's hair when he is asleep, we fuss over it because I think he looks cute with an afro but she and members of the public think it looks horrible. She keeps bringing up shaving his head and I shut it down because he would not tolerate it at home or in a shop, and I think the idea th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wife is frustrating son to head banging |
| TheSperg |
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Posted: 21 Sep 2015, 10:04 am
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Replies: 19
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| One last post and I have to go, I think one issue is my wife knows no other autistic child so all she has to compare to is NT kids and local culture is so harsh on oddness or kids with autism they either end up in state institutions or their parents hide them at home out of shame. She knew no kids w... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wife is frustrating son to head banging |
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Posted: 21 Sep 2015, 7:47 am
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Replies: 19
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| She also goes over and over things she thinks she did wrong when he was younger, like she shouldn't have let him watch African music videos because they weren't speaking English and the sounds he makes must be trying to imitate the language they were speaking.(he goes repeats bee-ah, dee dee dee, ee... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Restricted diet is ridiculous |
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Posted: 21 Sep 2015, 7:32 am
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Replies: 8
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| These are the foods my son used to eat until lately, and only these foods: Fried chicken(the fact he will now eat homemade and any fast food chicken is progress! Used to be only KFC spicy crispy) A certain brand of penne noodle, with a certain brand of sauce, in a certain bowl. When the bowl broke w... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wife is frustrating son to head banging |
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Posted: 21 Sep 2015, 6:57 am
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Replies: 19
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| Your kid probably knows that she does understand him, and, to him, part of the hurt is that he knows ahe understands him but is refusing to respond because he is unable to communicate more precisely. Parents of kids who don't have a lot of words know their kid so well that they almost always can fi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Wife is frustrating son to head banging |
| TheSperg |
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Posted: 21 Sep 2015, 4:37 am
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Replies: 19
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| A couple of days ago after about thirty minutes of a melt down due to my wife refusing to respond to his usual non-verbal communication my son started banging his head on the wall, he has never done this before in his five years and it is obvious it was due to frustration. To me this is making it wo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Half the awkward things I say are trying to fit in |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2015, 11:52 pm
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Replies: 0
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| Half the things I say or jokes that end up being awkward are just because I am trying to fit into normal conversation, because if I don't say or make them then I am criticized or labeled as odd or a robot or people just find me odd and ostracize me from then on. A lot of the time people seem to atta... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Nosy busy bodies bothering me and my son in the toilet |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2015, 11:34 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Went into a big and busy KFC to get my son his favorite food, he is five and non-verbal. In line I realize due to smell he has had an accident in his pull ups, so once I had the two chicken breasts for him I go to change him in the toilet before we eat. Once I am done wiping he realizes I forgot to... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My Son Just Violently Attacked Me |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2015, 8:16 pm
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Replies: 91
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Fnord wrote: Turn him over to the police or Child Services. It's only a matter of time before he attacks you again. Maybe next time it will be with a knife or some other weapon.
In states I have lived in in the USA the police would not be able to do anything, no one under age 10 could be charged with a crime. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Nosy busy bodies bothering me and my son in the toilet |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2015, 7:21 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Went into a big and busy KFC to get my son his favorite food, he is five and non-verbal. In line I realize due to smell he has had an accident in his pull ups, so once I had the two chicken breasts for him I go to change him in the toilet before we eat. Once I am done wiping he realizes I forgot to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: meltdowns have to stop or I will have to go to a group home |
| TheSperg |
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Posted: 22 Jun 2015, 2:09 am
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Replies: 6
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| I've had severe meltdowns for years since childhood, severe enough i had them in class everyday, though sometimes they will not be as bad for a few years as an adult. I for sure have bipolar disorder, but they have tried to diagnose me with an ASD. Lately there has been a resurgence of this behavio... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What happens when we are too old to care for them ? |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2015, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,829
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| come on, from the other day I understood he's a toddler le ridicule ne tue pas/héhé I don't find it even remotely funny, but I am glad my worries and depression amuse you. Your ridicule will not kill me, but might well kill you one day. I'm not that poster, but I came to post a similar sentiment. A... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Battlefield-Psychology of Everyday Life |
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Posted: 18 Jun 2015, 9:13 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,789
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| Yes I know exactly what you mean, I call it the game of life. Most of it I believe is not intentionally malicious, although some of it certainly is and that kind is usually someone wanting to feel superior by putting someone else down. People simply gravitate to those who are useful, it is like a lo... |
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