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 Topic: Please help HFA or AS. Son just tested. |
DW_a_mom
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 Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:34 pm Subject: Please help HFA or AS. Son just tested. |
I bet our children are a lot alike.
You are on the road to helping your child shine, to be the best "he" he can be. As difficult as the label was for me to swallow, it was also like finding a set ... |
| Topic: CAN ANYONE HELP? |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 9
Views: 441
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:22 pm Subject: CAN ANYONE HELP? |
| I think the above posts are all very good, and I only have one thing to add. My instinct tells me to get your child assigned to a different class. What I've noticed with my son is that the stress fr ... |
| Topic: 9 year old aspie son & being different |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 13
Views: 609
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:14 pm Subject: 9 year old aspie son & being different |
| My AS son hasn't had any issues with self-esteem since he got his diagnosis. His problem was before that, when he couldn't understand why he was different. Once he knew his brain worked a little dif ... |
| Topic: Please help HFA or AS. Son just tested. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 14
Views: 453
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:03 pm Subject: Re: I Am a Social H.F.A. |
There are quite a few autistic people who would love to be social. Unfortunately we don't have the instincts for social 
So, some of the literature is largely misleading. A lot of what I read s ... |
| Topic: exploitive? |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 12
Views: 483
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:43 pm Subject: exploitive? |
| My AS son knows I post on forums and that I've been able to get useful information doing so. He can read over my shoulder if he wants to; I don't hide anything. Truth is, he doesn't really care. He ... |
| Topic: Parents.. do you ever feel lonely? |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 18
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:30 pm Subject: Parents.. do you ever feel lonely? |
| Tortuga, I think one of the things that makes it harder for SAHM's is a guilt factor. You know you are fortunate, and yet ... it is really difficult to reconcile all those feelings, that you arne't t ... |
| Topic: Give me drugs so that I won’t be afraid. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 29
Views: 747
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:46 pm Subject: Give me drugs so that I won’t be afraid. |
There was no room for anyone to accuse me of anything unreasonable.
Pounding on the door for half and hour is very unreasonable in itself
I'm thinking that part may be taken on some added fl ... |
| Topic: Seizure info needed. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 34
Views: 657
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:44 pm Subject: Seizure info needed. |
*and just don't get paranoid. If she has my type of seizure than anything and everything she does can look like one.
So an extremely paranoid person would be like "oh no, she's tying her shoe, she ... |
| Topic: Give me drugs so that I won’t be afraid. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 29
Views: 747
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:57 pm Subject: Give me drugs so that I won’t be afraid. |
| On the day in question, I told them ahead of time that I intended to take my child out a half hour before dismissal. The aide knew who I was and that I intended to pick up my child. She was just bei ... |
| Topic: Seizure info needed. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 34
Views: 657
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:48 pm Subject: Seizure info needed. |
| have you brought that up to your pediatrician? I can see why this thread would scare you, but depending on what you haven't listed you might not have enough for a neurologist to take your possible con ... |
| Topic: Seizure info needed. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 34
Views: 657
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:18 pm Subject: Seizure info needed. |
| Yes. I'm not sure if I posted it here or not, but the last time I went to the ER for my auras, the hospital directly confronted me about my illegal drug use, and then did 2 drug tests before they deci ... |
| Topic: how fam. can help 27 yr old aspie sister... |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 10
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:09 pm Subject: how fam. can help 27 yr old aspie sister... |
I've discovered that most AS find it a relief to realize they are AS. It answers so many questions they have had all their lives.
And, honestly, I think once those questions are answered for your ... |
| Topic: Seizure info needed. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 34
Views: 657
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:06 pm Subject: Seizure info needed. |
I also wanted to point out something I noticed day (and on the way back from my neurologist appointment too)
We pulled into a wal-mart parking lot and there was a young man standing in between two ... |
| Topic: Constipation.... |
DW_a_mom
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:59 pm Subject: Constipation.... |
My son takes Miralax, too.
We're also experimenting with diet changes to see how what he eats affects his system. If the things coming out are too stinky, perhaps they aren't appropriate for the c ... |
| Topic: Give me drugs so that I won’t be afraid. |
DW_a_mom
Replies: 29
Views: 747
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:57 pm Subject: Give me drugs so that I won’t be afraid. |
Good points, Triangular Trees.
I am probably going to take a lot of flack for saying this, but one of the issues in the ASD community is that people often cannot see the other side of their action ... |
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