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<blockquote data-quote="Otto von Bismark" data-source="post: 479651" data-attributes="member: 12905"><p>We have known about the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) since he was 5. They were just questioning it in the hospital. We have gone the whole Asperger's route -- visual schedules, finding a special skill or interest, but it never seemed like just Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), because he was so slow cognitively. </p><p></p><p>The Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) -- I am actually a new FastForward Provider -- I was going to use the software on my dyslexic daughter, first, and see how it goes, but I think my difficult child son gets first dibs. We will be starting right after Thanksgiving. I will keep people posted. If you are right -- that would be great if we could reduce some of the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) struggles, so he can get a little focus in his life.....he told me today, when I asked him, that he hears me perfectly fine when we are alone, like driving in the car, but when there is a lot going on....he actually can't hear anything. Does that sound like Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). And....his classroom is full of 15 special needs kids, so I know it isn't calm and quiet. When he was in public school, I got them to agree to him having wireless headphones in class on his IEP. He hated using them, though.</p><p></p><p>CD -- you are right!! They already tried an AP medication -- Abilify, and he had hallucinations on it after one dose. I would love to see just a little empathy somehow. He has none. He admitted to NEVER feeling it ever, but he wishes that he could feel bad about lying or about killing the animals, so he could be like other people. That broke my heart.</p><p></p><p>IQ -- this is the part that I really think we have to adapt to, to help our kid. When I don't give him something to do, usually he just sits. Never plays, never does anything that shows that he is using his mind, really. His few tangents are just wastes of time, it seems -- nothing comes out of it. For instance, he will say he wants to draw a perspective drawing of our entire kitchen, then, when he can't -- I mean, that's really hard to do! -- he gets mad. I try to help him get started drawing smaller things -- have gotten him drawing books where you draw one shape at a time, have drawn with him, given him guidance to do abstracts, etc...he just quits after five or ten minutes.</p><p></p><p>I have gotten him coloring thing that aren't babyish -- there are some draw by number type things that are not for kids, and he will do that for a day or two. But...nothing lasts. No hobbies.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes he will read for a few minutes. Not long. He usually ends up just looking at his old school yearbooks and photo books. Our family is very sharp-witted. We are always going off on intellectual tangents, making word-plays, referencing obscure things, cracking political jokes, We need to change some of how we talk and what we talk about to keep him in the loop. I think this will be better for him when his sisters go to college.</p><p></p><p>So, I was thinking he was wasting time by just sitting there, before the diagnosis. I guess I never thought of a life that wasn't totally rich with learning and exploring -- even just exploring ideas. He just doesn't seem to want to do anything really. Now I wonder if that is IQ talking. </p><p></p><p>I try to give him stuff to interest him. I got him an iPod and we put some music on it (we had to take it away for about 6 months). We are trying some art stuff. Taking singing lessons. Giving him photos to look at....scrap booking, collecting money from around the world. No interest. He just wants to watch TV, or use technology ( which he uses inappropriately -- he just got his iPod back because he would have marathon iPod/masturbation sessions all night long on a school night -- we had to take it away). Is this lack of interest an IQ thing? He has always been like this, and there is no signs of depression in his testing.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again you guys, I am considering everything you all say and learning from it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto von Bismark, post: 479651, member: 12905"] We have known about the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) since he was 5. They were just questioning it in the hospital. We have gone the whole Asperger's route -- visual schedules, finding a special skill or interest, but it never seemed like just Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), because he was so slow cognitively. The Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) -- I am actually a new FastForward Provider -- I was going to use the software on my dyslexic daughter, first, and see how it goes, but I think my difficult child son gets first dibs. We will be starting right after Thanksgiving. I will keep people posted. If you are right -- that would be great if we could reduce some of the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) struggles, so he can get a little focus in his life.....he told me today, when I asked him, that he hears me perfectly fine when we are alone, like driving in the car, but when there is a lot going on....he actually can't hear anything. Does that sound like Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). And....his classroom is full of 15 special needs kids, so I know it isn't calm and quiet. When he was in public school, I got them to agree to him having wireless headphones in class on his IEP. He hated using them, though. CD -- you are right!! They already tried an AP medication -- Abilify, and he had hallucinations on it after one dose. I would love to see just a little empathy somehow. He has none. He admitted to NEVER feeling it ever, but he wishes that he could feel bad about lying or about killing the animals, so he could be like other people. That broke my heart. IQ -- this is the part that I really think we have to adapt to, to help our kid. When I don't give him something to do, usually he just sits. Never plays, never does anything that shows that he is using his mind, really. His few tangents are just wastes of time, it seems -- nothing comes out of it. For instance, he will say he wants to draw a perspective drawing of our entire kitchen, then, when he can't -- I mean, that's really hard to do! -- he gets mad. I try to help him get started drawing smaller things -- have gotten him drawing books where you draw one shape at a time, have drawn with him, given him guidance to do abstracts, etc...he just quits after five or ten minutes. I have gotten him coloring thing that aren't babyish -- there are some draw by number type things that are not for kids, and he will do that for a day or two. But...nothing lasts. No hobbies. Sometimes he will read for a few minutes. Not long. He usually ends up just looking at his old school yearbooks and photo books. Our family is very sharp-witted. We are always going off on intellectual tangents, making word-plays, referencing obscure things, cracking political jokes, We need to change some of how we talk and what we talk about to keep him in the loop. I think this will be better for him when his sisters go to college. So, I was thinking he was wasting time by just sitting there, before the diagnosis. I guess I never thought of a life that wasn't totally rich with learning and exploring -- even just exploring ideas. He just doesn't seem to want to do anything really. Now I wonder if that is IQ talking. I try to give him stuff to interest him. I got him an iPod and we put some music on it (we had to take it away for about 6 months). We are trying some art stuff. Taking singing lessons. Giving him photos to look at....scrap booking, collecting money from around the world. No interest. He just wants to watch TV, or use technology ( which he uses inappropriately -- he just got his iPod back because he would have marathon iPod/masturbation sessions all night long on a school night -- we had to take it away). Is this lack of interest an IQ thing? He has always been like this, and there is no signs of depression in his testing. Thanks again you guys, I am considering everything you all say and learning from it. [/QUOTE]
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