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| Name: nicole | Date: Jun 8th, 2006 8:51 AM |
| my son has aspergers, what do you want to know exactly? ↑ |
| Name: jody | Date: Jun 9th, 2006 12:22 AM |
| what signs are ther to look for?are they hard to potty train,do they like the same foods constantly? ↑ |
| Name: nicole | Date: Jun 9th, 2006 3:48 AM |
| well, my son has a really hard time changing ANYTHING by himself. he doesnt get tired of a game, story, movie etc.. he waits until finally i take it away from him and make him switch to something new. he will watch one section of one movie for 3 months straight. he also doesn't have any interest in 'imaginative' play like cars, house, firemen, nothing that has to do with other kids either. he can't keep up with a game of hide-and-go seek or keep enough interest in another little boy to really make friends. it's as if he is only interested in things he can see and count and touch. we have struggled with a few phobias also. he was terrified of my mothers tiny little dog (terrified to the point where getting near her house would send him into a panic) and for a while he was scared of water. he is also very hard to potty train and discipline because i get the feeling sometimes he doesn't understand why he's in trouble or why he misbehaved. if he goes to time-out and i come to him and say "why did mommy put you in time out?" he'll repeat the last thing he heard me say, usually something like "dont chase the cat - time out"... he doesn't say things like "chasing the cat is mean. it hurts the cats feelings..." almost like he doesn't understand the reasoning behind it. there are all sorts of little things, but i find it hard to figure out what is caused by aspergers and what might just be one of the little quirks all kids have. besides the quirks though he is far above average developmentally. he knows how to use the internet, t.v. remote (we just got fancy digital cable and i cant even work it), count in 3 languages, read, write, and make change (money is his newest obsession).. i dont know if any of that helps, but if i think of anything else that might be a "tell tale sign" i will post again. ↑ |
| Name: nicole | Date: Jun 9th, 2006 3:55 AM |
| i remembered another thing, after reading someone elses post. my son didn't start actually having conversations back and forth until just this year. before then he would only talk to us a couple senetences at a time (his first words were extremely late). he still has a pretty apparent speach delay, which makes the social aspect even harder with kids his age (kindergarten age)- but most adults just think he is a very quiet well-behaved kid. ↑ |
| Name: jody | Date: Jun 9th, 2006 4:29 AM |
| yup thats my daughter she will watch the same over and over again she hates changes like if she is in to something and we say we have to leave she has a tantrum.she also has a hard time with the potty thing she will just pee on the floor and say she is sorry she didnt know she had to go.most of the time i have to put a pullup on her.she also hates to change foods she can eat cereal 5 to 8 times a day if i introduce a new food she has to smell it first then she will just make a face and say no.she also hates shoes and socks she takes them off constantly i have to put them back on 3 or more times a day.her speech is ok her way of talking is a little babish like try sounds more like cry and thing sounds like sing things like that i know up until a couple years ago she wasnt very verbal at all she just said ma and daddy,cuppy just one word sentences she is6.she also will be sitting in my van and just start laughing in your face about nothing.she is also very good on the internet but doesnt no the differnce between letters and numbers.sound familer at all or do u think maybe the school is right that its adhd.thanks for listening to me my sister and everybody else thinks she is just a brat.not me she is to lovable towards me. ↑ |
| Name: jody | Date: Jun 9th, 2006 4:32 AM |
| oh how old is your son my daughter turned 6 april 13th ↑ |
| Name: nicole | Date: Jun 10th, 2006 2:23 AM |
| my son will be six August 24th. it sounds like she definitly has some mild form of autism to me, and i know how hard that can be to hard to explain to someone else... to me my son is fine, and besides speech therapy i dont do anything all that different with him. i parent him just like i would an average 5 year old, which i think has helped a lot. i didn't really explain but my son is actually my step-son, and i married his father when he was very young, but before i was in his life full time his father was extremely lenient with him. he accepted the fact that jack did what he did, and usually made special allowances with him that were pretty absurd. (like letting him only eat peanut butter - or take complete control of the t.v. and force anyone else in the room to watch one 5 minute section of "Lady and the Tramp" 65 times) his behavior has improved 10 fold since my husband and i decided not to indulge repetitive behavior and instead we give him alternatives or simply hope he gets bored enough to try something new (although we certainly dont punish him for something we really think he can't control) or other things like that. since it is hard to know the difference between "brattiness" and this type of disorder we try really hard to weed out behaviors that truly are 5-year-old defiance and punish those actions accordingly. i think that has helped him to realize that he is a normal kid - and hopefully make him feel like he's very special to us, but make it so that he doesn't have to be treated "special" by everyone else to succeed in life later on. ↑ |
| Name: nicole | Date: Jun 10th, 2006 2:28 AM |
| you may want to also explain to your sister that if your daughter is taking her shoes and socks off at an inappropriate time it might not be inentional. it just makes sense that you wouldn't punish a child for spilling their juice, falling down, or waking up in the middle of the night with a bad dream... the behavior may be inconvenient sometimes, but i'm sure that most of it isn't "brattiness" or defiance. and it sounds to me like you care very much about her behavioral progess, so i'm sure it has nothing to do with your parenting. ↑ |
| Name: nicole | Date: Jun 10th, 2006 2:29 AM |
| i'd love to talk to you more if you'd like to e-mail me at [email protected] ↑ |
| Name: jody | Date: Jun 10th, 2006 7:11 PM |
| hi again i would love to talk via email but my computer wont let me for some reason but you can email me first then i can add u my email is [email protected] have had so many problems that i just want to run away from her as much as i love her.i would never do it but she has been a real handful ,i dont know how your son is with other kids but my daughter is real cruel sometimes she hates taking turns at games like hide and seek if u find her she will scream i dont understand her ,but it seems like u have some knowledge of it and u are much more understanding then anyone i know i like u and dont even know u.please contact me soon i can add u to my freinds list on my yahoo all u have to do is email me first and i can add u.thanks for talking. ↑ |
| Name: nicole | Date: Jun 10th, 2006 8:48 PM |
| i got your e-mail jody, but for some reason my yahoo isnt working. hopefully it will fix itself if i re-start my computer. i will try to get it working a.s.a.p. ↑ |
| Name: emil1991 | Date: Jul 4th, 2006 3:34 PM |
| My son is 14 and has aspergers syndrome, he was diagnosed at age 11. I get so much information off the internet but he also has a therapist that comes to our house and helps him learn about peer pressure and how to deal with social problems at school and othe situations. ↑ |
| Name: jody | Date: Jul 4th, 2006 6:27 PM |
| just wondering if aspergers kids have a problem eating toast thats broken my child will not eat her toast if i break it before givin it to her.or is this normal? ↑ |
| Name: jody | Date: Jul 4th, 2006 8:26 PM |
| how come u are never on nicole is your yahoo messed up again? ↑ |
| Name: Amber1 | Date: Jul 14th, 2006 3:53 PM |
Hi my son has just been diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome
If you wanna talk to me please feel free!!! ↑ |
| Name: Momma2two | Date: Jul 14th, 2006 10:21 PM |
| Amber1, My on has aspergers too. What do you want to know or do you have anything to share? My son also has bipolar wit psychotic features. He's 12. ↑ |
| Name: lilredgal | Date: Jul 15th, 2006 7:50 PM |
| they say my daughter has same thing and she is a teenager. adhd also. how to cope? can the dr's be wrong? could it be somthing else? another parent here asking for help at [email protected] ↑ |
| Name: nicole jones | Date: Jul 15th, 2006 9:11 PM |
| Sorry I haven't answered Jody - my messenger, and now my phone are messed up. Hopefully hubby will pay the phone bill on Friday, and I'll be able to call you, or you can call me. ↑ |
| Name: mary t. | Date: Jul 17th, 2006 1:14 AM |
| My 4 year old has been diagnosed with Asperger's too and it's been hard to swallow. He's my first son and my family knew very soon that something was different about him. I don't feel they are sensitive enough to me. ↑ |
| Name: mary t | Date: Jul 17th, 2006 1:16 AM |
What I didn't say is that I really need to talk. It's so upsetting to me and I don't know where to turn. I stumbled upon this website and hope I'm able to get back to it.
Thanks for listening anyone! ↑ |
| Name: teresa | Date: Jul 20th, 2006 10:40 AM |
| my child has adhd and now there is a possibility she may have aspergers as well, how can the consultants tell and what tests do they do my child has had a rating scale done by the school but i dont understand it help ↑ |
| Name: anne | Date: Jul 20th, 2006 1:33 PM |
| Hi, My daughter is 15 years old and has Asberger. Like other mothers, I can just about handle the mood swings, the aggression towards her siblings, and her very literal interpretation ‘life’, and the spoken language. What breaks my hart is the very real lack of any friendships; Like other very concerned mum’s I’m trying to find a safe chat room where my daughter can find companionship. – [email protected] ↑ |
| Name: He;en | Date: Jul 24th, 2006 12:19 AM |
| my son is now 8 years old, i was told he had aspergers when he was 4. I have been on several courses including a parental course through the euducational behavioural team, early bird plus and more recently my son has had the benefit of cognitive behavioural therapy that was devised by Tony Attwood. Although i found this intresting as a trainee counsellor i find it very difficult. Using the technique of scaling of 1 - 10 to determine his mood or how it can be changed is challenging, everything now is scaled ie i like my dinner 4 (meaning it can be improved) he will then tell me how to improve his dinner! on a scale 1 - 10 what is the best GUN to use, 1 -10 how much do i love his father etc, has anyone else had there child do the cognitive therapy? how do you cope? ↑ |
| Name: veronicaeades | Date: Aug 16th, 2006 9:26 PM |
| hi, looking for some help for my stepson. He seems to do things that my husband and i find strange. i have been looking up on the internet because i feel he show signs of aspergers/autism not sure need answers and help really. is there such thing as mild forms or is he hust slow in his development. Any advice or help would be great. ↑ |
| Name: carrie Green | Date: Nov 2nd, 2006 11:47 PM |
| Hi Jody, I am new at this. I joined this website. My son has just been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome/High Functioning Autism. I had him at the most awesome program at UCLA in Los Angeles called ABC Program (Achievement, Behavioral, Cognitive Therapy. It is frustrating to deal with the rigidity. I also recommed a book called Parenting an Aspergers Child by Katherine Grayson (I think that's the name). It truly shows how the world is from their perspective. Anyhow hope to hear back from you. Carrie ↑ |
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