Pandora_Box wrote:
nostromo wrote:
If P Boy is loud and aggressive I'm thinking he may need some type of active outlet for his energy? And staying in his room won't do much good for that.
Is there something else that he could be encouraged to do that you think might help his demeanour?
He use to do karate, but it got to expensive for the family to pay, that and the schedules no longer worked with parental units work schedule, worse was the location move that made it to far out. He did Kick Boxing as well for a while, but wasn't the same as karate. He didn't talk to many of the people there and only ever made one friend. But once he stopped doing karate, the friend never contacted him again. So he spends most his time in his room. Playing music or making music.
Thats a shame because it sounds like a good thing for Autistics (or indeed most anyone). I worked with a senior TKD instructor and he had a number of Autistic kids in his classes, he was of the opinion martial arts are ideally suited to and benefit Autistic people for a number of reasons (discipline, routine, physical activity, co-operation, developing co-ordination, socialisation and the fact everyone goes through the moves together and in slow and repeated detail makes it achievable). I'm planning to get my son into something like that when he is able.
30 Jul 2011, 2:26 am
