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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 19576" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>I do want to point out that improvement doesn't necessarily mean functioning. Information learned and not used is just a lot of words. Intelligence is using that information to function, problem solve and to improve.</p><p> I watched that program and was heartened that there is research and improvement but there is a leap by those who aren't touched by kids on the spectrum that the child protrayed will have a life like the others. The statistics still do not bare this out. Very few are employed full time and almost all are underemployed. Almost none are in a significant relationship. Most are loners and eccentric. We are in the very early stages of helping small children to learn to use their intelligence to learn skills they need to master the real world. Our hope and push has got to be more research and more intensive treatment as well as creating environments so that the adults within the spectrum can have a life. Apartment complexes or campuses that allow socialization without allowing the adults to be victimized,minimized or barely tolerated. </p><p> The best part of difficult child going away to school in NY is that he had a group of friends. They helped each other but they had fun. It was their version but it was just so healthy to see him appropriately socialized. He is having a hard time with the changes. His friends who seem to have less attachments are moving on. By being less affected he is suffering more. I love that he has had that experience and craves more of it. Even a serious dating relationship that turned sour is a life experience that is typical. It's important he had the same types of experiences that his n/t peers have had. </p><p></p><p>Again, I am heartened to see progress being made for the young children but we are far from seeing these kids be part of the mainstream of life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 19576, member: 3"] I do want to point out that improvement doesn't necessarily mean functioning. Information learned and not used is just a lot of words. Intelligence is using that information to function, problem solve and to improve. I watched that program and was heartened that there is research and improvement but there is a leap by those who aren't touched by kids on the spectrum that the child protrayed will have a life like the others. The statistics still do not bare this out. Very few are employed full time and almost all are underemployed. Almost none are in a significant relationship. Most are loners and eccentric. We are in the very early stages of helping small children to learn to use their intelligence to learn skills they need to master the real world. Our hope and push has got to be more research and more intensive treatment as well as creating environments so that the adults within the spectrum can have a life. Apartment complexes or campuses that allow socialization without allowing the adults to be victimized,minimized or barely tolerated. The best part of difficult child going away to school in NY is that he had a group of friends. They helped each other but they had fun. It was their version but it was just so healthy to see him appropriately socialized. He is having a hard time with the changes. His friends who seem to have less attachments are moving on. By being less affected he is suffering more. I love that he has had that experience and craves more of it. Even a serious dating relationship that turned sour is a life experience that is typical. It's important he had the same types of experiences that his n/t peers have had. Again, I am heartened to see progress being made for the young children but we are far from seeing these kids be part of the mainstream of life. [/QUOTE]
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