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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Broken homes and autistic kids |
| KimJ |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2008, 11:53 am
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Replies: 41
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| Since he decided to do this without my consent or prior knowledge, I'm not sure what was said. My son isn't a reliable reporter yet, and he may not want to discuss it. Or he may want to talk about the beautiful woman who stayed at Dad's all weekend. Since Ex is reneging on so much, I'm really cluele... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Broken homes and autistic kids |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 4:28 pm
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Replies: 41
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| Ex had developmental delays and was a lot like Pop as a child but that abruptly changed once he entered puberty. He "snapped out of it" and developed social skills (through intense practice) and taught himself academics. He went from reading nothing to reading really sophisticated stuff and a lot of... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: When ideal to tell lover your an aspie? |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I introduce myself as someone who is interested in autism and has an autistic son. Eventually I break out the song and dance that I'm Aspie or I refer to my autistic traits. I haven't done this in a dating situation but friends. I will use this same MO with dates. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Broken homes and autistic kids |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 1:03 pm
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| That's a new thing too. We didn't have hardly any outside friends and if we did, Pop would latch onto them something fierce. We rarely ever had anyone over at the house, we might take him to friends' houses. I think Ex was suggesting that this woman would be around a lot. I know from experience. Whe... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Broken homes and autistic kids |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 10:30 am
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| jenk, thanks for sharing. Yeah, my husband had a horrific experience with the "step"parents as well and an absent (deadbeat) father. But now he thinks Pop is old enough to handle it and he believes we'll be careful to protect our son from harm. I guess I didn't really expect him to want to introduce... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Broken homes and autistic kids |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 4:26 am
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| Well, it's not really cheating if we're already separated. And I'm not going to initiate a legal proceeding until we are financially secure. Any legalistic action could hurt our son and I'm not willing to jeopardize that. I'm more interested in ASD kids and their development and how this kind of thi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Broken homes and autistic kids |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 2:04 am
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| I wouldn't call him an as*hole, not at this point. There is a whole complicated reason behind the split. But yeah, this new girlfriend thing sucks and I think he's being deceitful about it. I've tried explaining the separation to my son. He's like me though (big surprise), "well, you just need to ge... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Broken homes and autistic kids |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 12:49 am
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| As I announced a few months ago, my husband and I separated. We attempted to reconcile (I thought) but apparently he was just doing it because this woman he liked was unavailable and he was angry that he was "losing his son". That's the past 3 months in a nutshell. Two weeks ago, he broke up for one... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Music Therapy |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2008, 9:39 am
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Replies: 4
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| Here in the States it comes in different forms. Generally it's like a general music class, allowing the children to listen to music, play instruments and move around (dance). I think there are versions with "therapists" and some with teachers. I never enrolled my son with this but we always had musi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Flagstaff?? |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2008, 9:33 am
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Replies: 2
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| Does anyone with ASD kids live here or know families that live here? I'm researching other places to live and this is one of them. I'll do more searches online but I thought I'd start here first. 1) Experience with schools? Is there a big difference in neighborhoods? 2)Experience with neighbors, com... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2008, 1:16 am
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Replies: 15
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| I've been receiving CBT for almost 2 years now. It's helped with the bad "mental habits" but I've had stalemates with the more organic sources of my mood disorder and "moving onward". It's possible that it's my therapist that has held me back in some of those cases rather than a general problem with... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Have a setback or is he regressing? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2008, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I had two different thoughts: 1) The things you described could be signs of stress. Give a lot of thought to things that might be stressing your son, and work to mitigate them. 2) A sense of regression at this age is very normal with AS kids. This went through my head as I read Mum's post. 5 is a t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Fussy eating is back |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2008, 12:54 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I will repeat the oatmeal recommendation. Oatmeal is a great food that has lots of benefits. It has a surprising amount of iron in it. My son is pretty much a vegetarian as well. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: 18 year old AS/Bipolar son , when do you get tough? |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2008, 9:08 am
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Replies: 26
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| I believe if he has an IEP, he should still be eligible for care/education under the school district. I will disagree that an Aspie ought to be able to care for themselves independently at 18. Especially since it's obvious he got no training for it. However, I was able to hold down a job and do some... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Constipation.... |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2008, 8:51 am
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Replies: 20
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| I make sure my son eats oatmeal with wheat germ every morning. Currently he likes refried beans too. Lots of fiber. Otherwise, he will get backed up too. Luckily he doesn't have sensory issues with BM and he tells me when "it hurts" so I know he's missing something in his diet. Things that constipat... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Son- Rise program |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2008, 11:26 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,490
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| I had a friend who enlisted the help of the Son-Rise program. Essentially it is a "cure" for autism. It's expensive because you hire someone to come to your house and "evaluate" your child (and how you interact with him/her) and then prescribe a therapy regimen, then it seems rather involved with vi... |
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