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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Where does everyone live? |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 5,161
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What am I to do? Why wont they listen? |
| DW_a_mom |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2008, 4:00 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,513
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| I am sorry to hear you have so much frustration! I think the milder cases, or cases with children who withdraw instead of acting out, are easy for busy teachers to miss. But knowing is such an important key - I am glad that now at least you know. Are you comfortable that this time the doctor has cal... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: to med or not to med |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2008, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,774
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| After reading some of the recent articles that have come out, I would suggest strong caution on any medication. One talked about dangerous side effects, and another notes that the major benefit from anti-depressants seems to result from the placebo effect - basically, you feel better because you bel... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Books on CD and Tape |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2008, 3:29 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,785
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| I'm with everyone else: absolutely love books on CD. We only use them in the car, but both my kids (one Aspie, one NT) LOVE them. Which is more than I can say for watching movies - my daughter is into movies but my Aspie son really is NOT. I hadn't known there was a rental service on the internet - ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What is it like to be a Parent of an Aspie? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 146
Views: 35,665
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| Now that we have some insights into our son, overall, I love having an Aspie child. Before diagnosis, without the insight that followed, it was more confusing and difficult. Understanding is such a key. My son is a mix of amazing abilities, and surprising inabilities. He can blow you out of the wate... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How to get my 10 yr old aspie son to clean his room??? |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,048
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| The right spot to put his flashlight? Lol, interesting. My son is rough on everything, as well, which is why we live with furniture that desperately needs to be replaced. Anything new will be trashed far too fast for us. I've told my son it's too bad we can't just build him a giant room with padded ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I'm not usually an alarmist, but this is worth the read |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2008, 2:15 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,161
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Medication should always be a last solution, avoided as much as possible. Because there really is much we still don't know about side effects.
I do worry that too many are too quick to medicate. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: The perfect job/major for me? |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2008, 7:32 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,649
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| I like many of the ideas above, and would add this one: transportation engineer. There actually are people who make a living by deciding what bus will stop at which stop and when. You mentioned a career in "business," and my caution there is that succeeding in business tends to require top social sk... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How to get my 10 yr old aspie son to clean his room??? |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2008, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 28
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| I really enjoyed the posts above from Apsies themselves that explained why keeping a room neat can be so difficult. I have this situation with my son, also, but it has improved over time. Like one poster said, he has discovered that he likes it neat, it's just very difficult for him to get there. Lo... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: The Remedial Effect (Low Expectations at School) |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2008, 7:00 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,939
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| My son's work is never cut unless there is a request by him or us. The school has left that in our control, when to say, "this is too much." I am really happy with it that way; my son wants to be part of the class, he wants to learn. He simply wants to be accommodated when he NEEDS to be accommodate... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do we deal with aggressive behaviour? |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2008, 2:40 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,084
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| Your son is trying to express himself, and doesn't know how. When he starts to act out, you might try saying, "I know you are upset and need to express it, but you cannot hurt others while doing so." Then consider asking him to stay in a separate room or a specific place until he can "gather himself... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Please help me. I do not know what to do! |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2008, 2:28 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,449
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| Ster, I guess I'm not into all the official vocabulary, but when we get to the part of the IEP meeting where behavior issues are supposed to be addressed, everyone always looks around the table and says, "we don't need a behavior plan." I guess I don't like looking at things as behavior plans, becau... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Please help me. I do not know what to do! |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2008, 8:04 pm
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Replies: 18
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| My personal sense is that a behavior plan isn't really appropriate. It doesn't strike me that your son is doing anything so "off" that it warrants the stress to him of working on it. You cannot expect him to be like other children; he will develope at an entirely different pace, far above average in... |
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