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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: funny things your kids do & say |
| EarthCalling |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2007, 9:28 am
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| Well, this is not about my Aspie son, but my four year old NT daughter. Anyway, we are not a very religous family, I was raised roman catholic, but grew rather disinfranchised with the whole organization. My husband was raised Anglican, however after a string of scandles in the church, (Including a ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: lightbulb moment |
| EarthCalling |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2007, 9:18 am
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Replies: 15
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| My son had a universal response for everything, well, actually two: "good!" and, a little more elaborate: "It was good!" If pressed, he would get really frustrated, sometimes able to recall one point in the activity or movie and repeat it verbatum, but not really answer the question of "how was it".... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do parents of children with autism get bullied? |
| EarthCalling |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2007, 8:35 am
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Replies: 22
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| I remember "the look". Having recieved it mostly with my son between the ages of say, 2 1/2 and 8. For the most part now he is very well behaved. Having a son that was "different" was very isolating, parents treated him like he was plauged, it was very hurtful. I would love to go back in time now I ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Strattera -- does anyone have experience, good or bad? |
| EarthCalling |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2007, 2:00 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,383
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| If the biggest complaint with Strattera is that it causes nausea in some and the focus is not as good, I don't think you have much to loose... All the alternatives can cause much worse problems then that! I agree too, people that are happy don't tend to write about how happy they are all over the pl... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Strattera -- does anyone have experience, good or bad? |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2007, 8:30 am
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| As I mentioned, if it does not offer enough for the attention in school, you could try a very small dose of ritalin to compliment it. Talk to the doctor about that. However you have the summer to work out the Strattera, by September he can be on a higher dose then the starting dose, and the longer y... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: OT - What Do You Cook For Dinner? |
| EarthCalling |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2007, 7:03 am
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Replies: 32
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| jaleb~ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa..........I thought my family was the only one who had to have a seperate utensil for each course ! I've tried telling them to lick the spoon/fork before dipping into their next course ( ie; eating veggies with a fork thats just touched macaroni and cheese ). oh, the look... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Strattera -- does anyone have experience, good or bad? |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 8:35 pm
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| We love Strattera in our house! I had my son on Ritalin when he was 7. What a nightmare! Granted he had a bad reaction to it, but he did not do well on Ritalin at all. They had to put him on Clonodine with it, because he was ticing so much. I don't know if it was the Ritalin or the Clonodine, but he... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Things I'm having trouble getting my daughter to learn. |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 6:17 pm
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Replies: 29
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| Earthcalling, I loved your story - I hope it happens to us. My son just turned twelve and cannot bear water in his eyes. I still wash his hair for him or it would not get washed. Getting him in the tub is difficult but he likes the soak when he gets in there. He won't even consider a shower. When h... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: OT - What Do You Cook For Dinner? |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 2:28 pm
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Replies: 32
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| No 'E' in potato. ;) I think I am living in 1984... someone just makes up their mind that we are going to spell words "differently" from now on, or maybe they no longer exist... compound this with my Spelling LD, the fact I am Canadian taught under a UK spelling regime, (not very successfully) but ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: OT - What Do You Cook For Dinner? |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 32
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| Pierogi? I've had that in Poland. Eugh. Try barszcz instead. If you make it yourself it can be cheap and very filling. They come in different varieties, I should have mentioned that... basically they are a stuffed dumpling, they can be filled with sauerkraut, (not my favourite) or just a potatoe an... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: OT - What Do You Cook For Dinner? |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 1:45 pm
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| Wow! It sounds like you're an excellent cook. I had never even heard of perogies or gnocchi, so I Googled them. I'll look for the ingredients in my grocery store. Thanks for all the detailed instructions! :) Both can be made by hand, I sometimes make my own Perogies, however usually we just get the... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Obsessing over estranged family members |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 19
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| It just does not seem workable too me, and I really think you need to listen to whatever your better judgement is saying... Just do your best to console Pop in his disapointment. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: OT - What Do You Cook For Dinner? |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 1:07 pm
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Replies: 32
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| I find perogies a good base for a meal. You can buy just the cheep frozen ones in a grocery store if you can't find / don't want to pay for home made and top them with a variety of things. My mothers standby was always to cook the perogies by boiling them, then top them with a mix of 1 pound of baco... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: New here, dad of a 11 year old daughter with AS |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 12:42 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,336
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Ongoing battle with the school |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 10:27 am
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Replies: 32
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| Well, I hung up on the special ed teacher yesterday. I just don't know what to do... We only have less then 4 weeks to the end of the school year, so I am hoping I can regroup over the summer. I am having my husband field the contact with them for the next few weeks. He is currently getting a psycho... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What is your impression of Pokemon |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2007, 8:14 am
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Replies: 25
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| Notable cases Main articles: List of autistic people and People speculated to have been autistic AS is sometimes viewed as a syndrome with both advantages and disadvantages,[103] and notable adults with AS or autism have achieved success in their fields. Prominent AS-diagnosed individuals include N... |
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