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<blockquote data-quote="Otto von Bismark" data-source="post: 479713" data-attributes="member: 12905"><p>Buddy -- your opinion is worth a lot! Thank you so much.</p><p>I am trying to figure out how to dream new dreams. I was researching how to run a group home. It's not out of the question at some point. I am going to get started on Fast ForWord for the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). </p><p></p><p>I want him to find meaning in life, and stay on the right side of the law, have a job to do that makes him happy. I will do whatever I can to help that happen for him. The lack of empathy scares me, but we'll deal with it because it's what we've got.</p><p> </p><p>I don't want to be hung up on IQ at all. I am not an IQ snob, I just want to understand it. I have never thought about IQ before. Once <em>I can process it</em>, I will let it go. I am just trying to figure out -- after 13 years -- how to give the kid something to do besides sit and stare into space or follow me around the house. <em>That</em> is really hard. </p><p></p><p>His visual processing was in the 2nd percentile. Visual scanning and tracking are very hard for him.</p><p>His non-verbal reasoning are bordeline 8th percentile-- with a high degree of variability.</p><p>His verbal abilities are in the 19th percetile, however, so that is a little stronger. Maybe this is why he talks constantly. : )</p><p></p><p>So, visual tracking is hard, but I can't give him books on tape or old time radio programs for fun, because his AP is bad.</p><p>I guess this is why he turns to television. It is something he can do. I am not a fan of TV -- I lived without it for many years. I would like to find something he can do besides that. Some TV is fine -- we watch programs as a family too, and this is fun for us. But....to find something he enjoys and does well, and maybe turn into a vocation ( Temple Grandin advocates parents helping their Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids find something they are good at and turn it into a career)....that is the challenge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto von Bismark, post: 479713, member: 12905"] Buddy -- your opinion is worth a lot! Thank you so much. I am trying to figure out how to dream new dreams. I was researching how to run a group home. It's not out of the question at some point. I am going to get started on Fast ForWord for the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). I want him to find meaning in life, and stay on the right side of the law, have a job to do that makes him happy. I will do whatever I can to help that happen for him. The lack of empathy scares me, but we'll deal with it because it's what we've got. I don't want to be hung up on IQ at all. I am not an IQ snob, I just want to understand it. I have never thought about IQ before. Once [I]I can process it[/I], I will let it go. I am just trying to figure out -- after 13 years -- how to give the kid something to do besides sit and stare into space or follow me around the house. [I]That[/I] is really hard. His visual processing was in the 2nd percentile. Visual scanning and tracking are very hard for him. His non-verbal reasoning are bordeline 8th percentile-- with a high degree of variability. His verbal abilities are in the 19th percetile, however, so that is a little stronger. Maybe this is why he talks constantly. : ) So, visual tracking is hard, but I can't give him books on tape or old time radio programs for fun, because his AP is bad. I guess this is why he turns to television. It is something he can do. I am not a fan of TV -- I lived without it for many years. I would like to find something he can do besides that. Some TV is fine -- we watch programs as a family too, and this is fun for us. But....to find something he enjoys and does well, and maybe turn into a vocation ( Temple Grandin advocates parents helping their Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids find something they are good at and turn it into a career)....that is the challenge. [/QUOTE]
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