Accomplishments?

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Has anyone or their child had any big or small accomplishments recently they would like to share?

MY daughter has fallen asleep in her own bed the last 2 nights.

My daughter helped me put away the groceries today.

My son is graduating from Boy Scout Youth Leadership Training Thursday night. Yes, leadership. The troop has pushed him pretty far out of his comfort zone when it comes to leadership, and he's taken it on and done it. After he advances in December, he'll be working on his Eagle. He really loves scouts.

And ... he is writing. I mean, really writing! He types in his shorthand version of English, then dumps into Word and carefully edits. He actually takes the time to fill out his thoughts, and he has turned in English papers on which he has gotten perfect scores! My child who cannot spell worth beans is effectively using a combination of spell check and proofreaders, and my son who cannot form proper letters by hand is creating beautiful documents via computer. It has been such a long, hard, road for him, and written work still takes him 3-4 times as long as it does any other child, but he is doing it, and doing it well!

Gosh, he almost doesn't sound Aspie, doesn't he? Well, meet him in real life and you'll know. He's just ... a great kid. A great kid with some pretty big challenges, but he's taking them on.

In the last two days my boy 'got' the basics of PECS and started spontaneously bringing me pictures from it for things he wants (drink, bikkies, weetbix).

My son has a fear of baths.... big time.
On another note, he has a special interest for clothes hangers.
A couple days ago, I got the idea:

"Hey.... do you want to give your hangers a bath, too?"

That was THE FIRST BATH in FOUR years that was full of smiles and giggles. His hangers comforted him and removed his fear. Amazing.
(reminds me a bit of Temple Grandin and her Squeeze Box)

These are all really great accomplishments. It makes me feel happy to hear about them. I need some happiness right now, thanks for sharing.

My son got dressed all by himself this morning without me even asking! I was so happy I almost cried!

He sounds a lot like an aspie, actually. Obsession resulting in perfectionism - what could be more like an aspie?

What kind of hangers?

Want to vent?

What great accomplishments - I love hearing about them.

The other night - I lost it a little bit with my daughter and soon we were in all out battle mode. I knew we needed to both settle down and regroup but didn't know how to do that plus all the other things I was trying to do. She just kept making comments about everything and it was driving me mad so I got out a notebook and told her calmly but firmly that she had to write "I will not talk back to mom." 25 times. I wrote it once on the top of the page. I was expecting the pencil and notebook to go flying pretty much in the direction of her little brother - to my utter amazement she did it without one comment, not one complaint and even before she was finished we were both laughing at the 'tricks' her brother was showing us.

My 5yr old son has been going to choir practice and singing with the children's choir once a month. Well, he really didn't sing (even though he probably knows all of the songs and could sing them perfectly) BUT, I was so proud of him for staying with the group of about 20 kids, following directions of standing and sitting when he was supposed to and doing the hand motions to some of the songs. AND being QUIET during Mass. I just can't get over it.

NOW, if we could just get him to stop making noises in class, then that would be great, but I will take this as a great accomplishment for him.........

We really do have to be thankful for the things that they can do, and not focus so much on what they are not ready to do.

LOL, thanks. I am just going through a hard time with my younger son's medical issues now. I am thankful my ASD son is very stable right now as my younger one is having more and more medical issues that require a great amount of time for appointments, and research of course. It is quite stressful and depressing!

Here is something interesting I found out recently - We think my younger son has Russell Silver Syndrome, a kind of dwarfism. These children are 10x more likely than the general population to have an ASD. According to a survey by the MAGIC Foundation, 1 in 16 children with RSS have ASD. The more interesting part is that 67% of the RSS/SGA children that had abnormal Chromosome 7 (matUPD7) had an ASD. Chromosome 7 has been linked to ASD in many studies. Very interesting stuff.

Credit - RSS/SGA: A Comprehensive Guide by Jennifer Braak Salem, M.A.

That is interesting. I think you are rapidly becoming qualified for a new profession - want to come over and help me figure out my "NT" daughter?

My son came into our bedroom the other morning, saw that we were (apparently) asleep, and quietly went back out. Very big change for him.