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 Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:03 am
My son is autistic. So far he's doing ok at pre-school. The class he's in is a multi-age special needs group. The students at the school love him very much. My concern is how he's going to do in middle and high school. I know that sometimes kids can be cruel and heartless. I was teased mercilessly in middle school and sometimes it still haunts me. I understand that some of you are high school students with some form of autisim. I just want to know as to how you cope in social situations? Do you find yourself to be the target of ridicule? I ask this because I'm genually worried. It's not like I can go to my son's school and be with him all day to protect him. I just find it to be very cruel when a child is picked on for something he or she can't control, whether it be autism, dwarfism, cerebal palsy, blindness, deafness, or born without a body part.
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:57 pm
Well, first question is: what level of autism does he have? High functioning like aspergers, low functioning like full blown autism, or somewhere in the middle?
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United_Martial_Arts Captain
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:21 am
Well so far I'm not sure what form of Autism he has yet, but I know it's more severe than Aspergers.
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 8:18 am
From my personal experience, the early years are the toughest years. They're also the best years to "heal" the disorder.
For example. My sister had a friend that had full blown autism. She wouldn't talk much, she would zone out, she had freak outs, ect. Her parents did not put her in necessarily "special" classes in school, but they did give her lots and lots of speech therapy, and all that jazz. Also my sister was a really patient friend, she would not give up on her. After years of threpy and working with people you wouldn't even know she had it.
So, that's the good news. Autism/Aspergers can be "curable" with age.
But it's going to take awhile and i'ts going to be painfully slow. sweatdrop
Aaaaand. Even if it is "Cured" he will always have Autism/Aspergers
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:55 pm
I read somewhere (I apologize for not having the direct link...) that 10% of people with aspergers completely overcome the social element of it. It may be harder though for the others... I know the early years are harsh, but they usually get better with time. For an aspy (I can't really speak for the autistic, since I do not have the medium or severe end of the spectrum...) social skills take a while to develop but they do develop. It's like being blind, or deaf: if you're blind, your ears and other senses adapt to replace the functions of the eyes, such as a concentrated increased sense of hearing. For the deaf, many learn to read lips. For an aspy, I've learned to read body language better, and to concentrate on intonation, and to listen more than I speak. It's sort of the things most people normally do, I had to do a more thorough job of teaching myself to do, so that it becomes more natural.
Anyway, I hope that helps somewhat...^_^;
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:01 pm
Well, I think that students in highschool are much more mature then kids in elementary school. When I was in elementary school I was picked on for the way I acted, and thought around them. Those kids probably figured I was just some weirdo with no life. When I revealed to my friends in highschool I had mild autism they still loved me, and didn't care if I was autistic or not. So I think he might do just fine in highschool, unless it's like the 50's/60's of course.
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:18 pm
I think one of the tough things about being a parent of a child on the spectrum is not really knowing what to expect. Autism is such a broad spectrum diagnosis, and it affects everyone differently. There's no set list of symptoms. It may severely affect their intelligence, or on the flip side it may make them a savant. It may or may not affect their motor skills. They could be one extreme or the other, or somewhere in between in a lot of categories. And they can also develop other disorders or symptoms as they get older. You just don't know, especially early in their childhood.
The most important thing you can do is deal with the NOW. Deal with what you have found autism to mean for you and your child right now. If you need help, don't hesitate to ask because they're are many resources at your disposal. All you can do is try, and hope for the best.
Either way, they're still your child and you're still going love them unconditionally. They will be dealing with this their whole lives in some way or another, and although it's tough news, you will find a way to keep moving forward. Hang in there!!
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