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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 636988" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>husband said something to her yesterday morning. He'd read my post here and acted on it. easy child 2/difficult child 2 said that they're sure he's not autistic in any way. husband said, it's too soon to tell. </p><p></p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 dropped him off with us for an hour. BG3 loves ceiling fans and he points to what he wants, usually raising his arm up and looking at what he's indicating, to 'ask' you to do something there for him. Yesterday it was the ceiling fan. He wanted it to move. It was too draughty to turn it on so we flicked it with our hands to make it turn. He watched it intently, then when it stopped, raised his arm again. When easy child 2/difficult child 2 was here, she was sitting down and indicated she couldn't reach it. He got more insistent and finally grabbed her hand to raise it to try and reach. I finally distracted him with other toys, but for about 15 minutes or more, it was ceiling fan. </p><p></p><p>I have a older friend at church who is very High-Functioning Autism (HFA). We talked yesterday, he was discussing social avoidance as an early measure. Suggested I do some online reading. </p><p></p><p>I'm going to do some digging and then suggest some strategies similar to what we did ourselves for difficult child 3 - use the intense interest areas to develop skills, and extend them into other areas. Basically, do our own early intervention.</p><p></p><p>As our friend said to me yesterday, and easy child 2/difficult child 2 has said herself - if they produce an autistic child, they will actually be very well trained already to help that child.</p><p></p><p>Fingers crossed.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 636988, member: 1991"] husband said something to her yesterday morning. He'd read my post here and acted on it. easy child 2/difficult child 2 said that they're sure he's not autistic in any way. husband said, it's too soon to tell. easy child 2/difficult child 2 dropped him off with us for an hour. BG3 loves ceiling fans and he points to what he wants, usually raising his arm up and looking at what he's indicating, to 'ask' you to do something there for him. Yesterday it was the ceiling fan. He wanted it to move. It was too draughty to turn it on so we flicked it with our hands to make it turn. He watched it intently, then when it stopped, raised his arm again. When easy child 2/difficult child 2 was here, she was sitting down and indicated she couldn't reach it. He got more insistent and finally grabbed her hand to raise it to try and reach. I finally distracted him with other toys, but for about 15 minutes or more, it was ceiling fan. I have a older friend at church who is very High-Functioning Autism (HFA). We talked yesterday, he was discussing social avoidance as an early measure. Suggested I do some online reading. I'm going to do some digging and then suggest some strategies similar to what we did ourselves for difficult child 3 - use the intense interest areas to develop skills, and extend them into other areas. Basically, do our own early intervention. As our friend said to me yesterday, and easy child 2/difficult child 2 has said herself - if they produce an autistic child, they will actually be very well trained already to help that child. Fingers crossed. Marg [/QUOTE]
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