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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Familair with INPP? |
| megamum |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2012, 5:21 pm
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| Questor, they are basically a more refined and targetted version of 'brain gym' type stuff. They test a person's reflexes etc and make an exercise programme based on whether the person has retained any of their primitive reflexes that should have been suppressed in babyhood or toddlerhood. They make... |
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Forum: Stats Topic: Did your mother have post-natal depression? |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2012, 5:10 pm
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| I don't know i it's relevant, but I am the mother of one (possibly 2, younger one is a bit young to tell) asperger child and I never had PND after any of my pregnancies (I have 2 NT children) , and am in fact a baby wearer and bed sharer which is supposed to be very good for attachment (and both my ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: A Message to Neurotypicals |
| megamum |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2012, 4:50 am
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Replies: 29
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| I like the asperger portrayal in Nick Hornby's 'About a Boy' (the book, not the film!) - though they never explore his aspergers or his mother's really, but I do think they are gentle genuine portrayals. Nick Hornby has an autsitic son. House Rules - I thought there was far too much accommodation to... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Hi - I could really use some of your opinions |
| megamum |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2012, 9:04 am
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| Hi Questor the programme isn't meant to be 'therapy' really - I mean not in terms of family therapy or forcing people to socialise or anything. It's just about reframing young people to have a more positive view/understanding of their diagnosis than what is likely to have been shared with them - as ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Hi - I could really use some of your opinions |
| megamum |
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Posted: 29 Feb 2012, 5:53 pm
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| Hi all I am on Wrongplanet because I am the mother of a 10 year old aspie. However I am also in my working life an educational psychologist (in the UK - it's a pretty similar role to a school psychologist in the USA) who works on a multiagency diagnostic and support team for children and young peopl... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Any suggestions to help my son's social anxiety? Struggling! |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2012, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Thanks everyone for your thoughtful responses. Crazystarlight, do you think that he does what he thinks he should do? I'm never quite sure with G because when he's at home with me he is able to give all the 'correct answers' as to what he should have done. The bit he seemingly can't overcome is the ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Any suggestions to help my son's social anxiety? Struggling! |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 5:50 pm
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| My son is 10. He's great. He has aspergers and he's clever and funny and fabulous. However his particular manifestation is that his social communication skills in relation to greetings and 'chat' are particularly poor. He's not particularly rigid or obsessive though he has enough difficulties in thi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Teacher called my daughter lazy |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2012, 9:37 am
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Replies: 42
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| Everyone has been lovely on here. Thank you all so very much. I spoke with my husband again tonight about home schooling and he says, 'Let's go for it'. We just have to sort out details about exactly when we're going to hand in the letter to the school (which is the only legal requirement here). He... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Here's a big f*****g middle finger to the world |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2011, 4:14 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I don't find the world that way at all. I believe that 95% of the people 95% of the time are trying their best with the resources - intelligence, time commitments, environment, financial resources etc - that they have at their disposal. I think the trouble is that once people form an opinion they te... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Problem with Maths |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 9:15 am
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Replies: 12
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| Hi dsbonn I'm not certain what the prevailing difficulty is in NVLD. I thought the key feature was / is that children with NVLD are far more competently aurally (ie in auditory processing) than in visual or sequential/logical processing, which is different from most AS people. You say she is hyperle... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Am I missing something? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 6:00 am
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Replies: 6
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| Thanks Lucy. I had thought of letting him look at the children's section but the friendship thread for his age group is very quiet, which I think might discourage him a bit! I think you are right about not wanting our children to have issues. I think if we HAD had him diagnosed at 4 I'd have felt ve... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Am I missing something? |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 5:22 am
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| Hi, I'm Claire, I'm new My son is 9 and has aspergers. He's a grumpy wee thing at times. However I don't see him as diabled in any way. To my mind he has a different mind, not an inferior or broken mind. The way his brain works seems just as valid, just a bit different. Now I understand that I not o... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Problem with Maths |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 3:17 am
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Replies: 12
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| Hello My very first post on Wrong Planet! Has your daughter ever had a cognitive assessment? There is a small subgroup of children who appear autistic but don't have the usual strongly visual, logical learning style that is most typical on the spectrum. They actually have the opposite cognitive prof... |
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