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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 705334" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Autism can be VERY different from person to person. It also can change greatly from child to adult. The earlier interventions are given, the better. But we don't know a LOT about the brain. I was once told that if brushing therapy isn't done before age 10 or 12, it won't work at all. I had a 7 yo, a 10 yo, and a 13yo. The 13 yo needed it the worst but the Occupational Therapist (OT) wouldn't even see him for it. I learned it with my 7yo and did it with my other kids anyway. I also did it with myself (my 10 yo did it on me - she wanted to do it on someone and not just on her little brother - her living doll as she used to think of him). Guess what? That Occupational Therapist (OT) was dead wrong because it helped a LOT. It made a big difference in how we ALL handled sensory things. Even my kids' teachers wanted to know what we were doing because they were doing so much better and supposedly this therapy COULDN'T work. The brain is a lot more changeable than we know. So it is NEVER too late for it to grow and to change in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>I think that too much babying isn't good for anyone, and that people need challenges. Why should your brother grow up and be an adult? He has no reason to change because he has no needs that are not being met. But your mother and father need to come to the point where they are ready to challenge him and let him grow up in order for him to grow up. But that is just my opinion, and I could be wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 705334, member: 1233"] Autism can be VERY different from person to person. It also can change greatly from child to adult. The earlier interventions are given, the better. But we don't know a LOT about the brain. I was once told that if brushing therapy isn't done before age 10 or 12, it won't work at all. I had a 7 yo, a 10 yo, and a 13yo. The 13 yo needed it the worst but the Occupational Therapist (OT) wouldn't even see him for it. I learned it with my 7yo and did it with my other kids anyway. I also did it with myself (my 10 yo did it on me - she wanted to do it on someone and not just on her little brother - her living doll as she used to think of him). Guess what? That Occupational Therapist (OT) was dead wrong because it helped a LOT. It made a big difference in how we ALL handled sensory things. Even my kids' teachers wanted to know what we were doing because they were doing so much better and supposedly this therapy COULDN'T work. The brain is a lot more changeable than we know. So it is NEVER too late for it to grow and to change in my opinion. I think that too much babying isn't good for anyone, and that people need challenges. Why should your brother grow up and be an adult? He has no reason to change because he has no needs that are not being met. But your mother and father need to come to the point where they are ready to challenge him and let him grow up in order for him to grow up. But that is just my opinion, and I could be wrong. [/QUOTE]
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