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Help, do I need to see my GP about my little boy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 241022" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Another point especially with high-functioning autism - a lot of the "autism signs" we see, are stages of development (in my opinion). For example, echolalia, where achild repeats what they hear as chunks of phrases, or sometimes repeats what you said before they respond - it certainly seemed to be a necessary developmental stage for difficult child 3, one he had to go through as he slowly learned to communicate. For example, when he was non-verbal he would grab my hand and drag me to the fridge, make me open the fridge then point to the juice to indicate what he wanted.</p><p>After that when I was trying to make him talk, I would say to him, "Do you want juice?"</p><p>and initially he would respond simply be repeating, "want juice" then with "Do you want juice?" as a reply. After that I would get (after I asked, "Do you want juice?"), "Do you want juice? Yes please." </p><p>It was an adaptive process which he had to move through as he slowly gained skills. He seemed to know best what he needed and how he needed to learn. We did best with him when we let him do it how he wanted (within reason) and didn't ride him too hard on stims and tics.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to ask what questions you need to. It's why we're here! Chances are, some time sooon you might be in a position to answer someone else's questions and in so doing, pass on your own knowledge to others when they're feeling a bit swamped as you are now.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 241022, member: 1991"] Another point especially with high-functioning autism - a lot of the "autism signs" we see, are stages of development (in my opinion). For example, echolalia, where achild repeats what they hear as chunks of phrases, or sometimes repeats what you said before they respond - it certainly seemed to be a necessary developmental stage for difficult child 3, one he had to go through as he slowly learned to communicate. For example, when he was non-verbal he would grab my hand and drag me to the fridge, make me open the fridge then point to the juice to indicate what he wanted. After that when I was trying to make him talk, I would say to him, "Do you want juice?" and initially he would respond simply be repeating, "want juice" then with "Do you want juice?" as a reply. After that I would get (after I asked, "Do you want juice?"), "Do you want juice? Yes please." It was an adaptive process which he had to move through as he slowly gained skills. He seemed to know best what he needed and how he needed to learn. We did best with him when we let him do it how he wanted (within reason) and didn't ride him too hard on stims and tics. Feel free to ask what questions you need to. It's why we're here! Chances are, some time sooon you might be in a position to answer someone else's questions and in so doing, pass on your own knowledge to others when they're feeling a bit swamped as you are now. Marg [/QUOTE]
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