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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Cure neurotypicals now! |
| jaelb |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2009, 6:12 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,006
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| I want to cure my aspie son of his anxiety and unhappiness. It tears me up to see him torn up. You know? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do You Subvocalize While Reading? |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2009, 5:57 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 15,156
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| I'm an NT mom of an ADHD and an aspie child and I often mumble when I'm reading, especially if I'm trying to concentrate. But I especially read/write aloud as I'm writing. It's quite embarassing at work. LOL. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Slow moving |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2009, 5:52 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,331
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| My aspie 10-year old moves SOO slowly to do everything! We have to constantly remind him of routine tasks, like dressing, brushing his teeth, hair. Even getting out of the car takes forever!! I often have to walk around to the passenger side, open his door and remind him to unstrap his seatbelt. It ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anxiety |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 8:42 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,977
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| As an NT, I went through a bout of anxiety in high school. My AS son was anxious in the womb, I swear. He is a highly anxious, easily startled, over-stimulated child and he suffers from panic attacks now, despite anti-anxiety meds and therapy. I've been told that his anxiety is typical of AS and wha... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Marbles can do wonders for positive reinforcement :) |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2009, 6:42 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,403
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| We are using a similar system with paper play money. We call it 'caughtcha cash' (as in caught ya being good--something the school came up with). The behavior analyst calls it token reinforcement. He receives so much for meeting certain goals at school and at home and then 'cashes in' on Saturdays. ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Could you tell.... |
| jaelb |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2009, 6:06 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,316
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| We knew Jake was different from birth but he was 8 weeks early and really, really small. He didn't sleep, didn't eat (well) and cried all the time. His gross motor skills were severely delayed and he was hypersensitive to light, sound, textures, etc. But we thought these were all b/c he was a preemi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Taking vomiting to a new level |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2009, 9:22 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,139
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| Thank you all. He sees his GI specialist soon and we'll bring it up at the appt. Saw the behavior analyst today and will be working on a token reward system at home and at school, including his eating habits. He will receive a token as a reward for eating without 'refunding.' At home, he'll also be ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Calm down....more added |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2009, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,289
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| Our son is in a private school as well. Our attention to our son's academic and behavior issues at school is perceived by the teacher as interference and criticism. We are constantly reminding the teacher how we agreed to handle certain situations and demanding that she be be consistent. We're often... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should I be concerned?? |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2009, 8:49 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,425
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| Red, my son was difficult to train also, b/c chronic constipation. His pediatrician worried that constipation would cause (was causing) behavior issue with bathroom training, lead to withholding and extended bowel syndrome. She wanted to get him regular (on Miralax) first and then worry about traini... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Taking vomiting to a new level |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2009, 8:34 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,139
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| DW, when he was 1 year old, his pediatrician insisted we stop feeding him baby food. But when we introduced table food, he stopped eating altogether. He was a preemie, so he was small already and when he stopped eating, he lost weight. He wouldn't even eat baby food. We had to take him to a feeding ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Taking vomiting to a new level |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2009, 7:53 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,139
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| I don't know, Ster. This is a behavior issue, so who do we see? |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I don't know where to turn |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2009, 7:28 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,479
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| Your son sounds a lot like my son. This is how we got an evaluation: At the suggestion of his teachers, his pediatrician diagnosed him with ADD and put him on Ritalin. He had a severe OCD reaction to the meds, so we got a psych eval the psychiatrist diagnosed him with ADD, OCD and GAD, put him on Ce... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Taking vomiting to a new level |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2009, 6:36 pm
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Replies: 15
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| Do your kids 1) refuse to eat or 2) throw up when they do? I'm so sick (pun intended) of the puking. My son admits that he intentionally throws up. It looks like obvious melodrama, but I'm worried about anorexia. He says he sometimes can't breathe when he eats. He's been tested for allergies so we k... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Breaking pencils |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2009, 12:05 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,603
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| Thanks everyone. I had no idea it was so common in AS kids. I have no problem replacing the pencils--as you say, they are cheap and I have supplied the teacher with hundreds of pencils. However, the teacher has a problem with the pencil breaking. She has a very rigid rule about allowing each student... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: More toddler sleep help needed |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 11:04 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,300
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| Sorry. I don't know the recomended age for Melatonin, but I do know other parents of toddlers who have been advised by drs to use it. We were. (She is awful young, though.) But it's a last resort. It doesn't sound like she's having trouble sleeping, just getting to sleep, so no, it is probably unnec... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Breaking pencils |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 10:59 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,603
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| My son is breaking all his pencils. He scrapes the paint off with his fingernails until they are splintery. He breaks them in half. He pushes on them until the points snap. He sharpens them into nothing but an eraser and a point. He never has a pencil to work with. I've asked him why and he says he ... |
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