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Sonic is rebelling lately...I suspect wants to be "normal"
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 522530" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>How do you help him? You stand back and let him try, try again, and try again until he accomplishes his goal. You don't do it for him, you let him do it for himself, just like you would a child without Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). </p><p></p><p>Travis is quite a ways down on the spectrum, but it's not his autism that gives him trouble (much anyway), it's his other disabilities. He wanted to go to college. It took 3 yrs to make it happen but he got there. Once there he lived fairly independently on campus. (he had roommates) Did he have issues, well yeah he did, but he found solutions for most of them......and again they weren't related to the autism as much as the other issues such as his vision and LDs caused by the brain damage. He was gone for only half year but you wouldn't believe how much he matured in just that amount of time. Or what it did for his self image. </p><p></p><p>My motto has always been, it never hurts to try. I tried hard not to give Travis any preconceived limitations. Except for driving......and well, there was no way that was gonna happen. And Travis at 26 is vastly different than Travis was at 18. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 522530, member: 84"] How do you help him? You stand back and let him try, try again, and try again until he accomplishes his goal. You don't do it for him, you let him do it for himself, just like you would a child without Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Travis is quite a ways down on the spectrum, but it's not his autism that gives him trouble (much anyway), it's his other disabilities. He wanted to go to college. It took 3 yrs to make it happen but he got there. Once there he lived fairly independently on campus. (he had roommates) Did he have issues, well yeah he did, but he found solutions for most of them......and again they weren't related to the autism as much as the other issues such as his vision and LDs caused by the brain damage. He was gone for only half year but you wouldn't believe how much he matured in just that amount of time. Or what it did for his self image. My motto has always been, it never hurts to try. I tried hard not to give Travis any preconceived limitations. Except for driving......and well, there was no way that was gonna happen. And Travis at 26 is vastly different than Travis was at 18. :) [/QUOTE]
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