25 Jul 2006, 8:18 am
happycat wrote:
Papillon--thanks for your reply--I'm glad you have a sense of humor 
I know, that probably sounded really ignorant on my part 
Besides, I have a strange sense of humor too, and I guess my family's pretty quirky too 
Yeah, he does get coached a bit--like, for example, instead of him hitting someone, or throwing a chair, we've taught him to say phrases like, "please move," etc. so at least he has some choice words to use when he needs somthing. And no, I'm not going to tickle him anymore
Lousie--thanks for the advice--I never thought about hyping up his talents--they do come so easy to him--but we get sp proud of him anyways, it's so hard not to
Geezer, sounds like you had it tough with your mom? when you were a kid, but perhaps you are reading too much into my posts. I already feel like I'm babbling on and on, so I need to trim details. My nephew has seen a lot of specialtis, not because the parents are shoppng for a diagnosis, but because my the doctors keep reffering him to someone else with some other specialty. They can't quite figure it out. And he's not progressed in some ways that they were hoping for. And I think you either are on the spectrum, or you're not...you don't just "catch" it later on in your life, so I didn't really get your anaologies. A doctor will never say that you'll never have a broken arm, but he/she can say with certainty if you have one right now. With my nephew, they have def. ruled out anything extreme, but as I said, they want to revaluate him again (this is the doctors' idea, not the parents).
And call me selfish, but however my nephew turns out, I do want him to be happy. It doesn't matter if he's happy by hiself or with others, but it is important that he is happy. And right now, he's starting to get frustrated because he can't always relate to others, or can't communicate what he wants, or what's bothering him. Persoanlly, I think leaving a kid to just "be" when he's clearly upset is be a form of neglect. And as for the reason my sister's not on this site is because she's not much of a forum type of person. She's more of an article person. This isn't about her, it's about my nephew. The reason I'm here is because I too care about my nephew--I see and play with him everyday, and absolutley adore him. I'm not here to get my sisters' questions answered, I'm here to get MINE answered. So I'm not really sure why you're focusing on my sister. But I do appreciate your input, because clearly, you're writing because you are trying to help out with my nephew, so thanks for caring
I know, that probably sounded really ignorant on my part Besides, I have a strange sense of humor too, and I guess my family's pretty quirky too Yeah, he does get coached a bit--like, for example, instead of him hitting someone, or throwing a chair, we've taught him to say phrases like, "please move," etc. so at least he has some choice words to use when he needs somthing. And no, I'm not going to tickle him anymore Lousie--thanks for the advice--I never thought about hyping up his talents--they do come so easy to him--but we get sp proud of him anyways, it's so hard not to
Geezer, sounds like you had it tough with your mom? when you were a kid, but perhaps you are reading too much into my posts. I already feel like I'm babbling on and on, so I need to trim details. My nephew has seen a lot of specialtis, not because the parents are shoppng for a diagnosis, but because my the doctors keep reffering him to someone else with some other specialty. They can't quite figure it out. And he's not progressed in some ways that they were hoping for. And I think you either are on the spectrum, or you're not...you don't just "catch" it later on in your life, so I didn't really get your anaologies. A doctor will never say that you'll never have a broken arm, but he/she can say with certainty if you have one right now. With my nephew, they have def. ruled out anything extreme, but as I said, they want to revaluate him again (this is the doctors' idea, not the parents).
And call me selfish, but however my nephew turns out, I do want him to be happy. It doesn't matter if he's happy by hiself or with others, but it is important that he is happy. And right now, he's starting to get frustrated because he can't always relate to others, or can't communicate what he wants, or what's bothering him. Persoanlly, I think leaving a kid to just "be" when he's clearly upset is be a form of neglect. And as for the reason my sister's not on this site is because she's not much of a forum type of person. She's more of an article person. This isn't about her, it's about my nephew. The reason I'm here is because I too care about my nephew--I see and play with him everyday, and absolutley adore him. I'm not here to get my sisters' questions answered, I'm here to get MINE answered. So I'm not really sure why you're focusing on my sister. But I do appreciate your input, because clearly, you're writing because you are trying to help out with my nephew, so thanks for caring
You're right, you either are or aren't on the spectrum
It's more to do with noticing whether someone's on the spectrum or not then whether they are.
Consider the newborn
Neurotypicial: Can only cry to communicate
On the spectrum: Can only cry to communicate
So as a newborn, purley from their behaviour it is impossible to tell.
However, due to how quickly social rules are learnt by NT humans, for a good observer, it would be possible to tell from as early as three months which is why there shouldn't be a problem diagnosing toddlers but that's another thread and I musn't go off topic.
Now, as for your 'babbling', since it is all on-topic and informative, I don't know about the other WPers but I, for one, welcome it.
Some say there's a fine line between being through and wasting time, as far as I'm concerned, you're firmly on the 'being through' side.
geezer
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26 Jul 2006, 12:46 pm
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