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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 45145" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Michl, I understand your disgust HOWEVER lots of kids on the spectrum DON'T CARE about social norms. I have to bribe my fourteen year old to shower and brush his teeth. He doesn't care what others think of him because he's autistic and social norms and even hygiene don't matter to him. He thinks differently. Your child is different and will not think like you. You didn't answer me: Are you aware of what Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is and is your child getting help for the autism? Kids can LEARN social norms. They still may not care about them and need reminding and they may decide not to worry about it anyways, BUT the child will NOT know the simple things that others pick up all the time if she is not taught. Your child needs many interventions, not your anger. I don't blame you--it's hard, but it's great to educate yourself on this disorder. People with autism have a totally different way of perceiving the world--this is regardless of whether they have very low functioning classic autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or Aspergers Syndrome. Their brains are wired differently and "normal" parenting methods and arguments DO NOT WORK. The more you push, the more frustrating the confused child may get. These kids find the world extremely confusing. If you wish to learn more, I am going to give you the option of going to a few links and check them out. This child is not BAD, he is DIFFERENT, and he can be greatly helped, but medications are not the answer to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The ODD and ADD are part of the disorder. I hope you take him to a neuropsychologist who can maybe explain him to you better. in my opinion you are not understanding your child, and he desperately needs you to because he is likely deficient in perceiving people and life in a "typical" way and he needs much, much, much more guidance than a "typical" child. Let me state it again--Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER. It is NOT a mental illness. It is a different way of thinking and early interventions work best, but it's never too late unless you let him turn eighteen with no help specific to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 45145, member: 1550"] Michl, I understand your disgust HOWEVER lots of kids on the spectrum DON'T CARE about social norms. I have to bribe my fourteen year old to shower and brush his teeth. He doesn't care what others think of him because he's autistic and social norms and even hygiene don't matter to him. He thinks differently. Your child is different and will not think like you. You didn't answer me: Are you aware of what Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is and is your child getting help for the autism? Kids can LEARN social norms. They still may not care about them and need reminding and they may decide not to worry about it anyways, BUT the child will NOT know the simple things that others pick up all the time if she is not taught. Your child needs many interventions, not your anger. I don't blame you--it's hard, but it's great to educate yourself on this disorder. People with autism have a totally different way of perceiving the world--this is regardless of whether they have very low functioning classic autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified or Aspergers Syndrome. Their brains are wired differently and "normal" parenting methods and arguments DO NOT WORK. The more you push, the more frustrating the confused child may get. These kids find the world extremely confusing. If you wish to learn more, I am going to give you the option of going to a few links and check them out. This child is not BAD, he is DIFFERENT, and he can be greatly helped, but medications are not the answer to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The ODD and ADD are part of the disorder. I hope you take him to a neuropsychologist who can maybe explain him to you better. in my opinion you are not understanding your child, and he desperately needs you to because he is likely deficient in perceiving people and life in a "typical" way and he needs much, much, much more guidance than a "typical" child. Let me state it again--Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified is AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER. It is NOT a mental illness. It is a different way of thinking and early interventions work best, but it's never too late unless you let him turn eighteen with no help specific to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). [/QUOTE]
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