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Mom W/spec Needs Toddler Needs Support!
I have a 2 yr old son with High-Functioning Autism and Sensory Intergration Deprivation Disorder, ... I am a mom with two sons with high functioning Autism. ...
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- I am a mom with two sons with high functioning Autism. One is eight and one is three. I just recently attended the Autism workshop in Cobb county. Did you attend? Anyw...
- Hi, I live in the Aiken, SC area and am an Applied Behavior Therapy consultant and provide therapy services as well to local families. Unfortunately, more and mo...
- R., I am so happy that you posted you situation. I have a 3 year old that has SID and delayed speech. He has not been diagnoised with Autism, but I totally unders...
What Impacts Does Autism Have on Siblings?
My son was diagnosed with Sensory Integration and Aspergers (high functioning autism) around 3 years old. We did a lot of early intervention with private ...
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- Hi J.. Please don't take me wrong, but I kind of get the feeling you haven't had a lot of experience with children on the spectrum. I have 2 on the autistic spectrum...
- Hi J. T this is A.C. I have worked with individuals with developmental disabilities for about 22yrs, and I can tell you for sure autism is NOT contaigeuos your son wil...
- Hi J., I don't know about autism, but I do know about divorce. You are lucky to be amicable with your ex. I didn't have difficulty with another autistic child, or a...
Daughter Is PDD, Now What?
She tested Jared and he was diagnosed as having high-functioning autism. I just want to tell you your child is NOT a lost cause. Depending on the severity ...
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- Hi, I'm in private school education and I've seen alot of parents go through what you are. If your child has PDD she is going to need a few extra's such as occupation...
- Dear S., My family and I live in Pearland and we have friends who are battling similar issues. They also has a 5 yr old (boy) with autism. She has made it her pas...
- I would suggest that you get a very through evaluation at Texas Children's Hospital Learning Resource Center and then ask for another ARD meeting and share the informa...
My Sons Hand and Feet Twirling
It's high functioning autism, characterized mostly by social problems and obsessive tendencies. My son hit all his milestones as a baby and was in gifted ...
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- T., There's a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome. In this form, the child makes all of his landmarks. My son has it and he did similar things when he was l...
- Hello T.: In the last several months, I have developed some kind of twitching/twirling. What I do is what you described your child as doing, and that is twirling my ...
- Hi, I don't know what it could be but you could look into having him evaluated at The Children's Institute (www.amazingkids.org). They have wonderful programs.
Education for Children with Special Needs (Autism)
They don't have a formal autism program but, they do wonders for my son. My son is also high functioning. There are after school programs for kids like your ...
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- I would go straight to the principal and tell them your concerns as well as asking them if there are any extra curricular activies they know of. I know sometimes princ...
- Did you ever try Tae Kwon Do for him? My daughter takes it at JK Lee's in Brookfield and they are wonderful with children. They have had other children with challeng...
- I don't have experience with this first-hand, but maybe I can help with the afterschool situation! I am a consultant with Usborne Books at Home. I have learned, thro...
Autism
M., I have 2 boys with high functioning Autism, both also adopted. They have very different symptoms but both fall on the spectrum. They are 5 and 4. ...
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- I am very sorry to hear this. I know this is going to sound strange but have you taken him to a Chiropractor? I work for one. The reason I bring this up is that if ...
- What are the warning signs? How old is your baby? I have two friends with babies with autism, and one with Spina Bifida. Because of this, when my babay was in dayca...
- Hi I am an Applied Behavioral Therapist that works with children diagnosed with autism... Please feel free to contact me via my regular Yahoo Inbox address at __...
Need Advice
I have an 11 year old son who is high functioning autistic. He could not get along with other kids in a preschool so we had him diagnosed at 3 years old. ...
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- Private industry pays much better than schools. Take your son to your pediatrician and ask him where to get your son evaluated. Don't trust the schools to do a compl...
- My son was diagnosed right around this age! He has Asperger's Syndrome which is often times missed until 1st grade or later. I have so much to tell you! Most import...
- Hi I., First thing is to go to www.tacanow.org Start reading the information on that group. Another thing to do is to remove all dyes, preservatives and MSG fro...
Special Needs but Getting No Where!!!
Hi E., I have a 6 yr old son who recieved his diagnosis of high functioning autism 1 1/2 ago at age 4yrs 7mo. At the time, I had several of his teachers, ...
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- E., Bless you! I'm so sorry to hear of all you are having to deal with. I honestly don't know if I know enough about your situation to even help, but I though...
- Have you seen a pediatric neurologist? My son has delays and we didn't know why until we went to the pediatric neurologist and did some testing (MRI and EEG) and that ...
- Dear E., Can you get on the internet and try to get into a website for parents with children who have disabilities. There must be one out there, start with the au...
Autism
These categories are broken up, generally, into High Functioning Autism, Low Functioning Autism, PDD-NOS and Asperger's Syndrome. ...
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- There is a specific DSM-IV criteria (the categories psychologists uses) for diagnosing children on the autistic spectrum. Autism is a "spectrum disorder" meaning ther...
- Hi Sharee- The actual issue was not autism. It was a mitochrondrial genetic disorder that may have been triggered by the vaccines, or by another external force (viru...
- Hi, S.! As the mother of a 17-year-old boy who is on the autistic spectrum I can't agree more with Kirstin L. She hit all of the right points!
Potty Training for Autistic Children
Hi, my son was just diagnosed with High functioning Autism spectrum. My son is 4 1/2 and I just got him in Early childhood (they are great with the kids) ...
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- Many boys are not ready to potty train at 31 months. Your son is doing well. It is normal that sometimes he pees in his pants. Potty training is just like training ...
- My son had a lot of trouble peeing in his pants if he was wearing underpants (in the early stages of potty training) - I think it felt too much like a diaper. We just...
- I am the the mother of 2 autistic childern. Both are fairly grown up now, but when it can to potty training the first one I had a lot of back steps. I learned that the...
