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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Quirky kid does/does not = "Regular" High School |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2008, 2:43 am
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Correction: he still stims, but he has certain "I'm absolutely overwhelmed and over-stressed" stims that stopped when the high school question left the table.
I guess I don't consider the non-overwhelmed stims "stims" - they're just part of him, his regular mannerisms, you know?
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: OCD in Apsie making (home)school hard |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 3:40 pm
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| I guess I am still stuck in the public school mode and need to find my homeschool footing "They" say it takes a year of homeschooling to "undo" the public schooling mindset. I found that to be true myself, and have seen it to be true for everyone I know. I have books that tell me what they need to ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Quirky kid does/does not = "Regular" High School |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2008, 3:31 am
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Oh - check my update - he decided to stay home as soon as he saw the "freshman orientation". Much happier kid, stimming has stopped, etc.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Quirky kid does/does not = "Regular" High School |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2008, 2:41 pm
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| We're in a one high school place. Literally. It's alright. He knows everyone isn't the stereotypes (I think, I hope - we've discussed it!), and he has even met a football player with a brain... I am actually intending to have him take a couple of classes at the school (physics comes to mind) at some... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: OCD in Apsie making (home)school hard |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2008, 1:39 pm
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| My kiddo is doing 9th grade this year (homeschool). This is the first year he will have timed tests, and that is only because I am starting him on the road towards the SAT. I have HS'd since 4th grade, and have found more success (and less all-around pain) in teaching to mastery than in teaching to ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Quirky kid does/does not = "Regular" High School |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2008, 1:18 pm
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| Thought I would update this post, as high school has "started". I took kid to what passes for freshman orientation in these parts. The main portion took place in a very loud gymnasium, with all of the different clubs sending a representative up to a microphone to give a spiel. Then there was a (rath... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Jobs for teen Aspies? |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2008, 9:54 am
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My kid fully intends to get a job either at a Lego retail outlet or at a Lego Land. All of the employees at our local Lego store appear to be spectrum.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Asperger's Schools |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2008, 4:46 pm
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This is the school I wanted to send kiddo to (you know, if I had a trust fund...):
Brandon Hall
They even have a boarding school for people who need that option. The methodology is just... exceptional.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Homework |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2008, 11:50 am
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| Teach him in school. That's what it's for. I'll help with projects and some extra stuff...but we have little enough time together without them intruding with overtime. You know... Yeah. I simply didn't have the kind of homework (if any) that I see children being given today. In the US, I blame it o... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Where can I learn more - Physics and Computers. |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2008, 7:26 pm
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What is your operating system of choice? |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2008, 7:21 pm
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Aranittara wrote: I'm happy with Mac 10.5 Leopard
Ditto.
MacHead since 1988
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Speech problems |
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Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 5:08 pm
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| I had to have a great deal of speech therapy as a child (kindergarden through third or fourth grade). Mine did revolve around my tongue; a tongue 'thrust' to be specific. It was a real pain to correct, and I still mess up my sounds if I am very tired or angry (speaking too quickly). I remember the t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Faking Aspergers? brain cancer, and wheelchair |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2008, 6:10 pm
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| Not to mention the fact that there are people with genuine disabilities who scam the system, usually by doing something like claiming their disability benefits twice, usually out of a desperate effort to get livable amounts of money from a system that gives amounts of money that very few people wou... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Quirky kid does/does not = "Regular" High School |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2008, 4:42 pm
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| You are VERY unlikely to convince the Aspie he isn't smarter than everyone else if you are a NT. Aspies spend years trying to understand how NTs minds work and how to affect them. NTs generally spend little or no time trying to figure out how Aspies minds work. Even if you are as smart as him your ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Faking Aspergers? brain cancer, and wheelchair |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2008, 4:22 pm
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| I don't know. I'm not ascribing motives to the original poster, as I don't know who they are, and I don't know what their aim is or is not (nor do I care). I found the article itself interesting, and this is why: Where ever I go in this world, I encounter people who assume I am "faking" something . ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autims and cures...another distrubing thing on autism speaks |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2008, 6:11 pm
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| They are also focused on the symptons of autism, and considering what people in this forum would refer to as illnesses that minic autism, or are associated with autism, as BEING autism . I was just given that description in a blog discussion: everything that meets the diagnostic criteria is autism,... |
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