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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Where does autism come from? Really, where? |
| brightsunshine |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2012, 6:20 pm
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| Glad you guys like it :) momsparky good article... a very debatable topic indeed! i find so many autistic traits in ourselves, individually and collectively. i also see it as a sort of intolerance issue... autism seems like a high-reaction intolerance to textures, environment, sounds, people! but co... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Where does autism come from? Really, where? |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2012, 11:18 pm
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: This need to control... |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 4:17 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I have a friend who has a neurotypicl daughter, and she has started to do something similar. What she's been doing is imitating the teachers at her daycare, because they tell all the children what to do. She'll say things like "come here, sit down, stay right there, because those are the rules!". I... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: This need to control... |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 1:33 pm
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| momsparky, you are right, we did change a few things the last few months. we have been gradually doing away with visual schedules, training her on surprises, doing a few unexpected things. All this she has taken well and I have been thrilled about it. But possibly control is a reaction to these chan... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: This need to control... |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 1:11 pm
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Mummy of Peanut, your second paragraph reads like a fairy tale  soooo nice |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: This need to control... |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2012, 12:20 pm
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| ... is exhausting draining me. And she especially wants to control 'every'thing I do. From what I wear to where I stand/sit to when I do the bed... everything and all the time! Yesterday she was dictating where I should look!! ! Mumma look at the wall, don't look at me. And while she is at it, she w... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How to test a picture schedule :) |
| brightsunshine |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2012, 7:14 pm
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Writing a book on Autism for friends and family. Need help! |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2012, 6:24 pm
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Right, and when i hear this from not-so-close people I have nice clear visuals of baseball bats floating in my head  but seriously how does one even begin to make them see sense... beats me. And as I write this book I keep sighing these huge sighs |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Writing a book on Autism for friends and family. Need help! |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 5:31 pm
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| Wow, on re-reading that - I'm really bitter! Phew! That particular line of commentary really sticks in my craw... Isn't it difficult to make people understand when they think this way. Almost impossible. And when it comes from people you have known for years and are close to and have loved so much,... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Writing a book on Autism for friends and family. Need help! |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 5:17 pm
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| Thanks momsparky. I did miss the supreme expectations bit. And oh big deal out of nothing... always! Will add some points. Thanks |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Writing a book on Autism for friends and family. Need help! |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 4:54 pm
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| Oh for example a friend of mine told me she has often been asked if Autism is contagious!! Now that is a concern |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Writing a book on Autism for friends and family. Need help! |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 4:51 pm
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| Hi, I am adding some purpose to my cartoons http://growingupwithautism.com/ I am working on a small slim book {yes, it will have the cartoons as well :) } that will help relatives and friends understand the Autism in the child they 'know'. For example if you have a child with Autism, and people clos... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: New GUWA cartoon on Autism :) |
| brightsunshine |
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Posted: 11 Jun 2012, 5:21 pm
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| Here's one on puzzling conversations. I am so often so totally stumped with my 4 yr old's conversations hehehe - http://growingupwithautism.com/2012/06/11/the-profound-disconnect/ Enjoy and pl leave feedback! You may also join the FB page for regular toons - https://www.facebook.com/GrowingUpWithAut... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: My GUWA cartoons on Autism :) |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 6:42 pm
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| I have been posting bits and pieces of my cartoons on other forums on wrongplanet. Just stumbled upon this... and seems like it will fit :) Here are the cartoons - http://growingupwithautism.com/ And here is the FB page. You may click 'like' to get a regular update on the latest cartoons - https://w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What must the kids be thinking? |
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Posted: 24 May 2012, 5:22 pm
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| I had many moments like that, and many that I hope your child never experiences - I doubt she will (hopefully never has - no idea how old she is from your post), because a big reason I had issues, especially in the ages of 5-11, was the horrible "help" I was getting, where they were trying to force... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What must the kids be thinking? |
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Posted: 16 May 2012, 5:53 pm
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| When they don't/rarely express what they think/feel, it becomes such an unsolved mystery! On hindsight I think I was so ill-equipped in understanding my daughter when she at around 2yrs cried herself to sleep at times during therapies pushed and exhausted and worn. Now when I doodle a cartoon about ... |
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