hi,
i am a mother of a 8 year old autistic boy and i know how you feel. mine is 8 years old and says gerberish words still just like your boy. i am sure he knows that you are mom. he just is having a hard time with wording it out. he has a limited amount of words that he can say so he may be having a hard time telling you that so he calls you dad like he does to his dad. also that may have been one of the firsts words he was able to say as well so it is easier for him to say. my boy autisim, adhd ,and epilepsy and for those reasons a lot of things he says are also memorised with gerberish. the seizures can also worsen his autisim. anyway, also you need to know that autisim can't be cured. it can only be helped by therapy at school. just make sure that he is in a public school that has a disabled class for him and as much speech therapy that they can provide. good luck. Sabrina ↑ |
| Hi, i am a digital animation student that will be participating in an international fair in France beginning of next year. i wanted to make a short animation about the way an autistic child views life and what its like to live it. i want to help people understand what the child and family lives through. I was hoping someone could help me so i could do this the best and most realistic way. Thank you ↑ |
| What Ryan is doing is perfectly normal for an autistic child. That's how they learn speech, by mimicking. Don't get frustrated. My son was exactly the same as your son, when he was 6. Now, he is high school and doing extremely well. We actually thought that he may never speak and then when he spoke but only copied, we thought that he would never have a thought ofj his own. Well he doesnow. As a matter of fact we sometimes wish that he would stop talking. That's all he does. He just keeps asking questions and talking about everything that enters his mind. Ryan will develop speech along the way, you'll see. Somethings never change though....becaue my older son always called my husband, his stepfather, by his first name, my autistic child copied him and to this day, calls his father by his first name. But who cares....we know who he means. Have patience and realize that your son will always be autistic.....but his strengths and accomplishements will eventually shine through, you'll see. ↑ |
I do understand what you mean. It can be so frustrating when you put so much in and feel like your bashing your head against a brick wall. Have you considered that you may be trying too hard? After all it sounds like you are putting A LOT of pressure on yourself and that's not good either.
I hate to sound awful but your son will ALWAYS be autistic. This will never change- just how he copes will change.
My son to this day still gets "stuck " and will have the exact same conversation with you up to half an hour and he gets so frustrated.
I find that autistic children learn visually. We had a Visual guide with pictures that symbolised what was required. Maybe you could show him a picture of you several times a day and say "Mom" and ask him to repeat. Autistic children seem to find it hard to understand certain concepts. Kurtis still calls girls "he" rather than she as he can't grasp this concept.
Give it time but also remember you could use any obsessions that he has if they could be incorporated- just an idea that I have found works like a gem! ↑ |
