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Autistic 13 yr. old explains what having Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is like
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 129583" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's like I always say - with our Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, we have to constantly think outside the square and meet the kids where they are. I despair when I see parents who have given up on their kids, who neglect them intellectually and emotionally because they've simply accepted some blanket diagnosis that the child is severely impaired and will never be able to interact.</p><p></p><p>We were told difficult child 3 could never attend a normal school and would never learn except by rote; he wasn't really intellectually capable, he was simply mimicking intelligence. If we'd listened to that and accepted it, we would have stopped stimulating him then and there; stopped expecting him to be able to learn, certainly not sent him to a mainstream school. We would have stopped treating him as an intelligent, thinking human being.</p><p></p><p>We are at that stage now in the school year (early) where there are still new teachers who don't know him, making his acquaintance over the phone. Meanwhile others who DO know him are not surprised to get a phone call which begins with, "Sir, in that last online test there is a problem in Question 2 that you need to fix, it keeps marking me wrong and that's not good." </p><p>Some people who don't know him could take offence at this manner, but all he is doing is reporting an observed problem with the self-assurance that he is correct and the computer software package is flawed. That degree of self-confidence would be seen by some as arrogance, but it is part of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p><p></p><p>We should never give up on our children if our instincts tell us otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 129583, member: 1991"] It's like I always say - with our Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, we have to constantly think outside the square and meet the kids where they are. I despair when I see parents who have given up on their kids, who neglect them intellectually and emotionally because they've simply accepted some blanket diagnosis that the child is severely impaired and will never be able to interact. We were told difficult child 3 could never attend a normal school and would never learn except by rote; he wasn't really intellectually capable, he was simply mimicking intelligence. If we'd listened to that and accepted it, we would have stopped stimulating him then and there; stopped expecting him to be able to learn, certainly not sent him to a mainstream school. We would have stopped treating him as an intelligent, thinking human being. We are at that stage now in the school year (early) where there are still new teachers who don't know him, making his acquaintance over the phone. Meanwhile others who DO know him are not surprised to get a phone call which begins with, "Sir, in that last online test there is a problem in Question 2 that you need to fix, it keeps marking me wrong and that's not good." Some people who don't know him could take offence at this manner, but all he is doing is reporting an observed problem with the self-assurance that he is correct and the computer software package is flawed. That degree of self-confidence would be seen by some as arrogance, but it is part of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We should never give up on our children if our instincts tell us otherwise. Marg [/QUOTE]
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