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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Hand Flapping Question |
| quita |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2007, 3:21 am
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| Hi my name is Laquita I have a 5 year old son who does the same thing.Except he makes loud noises.my son has only recently been diagnosed with aspergers so I havent had a chance to talk to an o/t yet we are in the progress of finding him one.But the lady who came out and tested andrew said they have... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What other diagnosis did you get before Asperger's? |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2007, 8:51 am
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Replies: 74
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| When we took Andrew to the doctor about his hand movements and noises they said it was just a "tic ". They said he would eventually grow out of it. But he never did. His noises and movements got worse they still said it was "tics" or maybe tourettes. When he started school they got specialist to com... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: From what country do you hail? |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2007, 12:08 am
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Replies: 40
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi, i'm new too |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2007, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Luisa, Hi, I'm Laquita.I also have a little boy with aspergers. He was diagnosed just a few weeks ago. So I'm fairly new as well. I have another boy and girl no signs of autism yet. I haven't had the chance to read that book yet but every one says its good. All my info has came from the net. This we... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: how do you know when to discipline your child? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2007, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 21
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| caseysmom, Sorry to hear your having problems at school :( Fortunately i have not had to deal with any bulling yet. Andrew will be 6 in April so he is only in kindergarten. So unfortunately I don't have any advice. But I do understand what you are saying about them not taking the actions they should... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: how do you know when to discipline your child? |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2007, 5:56 pm
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Replies: 21
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| to caseysmom, im so glad to hear how you have managed to balance every thing out before i found this web site and started doing research all i had to go by was what i heard and the shows i saw on t.v. and most of them were people who had bad cases of autism (sorry if thats not the right terminology ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: how do you know when to discipline your child? |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2007, 7:55 am
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Replies: 21
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| we have tried the time out in the room but for us it makes the situation worse he just gets more out of control :evil: some days some things work and some days they dont you can never tell with andrew this morning when getting ready for school he had issues with brushing his teeth we almost never ha... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: getting haircuts |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2007, 9:15 pm
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Replies: 52
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| my son use to be terrible at the barber shop he would never be still he is five now and he does alot better he still has some issues he does not like the hair to get on his face and he tries to wipe it off (which makes it worse) he does not like when they use clippers on the back of his neck so we t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: how do you know when to discipline your child? |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2007, 4:28 pm
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Replies: 21
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| thanks again for every ones advice :D i think its all good advice i guess it just depends on what works for your own individual child autistic or not every child is different and unique in their own way and they respond to different parenting techniques i think now that i am learning more about aspe... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: how do you know when to discipline your child? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2007, 4:17 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,818
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| thanks katrine i can relate to just about every thing you said nothing seems to work with andrew every thing we try seems to cause a melt down or make the situation worse and we end up in tears or a screaming match :( and like i said before i am new at all this so i did not know how important struct... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: how do you know when to discipline your child? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2007, 3:40 pm
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Replies: 21
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| thanks to every one for your input every one has been helpful it is so nice to have this web site and to have people who you can relate too and who are going through some of the same things me and my children are hope to keep hearing from every one and again thanks so much for writing |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: how do you know when to discipline your child? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2007, 11:08 pm
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Replies: 21
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| my son who is five was diagnosed a few weeks ago with aspergers so i am new with all of this he started making noises and doing weird hand motions at age two when we talked to the doctors about this they said it was twitches or tics they said he would grow out of it but he never did as he got older ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: just wanted to say thanks and to introduce myself properly ! |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2007, 10:09 pm
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Replies: 4
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| hi im laquita i am from the us(alabama)i also have three kids 3month old boy,3 year old girl,and 5 year old boy who has aspergaers he was just diagnosed a few weeks ago i also understand the daily stress dealing with an autistic child and other siblings . |
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