RE: Kids w/ Classic Autism, PDD-NOS & Speech Delays

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I have a series of great presentations by the Yale Child Study Center on my free Autistic Kids Channel on YouTube. The presenters are doctors and professors, and, of course, Yale is a very well-respected university. I also have other presentations in the "favorites" section of the channel.

I am a scholar and lawyer myself, and tend to go for the more authoritative stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/user/vids4autkid ... BR5NUMN7_0

Above is a link to one of the presentations.

http://www.youtube.com/user/vids4autkids1

Above is a link to the channel, if you just want to search around and see all of the presentations.

My free website, which has a lot of great links and is currently being re-organized, is www.freevideosforautistickids.com.

Re: question about authoritative articles. More sources:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed --searchable library of scholarly articles on various medical conditions.

http://www.neurodiversity.com/main.html --website with many scholarly articles about autism

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/ --official child development information from the U.S. government

"Articles" section of this site.

Also, the "autism links" page of my free website, www.freevideosforautistickids.com, has links to many other web pages with article collections and other resources.

Just changed my location on my profile!

Both kids were fine on the flight and actually slept through most of it without us having to do much of anything.

Also my son suddenly started writing out addition problems on his magnadoodle...

That is great that the flight went so well! My four-year-old sometimes writes addition problems on his magnadoodle, too.

I have been trying to update my website in order to integrate a lot of the videos from the YouTube channels and to make page navigation easier. Super busy here.

Also, a clear copy of my older son's records, showing his progress over a three-year-period, is now on my website. (See link below).

http://www.freevideosforautistickids.co ... of_Son.php

Anyway, there are two slide shows on this page. The top is a more complete collection of records with commentary that got blurred when uploaded to YouTube. The bottom is a collection of most of the records without sound. The bottom collection is clear if enlarged to "full screen." According to the records, he has clearly improved, especially in the areas of speech and IQ. However, he is still autistic.

I want people to know that some kids out there have the potential to improve a lot, even if they do not lose the autism label.

Wreck I'm glad that you changed your location and you can live in your country

Thanks

I was worried he'd be freaking out about everything but he's adjusting fine. He is used to riding in a car already (Tokyo is all about the trains and plain old walking) and he said the dept store Target was "so fun."

We brought him to Dunkin Donuts and he wiped his hands on his clothes and hair, spending the rest of the day smelling like frosting...anyone have any ideas on getting him to use a napkin?

I had to google Dunkin Donuts, it doesn't exist in Italy... it sound he behaves like most kids.

We call Target "The Circle Store". My son usually has a fit if he doesn't get to climb through the giant concrete circle or stand on the big red concrete balls that are in front of our local Target. For the napkin I'd try to make a game of it. I had a tin of beeswax hand balm my son got into recently, I found the cap but the container was missing ... I found my son with very greasy hair and eventually the tin with big scoops missing from it.

It sounds like he is doing very well! All I can think of with the napkin is to be prepared. Have one ready when you eat messy foods and ask him to use it. (Mine don't think about it either, I had four boys with autism over to my house on Sunday afternoon [including my own two], and I had to tell everyone to wash his hands after eating ice cream.)

Thanks, will keep trying with the napkins...so far he seems to be comfortable with everything in the US but the showers...Japanese ones are a lot bigger and more open than the "shower head in a tub" we have in the US.

He seems to be pulling on his diaper a lot lately when it's full...I wonder if we can get him potty trained by his fourth birthday?

I would personally give it a try while your family is available to help out.

My younger son still has to be reminded to go potty, but he'll do it. He is also showing a little more anxiety lately, probably because I've been busy. I've also possibly noticed some echolalia with him, which I have never noticed before with him.

My older son used to have what is called "delayed echolalia," where he would repeat stuff from videos and his speech flashcards. My younger son repeats stuff immediately, like an echo--video games, videos, me reading aloud. He has only done it a few time, but it is worrisome.

I admit that I have been busier than usual lately and the ABA therapist has been on vacation for over 2 weeks. However, how is he supposed to handle kindergarten? I cannot be his shadow or security blanket for the rest of his life.

I don't want to have to increase his meds or have to use the special ed services at the school (which are not very good) for him.

Bought training pants today. Wish me luck!

Good luck!

Lots of luck!

Sooo....how's it going? Or shouldn't we ask?

We've concluded my DS has some sensory issue about toileting, as he is mostly trained but still prefers to wet his trousers than use the toilet sometimes. It has been suggested he likes the feeling of a full bladder, which is a bit hard to do anything about!

I just sent someone to Carly's web site http://carlysvoice.com/ and I looked under "what Carly recommends" I did not know about some of these programs. We bought almost everything for our sensory room....the kids are going to have so much fun! I see you moved back to the states Wreck-Gar.....happier?

I have to go get assessed for Asperger's by a French Psychiatrist tomorrow. I told my husband to ask her what Autism is and if she says anything about it being mental/psychosis we are out of there LOL....she speaks English, I will give her heck. So we shall see if the French are able to accurately diagnose a very obvious adult female Aspie. My Psychiatrist in the US had never diagnosed an adult woman before but he said after the second meeting he had no doubt in his mind. The lady that diagnosed my son also offered to diagnose me but I was already diagnosed har!