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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2019, 4:49 pm
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| I fully get the isolation. When it came time for me to choose to withdraw my son from public school, I did not have anyone in my everyday life who thought it was a good idea. Everyone thought it was a terrible idea. But nobody knew the situation as well as I did, so it was hard to trust those opinio... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2019, 7:10 pm
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| re: history of tic disorder: none that I know of. my brother certainly would have been dx with ASD if he were a kid today, but in the 70s he was just considered a weirdo. but his behaviors were more like ASD-typical "stimming" behaviors like spinning. I don't remember his ever having vocal... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2019, 2:57 pm
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| I can hear my son (the 9-yr-old) right now, clearing his throat every 5 seconds. He's playing a video game. I have to ask myself, is HE frustrated by it? Upset by it? I feel like the answer is "no", and that in fact if there is a source of anxiety about it for him, it's mainly in that he c... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2019, 2:15 pm
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SocOfAutism wrote: This also works for the hiccups.
I'm definitely going to try that the next time I have the hiccups! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2019, 2:14 pm
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| Hi Dave, I'm sorry I'm just now finally getting around to responding to this! I'm glad to hear things are well at your house (in spite of the normal stress of a busy household, heh). Thank you for asking about my son-- he is doing really well. I rarely see any vocal tics in my oldest son anymore. My... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 3:02 pm
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| Dave-- so glad to be of help. In my family I am the Doer/Fixer/Mitigator, so yes, absolutely I relate to how you are feeling. This trait can be a tremendous asset when something does need fixing/solving, but it's not so great when patience and calm is warranted. I am absolutely terrible at "wai... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2018, 8:38 pm
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| Hi Dave, I'm glad what I wrote gave you some reassurance. I know very, very well the spiral of doom-thinking and stress you can get into, and that feeling that you need to DO something (but there's nothing to actually DO, so you just obsessively read stuff on the Internet.) I wanted to add some thou... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: HFA in Boy's Club |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2018, 3:45 am
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Thanks ASD_Mommy 
There were so many things I wanted to respond to in this thread but I don’t have the energy. I’m glad you do.
I agree with you that I feel good intentions from the OP, but there’s a lot to untangle here and I don’t know whether he wants to do that. :/ |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: HFA in Boy's Club |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2018, 7:04 pm
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| This thread was both fascinating and frustrating. It also reminded me of why I wound up pulling my kid from public school and homeschooling him- because otherwise well-meaning people who I believe really *wanted* to help him, were probably never going to actually understand him, and were pretty butt... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Severe Vocal Tic (4-year old boy), I'm his dad seeking help |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2018, 6:14 pm
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| My son, who is on the spectrum and has OCD, went through a phase of vocal tics that sounds very much like what you are describing. I remember it seemed to come on suddenly, although it's very possible that he was ticcing before and I just didn't notice because it wasn't as obvious a tic as the vocal... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Therapy for kids with Autism - worth it? |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2017, 3:48 pm
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| I wanted to add something after reading the response above this one, where it's advised to get help sooner rather than later, if you can afford it. I agree that's sound advice. Even though I've tried a lot of various therapies and at this point am happier to do things for my son on our own, I do thi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Therapy for kids with Autism - worth it? |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2017, 1:26 pm
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BuyerBeware wrote: teaching the child to optimize their functioning as an autistic is worth the time and trouble. Trying to teach the child to "become not autistic" is not.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Therapy for kids with Autism - worth it? |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2017, 1:53 pm
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| I haven't had much luck with therapies for my son. It's not that any of it was necessarily *harmful* (as was the experience of the previous poster), but it didn't do much to help my kid feel better, and was an ENORMOUS amount of money for something that did so little. For me, it was pretty clear whe... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: pressure to be social |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2017, 1:23 pm
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| At your daughter's age, I was at the height of what I then figured was social anxiety. (I now know that most likely I'm not only an undiagnosed Aspie but also just very introverted. I'm happiest when I'm one-on-one, or alone.) It's very frustrating to be around people who have very narrow definition... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Parents concealed my diagnosis from me? |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2017, 1:02 pm
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| I personally think it's very dangerous to withhold this information from a child. There is a huge risk of the child interpreting this as it being a "shameful secret". There are enough cues from the over-culutre in general that there is something WRONG with you without getting those cues of... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Are my non autistic children going to suffer? |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2016, 9:02 pm
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| Yes and no. If they are siblings and love the child, then yes. In a school (or other) environment many NT children are nasty pieces of work who enjoy riling the autistic kid up and laughing at his torment. I have witnessed this many times. ^^^^ THIS In my experience, at a public school, atypical ki... |
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