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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic brains "wired" differently or not ? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2014, 2:59 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,331
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| Temple Grandin promotes this theory in many of her presentations, and shows CT scans of her brain as evidence. Is this true? And if so, then I don't understand why there are so many other theories promoted as to why ASD people function they way they do :?: She says in her presentations that ASD peo... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Accepting your child as is and being Happy |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2014, 2:46 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,344
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| Redbox, I have never grieved as I've never lost anything as far as I am concerned. Neither have my kids who both have Aspergers. They've alway had it and the diagnosis changed nothing except give us some understanding, which as far as my wife and I are concerned was a good thing. We couldn't lose wh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Effective punishment for aggressive child? Help please |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 3:25 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,022
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| I think we need to differentiate between the punishment and intervention. When a situation occurs where someone is a risk, be that third party or the individual in question then at the time it may be necessary to do something physical to prevent the situation becoming significantly worse. The immedi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Christmas Presents for Autistic child |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 1:00 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,187
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| This may sound crappy, but often we used presents as an opportunity to move DS tangentially away from his obsessions. (DS does like presents and expects them - we had to read Harry Potter in order to get him to stop equating # of presents with love like Dudley) So, when he was obsessed with superhe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: UKIP's nightmare vision for Britains political future. |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2014, 11:02 pm
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Replies: 7
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| I agree UKIP are a disaster waiting to happen. I don't think they have much of a vision though as they essentially have 2 issues. The EU and immigration. The EU like is something we need to stay in. It's far from perfect but if we can renegotiate a few things we will be good. Pulling out and being a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger people unable to take care of children - DK webpage |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2014, 2:15 pm
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Replies: 12
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| The danish article is based on an article by Sheila Jennings Linehan, Toronto: ?High conflict and Asperger?s syndrome? apparently published by the english National Autistic Society. Oh yes, Sheila Jennings Linehan. I remember that article too. Sheila Jennings Linehan was a family lawyer and a legal... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Understanding the big picture |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2014, 7:25 am
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Replies: 19
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| While trying to explain all the why's, I also told my son that he would soon be large and strong enough for the law to hold him fully accountable, and if he couldn't learn to control his impulse to hit or grab things or throw, he could very well end up in jail. That this is the way society is: peop... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: why is being diagnosed Aspergers important for adult? |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2014, 7:24 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,199
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| One advantage for an adult in an Aspergers diagnosis is not getting misdiagnosed with social anxiety, bi-polar or many of the others. Eg Susan Boyle was told she had brain damage from being deprived of oxygen at birth. I firmly believe some doctors prefer a misdiagnosis of something they have a pil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ideas on how best to help my 11 yr. old son? |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2014, 7:08 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,415
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| My daughter got her diagnosis yesterday. She is 12 and actually attended the meeting in which we were told at her own insistence as she understood what was on the table as her brother has had a diagnosis for 6 or 7 yrs. Getting the diagnosis seems to have helped already although she did try it on th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ideas on how best to help my 11 yr. old son? |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2014, 5:14 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,415
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| My daughter got her diagnosis yesterday. She is 12 and actually attended the meeting in which we were told at her own insistence as she understood what was on the table as her brother has had a diagnosis for 6 or 7 yrs. Getting the diagnosis seems to have helped already although she did try it on th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Diagnosis and disassociation |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2014, 5:25 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,100
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| Not much experience (had an acquaintance many years ago who was a survivor of horrific childhood abuse and had multiple personalities, but can't say I learned much). I would guess that, in the case of an Aspie kid, disassociation would be either an attempt to shield oneself from the sensory and soc... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Diagnosis and disassociation |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2014, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Well my daughter had her ASD assessment today and rather than go back for a follow up was given a "clear ASD" diagnosis on the spot, which was superb. There was little doubt in our minds but getting rid of the uncertainty already seems to have boosted my daughter. They confirmed she would previously... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does playing with hair count as stimming? |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2014, 6:51 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,149
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| My daughter does it all the time. We used to try and stop her until we realised it was stimming. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: The SIMS. Good or bad for a confused mind? |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2014, 6:43 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,675
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| I did use the notice period the first weekend so she was not asked to drop everything, except maybe when completely needed. However we thought about it more and decided to do some extra up front planning. So before she was allowed to start playing she had to do a couple of chores and complete some s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why alcohol drinking age are so high in some countries? |
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Posted: 28 Sep 2014, 2:43 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,684
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| The problem with drinking behaviours is nothing to do with drinking age IMO. In the UK we have an appalling attitude to alcohol. Not only do we have too many young drinkers, but cross the board we had too many binge drinkers, too much alcohol related illness no so on. The problem is our culture. We ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: The SIMS. Good or bad for a confused mind? |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 1:02 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,675
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| The jury is out on this one. Not so much the virtual world side of things, but it has quickly become too important. Even being asked to step away from the game for a few minutes becomes a major issue. We've had a discussion and reset, so hopefully next weekend is better - the kids are not allowed we... |
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