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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 135248" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Back when difficult child 3 was in Kindergarten I had the opportunity to attend an autism conference session at which Temple was speaking. difficult child 3's teacher was sitting with me and I felt very pleased to be able to stand up and say, "Not all teachers give your kid a hard time. Here is one whose blood's worth bottling." Both of us got a great deal out of the day and as we'd travelled there together we had plenty of time to talk about things on the way home. </p><p></p><p>I think Temple has since been back to Australia but I haven't had the chance to attend another conference. It was at that conference that I ordered my copy of "Thinking in Pictures" and after reading it I realised that it's slightly different for difficult child 3 - for him, the pictures also have subtitles.</p><p></p><p>What I really got from this - a sense of hope, that our boy needn't have the pessimistic prognosis we'd been originally given. But I also noticed that she is at times VERY rigid in her thinking; I've noticed this in her books, too - a lot of her understanding of autism comes from herself, it seems it is still hard for her to realise that some autistic people can think differently to her, or react differently. Which makes me wonder - will I EVER get difficult child 3 to be able to at least MIMIC empathy?</p><p></p><p>For anyone dealing with autism in your children - if you ever get the chance to hear Temple speak (and I would really love to meet her mother, too) then grab the chance.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of mothers, another Warrior Mum is the mother of Elissa Down who directed "The Black Balloon". The film was based on Elissa's experiences growing up with two autistic brothers. In the process of our three youngest kids being in that film, I got to meet Elissa's mother (and her profoundly autistic brother, Sean) and to really connect with her about the adventures of raising autistic kids. I applaud the casting choice of Toni Collette playing the mother in that film. Sean is still very much dependent on his mother, she is his interpreter because he can't speak, he signs instead.</p><p></p><p>Elissa's mother came to a few of the rehearsals and was there on the two days of filming we were there. Because I wasn't in the film I didn't have to rehearse (of course) and so we two mothers would sit and talk. There were other mothers there too, she talked to all of us, but I think I was the only one to also have multiple kids on the spectrum.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for that book.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 135248, member: 1991"] Back when difficult child 3 was in Kindergarten I had the opportunity to attend an autism conference session at which Temple was speaking. difficult child 3's teacher was sitting with me and I felt very pleased to be able to stand up and say, "Not all teachers give your kid a hard time. Here is one whose blood's worth bottling." Both of us got a great deal out of the day and as we'd travelled there together we had plenty of time to talk about things on the way home. I think Temple has since been back to Australia but I haven't had the chance to attend another conference. It was at that conference that I ordered my copy of "Thinking in Pictures" and after reading it I realised that it's slightly different for difficult child 3 - for him, the pictures also have subtitles. What I really got from this - a sense of hope, that our boy needn't have the pessimistic prognosis we'd been originally given. But I also noticed that she is at times VERY rigid in her thinking; I've noticed this in her books, too - a lot of her understanding of autism comes from herself, it seems it is still hard for her to realise that some autistic people can think differently to her, or react differently. Which makes me wonder - will I EVER get difficult child 3 to be able to at least MIMIC empathy? For anyone dealing with autism in your children - if you ever get the chance to hear Temple speak (and I would really love to meet her mother, too) then grab the chance. Speaking of mothers, another Warrior Mum is the mother of Elissa Down who directed "The Black Balloon". The film was based on Elissa's experiences growing up with two autistic brothers. In the process of our three youngest kids being in that film, I got to meet Elissa's mother (and her profoundly autistic brother, Sean) and to really connect with her about the adventures of raising autistic kids. I applaud the casting choice of Toni Collette playing the mother in that film. Sean is still very much dependent on his mother, she is his interpreter because he can't speak, he signs instead. Elissa's mother came to a few of the rehearsals and was there on the two days of filming we were there. Because I wasn't in the film I didn't have to rehearse (of course) and so we two mothers would sit and talk. There were other mothers there too, she talked to all of us, but I think I was the only one to also have multiple kids on the spectrum. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for that book. Marg [/QUOTE]
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