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Auroraglory
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07 Mar 2010, 12:07 am

I have Asperger's. My daughter is NT. She is now 16. Before she went through her change, I made a plan that I wish my mom would have done for me. Getting my first period was extremely frightening. I thought I was dying when I seen the blood.
For my daughter, I imagined what would make it better.
I sat and told her that she is going to turn into a woman. There will be changes to her body. I went through it all. I told her that the most important part was getting her first period. I told her it was a joyous time and a time to celebrate because it marked a passage into official womanhood. Every now and then I would ask if she got her pass. I tried to make it an exciting event. So when she finally got hers, she came and gave me a hug and announced she has begun her womanhood. I held a private party with my mom, myself and my daughter. I cooked her favourite meal, made a cake, got balloons and just celebrated her.



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07 Mar 2010, 8:38 am

Auroraglory wrote:
I have Asperger's. My daughter is NT. She is now 16. Before she went through her change, I made a plan that I wish my mom would have done for me. Getting my first period was extremely frightening. I thought I was dying when I seen the blood.
For my daughter, I imagined what would make it better.
I sat and told her that she is going to turn into a woman. There will be changes to her body. I went through it all. I told her that the most important part was getting her first period. I told her it was a joyous time and a time to celebrate because it marked a passage into official womanhood. Every now and then I would ask if she got her pass. I tried to make it an exciting event. So when she finally got hers, she came and gave me a hug and announced she has begun her womanhood. I held a private party with my mom, myself and my daughter. I cooked her favourite meal, made a cake, got balloons and just celebrated her.


That is so wonderful. Slowly, one by one we can change attitudes in our culture like this. Congratulations on being a wonderful mom. :)



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07 Mar 2010, 9:16 am

I bought my daughter a pecs/schedule for her periods from ebay (£4.99) which I think is very helpful (its titled "monthly cycle board" in ebay search)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Autism-Special-Ed ... 2a0535705d

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