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Please explain the 'illness' in all this behaviour....again!!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 491541" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Lovelyboy... </p><p></p><p>How about if we use a <em>different</em> term?</p><p><strong>Illness</strong>, to me, implies something that is progressive. Anything from a cold to cancer... </p><p>And yes, some difficult children around here have illnesses at the root of their behavior - in particular, serious mental illnesses.</p><p></p><p>But.</p><p>Far more often, the problem is a <strong><em>disorder</em></strong><em>, </em>or a<em> <strong>disability.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>For a <em><strong>disorder</strong>, </em>there is no "progression".</p><p>The child is simply wired differently - from birth.</p><p>Experiences can shape the outcome, but the internal "wiring" will always have certain things bent out of shape.</p><p></p><p>ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity <strong>disorder</strong></p><p><strong></strong>Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - autism spectrum <strong>disorder</strong></p><p>Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) - developmental coordination <strong>disorder</strong></p><p></p><p>There's more of them... but do you see the pattern?</p><p>Not all of them will have the word "disorder" in the term.</p><p></p><p>If your child has a disorder, there is no doctor in the world that can "cure" them... but the problem isn't progressive.</p><p>There are things that <em>help</em>... interventions, accommodations, sometimes medications.</p><p>First, we need to learn which ones work for this child.</p><p>Then we help others offer the same.</p><p>THEN we help the child learn what they need and how to get it... (where possible).</p><p></p><p>For something like ADHD, some simple accommodations will be necessary right through life - but its worse being a school-aged kid, where there isn't any room to march to your own drummer. I'm an ADD adult (no hyper...). I still need medications, or my productive and necessary thoughts to flying off into la-la land and too much chaos results. I also still need visual reminders - printed calendars, computer reminders, sticky notes all over the place. And so on. Yet... these do not prevent me from being a fully-functional, productive member of society. I have a disorder. </p><p></p><p>A <em><strong>disability</strong></em>... can exist from birth, or can be acquired.</p><p>A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (traumatic brain injury) is an acquired disability.</p><p>Blindness or deafness can be from birth, OR acquired.</p><p>Learning disabilities are usually part of how the person is from birth, but can be the result of an acquired disability... a brain injury can cause all sorts of other problems, of course.</p><p></p><p>Some examples of learning <strong>disabilities</strong>:</p><p>Dysgraphia</p><p>Dyscalcula</p><p>Dyslexia</p><p></p><p></p><p>If your son is showing AS "traits", the behaviours you describe may well be part of that... OR, there may be something else going on that isn't diagnosed yet. Verbal tics would be one example.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 491541, member: 11791"] Lovelyboy... How about if we use a [I]different[/I] term? [B]Illness[/B], to me, implies something that is progressive. Anything from a cold to cancer... And yes, some difficult children around here have illnesses at the root of their behavior - in particular, serious mental illnesses. But. Far more often, the problem is a [B][I]disorder[/I][/B][I], [/I]or a[I] [B]disability.[/B][/I] For a [I][B]disorder[/B], [/I]there is no "progression". The child is simply wired differently - from birth. Experiences can shape the outcome, but the internal "wiring" will always have certain things bent out of shape. ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity [B]disorder [/B]Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - autism spectrum [B]disorder[/B] Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) - developmental coordination [B]disorder[/B] There's more of them... but do you see the pattern? Not all of them will have the word "disorder" in the term. If your child has a disorder, there is no doctor in the world that can "cure" them... but the problem isn't progressive. There are things that [I]help[/I]... interventions, accommodations, sometimes medications. First, we need to learn which ones work for this child. Then we help others offer the same. THEN we help the child learn what they need and how to get it... (where possible). For something like ADHD, some simple accommodations will be necessary right through life - but its worse being a school-aged kid, where there isn't any room to march to your own drummer. I'm an ADD adult (no hyper...). I still need medications, or my productive and necessary thoughts to flying off into la-la land and too much chaos results. I also still need visual reminders - printed calendars, computer reminders, sticky notes all over the place. And so on. Yet... these do not prevent me from being a fully-functional, productive member of society. I have a disorder. A [I][B]disability[/B][/I]... can exist from birth, or can be acquired. A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (traumatic brain injury) is an acquired disability. Blindness or deafness can be from birth, OR acquired. Learning disabilities are usually part of how the person is from birth, but can be the result of an acquired disability... a brain injury can cause all sorts of other problems, of course. Some examples of learning [B]disabilities[/B]: Dysgraphia Dyscalcula Dyslexia If your son is showing AS "traits", the behaviours you describe may well be part of that... OR, there may be something else going on that isn't diagnosed yet. Verbal tics would be one example. [/QUOTE]
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