Where can I ask questions about autism

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My son's school did a presentation on autism and held a question-and-answer time for his classmates. It's too bad your school is not making a similar effort at education.

Yes my friend has talk to me about it thats why i'm here to learn

my school may he has only been here like a week and we have summer break at the end of this month but hope they do have something. I'm just trying to understand my new friend 99% of the people here have been great but that 1%

Horse back riding talking great day tips given here help a lot, but more questions lol

I don't know anything about autistic horses [kidding!].

But, I do miss riding. I started riding at age two. I wanted to ride earlier with my father and sisters, but my mother delayed that desire.

I don't remember not riding it was Johnathan's second time he rode in the round pen Monday a few minutes on the horse he was a different person not sure why

Animals can be healing to most anyone, diagnosis or not. They have been used for therapy for numerous reasons before.

I think it is great you are here asking for advice. I do not have much to offer as far as answers, I am new to this all myself. I just wanted to say thank you for coming to learn about your new friend. And please keep asking questions, this really is a great thread.

Thank you, I get the feeling some on here don't thinks LOL but the information has helped so much about what triggers him to melt down if that is the right term

No worries, You can not please everyone and if you try to you just might lose a part of yourself you didn't know you have or miss out on a valuable experience. Learning how to deal with others is a part of growing up and the more you learn the better you will be at it in the future.

Also don't forget, most of the people here are not professionals, we are all just people sharing experiences. Some of them may relate to your situation and some may not. It is up to you to find the words you need to deal with what you have on your plate in an appropriate manner. Everyone is different and what works for some may not work for others. So all you can do is keep trying and looking for the answers you seek. If people do not want to read this thread they do not have to.

when we un- saddled the horse we had to but everything in a certain order then redo the tack area is that part of this it needed cleaned.

There was this guy where my dad used to work who was autistic, but it was supposed to be a big secret. But of course my dad spotted it right away. I guess it has to do with not disclosing personal information. But I think if a person's autistic behavior is something that stands out, it helps to know what it is.

Horse riding is used as therapy for autism. Something about it has positive effects.

There was a movie I saw once about an autistic kid, and a guy in it that was an expert on autism said, "You know who completely understands autism? Nobody."

I think my horse does, I have never seen him act the way he acted to day Johnathan would get off and just walk away from him to look at something and king (the Horse ) would follow him King never does that,He usually will run off to the barn

Animals act differently like that with me too. It is pretty interesting. Even wild animals like squirrels, birds and deer either come up to me real close or let me get real close to them without taking off. My family calls me the "beast master" haha.

Well..that strawberry story is a bad confusing example because "greens" equal "vegetables".Strawberries are considered "fruits" and not "vegetables" by most folks (NT,or ASD) so no one would lump strawberries with "greens" anyway regardless of color.

But the OP's story IS a good example. He told his friend "I'll answer you in a minute", so his friend stares at the clock, and then bothers the OP again exactly sixty seconds later ( ie takes "minute" to mean literally a "minute").

Ok what does OP stand for

The first poster of any thread (OP equals Original Poster).