All About Autism

[Maple leaf]

Hi,


Many people including relatives friends and preschool teachers told me that my child has ASD. He has no eye contact with people, no gesture. People would stare at us when we brought him to the playground as he could not play freely by himself. We had a hard time raising him since he could not tell when he wails. I would try to find out whether he is hungry ,tired etc by guessiing.

He could speak only at 4 but he can read by 3. Meaning he can recognize words and pronounce them but he could not communicate as in answering simple questions such as "how old are you?" or "Are you hungry?"

Today,without any interventions, he is doing fine. Only problem is his verbal skills, he still have difficulty expressing himself which makes us wonder if we should have send him to a speech therapist. Besides that he is picking up social skills.(after 8 years old)

I would say autistic kids are late boomers in social or verbal skills. I know we parents of ASD kids need a lot of patience and encouragement for the kids. 10x or 100x more effort.

I share my experience here as I hope parents who has kids who have just diagnosed not to be too worried. It is not easy to parent them but be positive. Don’t panic. They are special. Try to explore their other talents , be it sports,music,art or any other, and groom. Look at what they are good at, you will feel better. Nurture their hidden talents or interest.

[Nebbermind]

Maple leaf:

Hi,


Many people including relatives friends and preschool teachers told me that my child has ASD. He has no eye contact with people, no gesture. People would stare at us when we brought him to the playground as he could not play freely by himself. We had a hard time raising him since he could not tell when he wails. I would try to find out whether he is hungry ,tired etc by guessiing.

He could speak only at 4 but he can read by 3. Meaning he can recognize words and pronounce them but he could not communicate as in answering simple questions such as \"how old are you?\" or \"Are you hungry?\"

Today,without any interventions, he is doing fine. Only problem is his verbal skills, he still have difficulty expressing himself which makes us wonder if we should have send him to a speech therapist. Besides that he is picking up social skills.(after 8 years old)

I would say autistic kids are late boomers in social or verbal skills. I know we parents of ASD kids need a lot of patience and encouragement for the kids. 10x or 100x more effort.

I share my experience here as I hope parents who has kids who have just diagnosed not to be too worried. It is not easy to parent them but be positive. Don't panic. They are special. Try to explore their other talents , be it sports,music,art or any other, and groom. Look at what they are good at, you will feel better. Nurture their hidden talents or interest.

Maple Leaf

Good to hear that your kid is progressing reasonably and your advice.

While I do not have any ASD kids, but I did encounter some and I would say that their behaviour or response varies from individual to individual, perhaps depending on which part of the spectrum their are classified in. Therefore, I believe that it is always good to consider possible intervention which will help the kids to become more independent.

Another point to note is that some kids may not be exposed to professional intervention and yet there are all these improvement over time. We should not forget that sometimes it's because we are doing similar things dispense by the pro. It's just like many claim that their kids donch have tuition but actually the amount of inhouse coaching, the amount of worksheet given by parents can be even more intensive than outsourced tuition. Not saying that parents lied but rather, they just didn't see their effort as a replacement of professional help.

Anyway, I believe you have put in tremendous effort in your ASD kid and really thankful for your encouraging words to the parents here. Every ASD is so diff and so any sharing is always helpful to parents who are trying to find ways to handle the challenges.

[Summer tan]

Hi all


I’m thinking of trying out homeopathy for my child. Has anyone tried and do u recommend it?

[Nebbermind]

Summer tan:

Hi all


I'm thinking of trying out homeopathy for my child. Has anyone tried and do u recommend it?

We have tried homoepathy but for sinus/sensitive nose issues. After about 4~5 visit, there wasn't any improvement so we stopped.

But we also tried osteopathy for ADHD related issues. You may wanna explore more in this area.

[Summer tan]

Nebbermind:

Summer tan:

Hi all


I'm thinking of trying out homeopathy for my child. Has anyone tried and do u recommend it?

We have tried homoepathy but for sinus/sensitive nose issues. After about 4~5 visit, there wasn't any improvement so we stopped.

But we also tried osteopathy for ADHD related issues. You may wanna explore more in this area.

My boy also hyper. I googled osteopathy after u mentioned but seems like it's more for bone related issues?

[Maple leaf]

I share my experience here as I hope parents who has kids who have just diagnosed not to be too worried. It is not easy to parent them but be positive. Don’t panic. They are special. Try to explore their other talents , be it sports,music,art or any other, and groom. Look at what they are good at, you will feel better. Nurture their hidden talents or interest.[/quote]


Maple Leaf

Good to hear that your kid is progressing reasonably and your advice.

While I do not have any ASD kids, but I did encounter some and I would say that their behaviour or response varies from individual to individual, perhaps depending on which part of the spectrum their are classified in. Therefore, I believe that it is always good to consider possible intervention which will help the kids to become more independent.

Another point to note is that some kids may not be exposed to professional intervention and yet there are all these improvement over time. We should not forget that sometimes it’s because we are doing similar things dispense by the pro. It’s just like many claim that their kids donch have tuition but actually the amount of inhouse coaching, the amount of worksheet given by parents can be even more intensive than outsourced tuition. Not saying that parents lied but rather, they just didn’t see their effort as a replacement of professional help.

Anyway, I believe you have put in tremendous effort in your ASD kid and really thankful for your encouraging words to the parents here. Every ASD is so diff and so any sharing is always helpful to parents who are trying to find ways to handle the challenges.[/quote]


Hi, Nebermind,

You are right. I forgot to mention that each ASD kids differ. I think each of the parents response is different ,too. I was shocked to hear that a parent who cried because her ASD son would not eat in public places and that is consider a sign. Also, walking tip-toe?

BTW, I think my kiddy is considered what they called 2es?

[Nebbermind]

Summer tan:

My boy also hyper. I googled osteopathy after u mentioned but seems like it's more for bone related issues?

You try to google osteopathy and adhd/autism.
Somehow they believe that when our body structure is not balanced, it will affect our behaviour. Something like if your skull is pressing against some part of the brain, you may act oddly. It seems quite probable as we have heard of people with brain/head tumour suddenly have behavioural change, sometimes turning aggressive etc.

We tried this path coz my kid was diagnosed ADHD but not the running/jumping type. His mind just float away from the surrounding and was not conforming socially. We didn't want him to be a liability or a social pest and so we would try anything to make him more 'ordinary'. Thank God he grew out of it!

[nugget]

ruru cat:

Hi there,


In one of the old postings, you all were debating about being able to read by 2yo but not able to talk as a red flag. Ehhh.... Sorry but if our kids cannot talk, how do we know they can read? Like for my son, I read him the few storybooks regularly and after sometimes, I ask him to pass me little red riding hood book and he will picked out the right one. Does it means he can read?

Hi Ruru cat,

My son is one of those can read before he can talk. He start recognising single words at 2 years old. How I know he can read was when I showed him the word \"Cat\" (words only, no pictures), he said cat. Showed him the word \"Book\", he said Book. I at first thought I have a genius child.

It was only after he turn 3.5 years old then school teacher tells me he doesnt socialize and often wander about in class. After sending to get diagnosed, we then know he has ASD. It was shocking to me as well. I cry at clinic. Totally unexpected.

Can I ask how you do know your 21 months have ASD? can you share your symptom he have? Cos I have a younger child, I am worry as well.

[Summer tan]

Nebbermind:

Summer tan:

My boy also hyper. I googled osteopathy after u mentioned but seems like it's more for bone related issues?

You try to google osteopathy and adhd/autism.
Somehow they believe that when our body structure is not balanced, it will affect our behaviour. Something like if your skull is pressing against some part of the brain, you may act oddly. It seems quite probable as we have heard of people with brain/head tumour suddenly have behavioural change, sometimes turning aggressive etc.

We tried this path coz my kid was diagnosed ADHD but not the running/jumping type. His mind just float away from the surrounding and was not conforming socially. We didn't want him to be a liability or a social pest and so we would try anything to make him more 'ordinary'. Thank God he grew out of it!

Thank you so much. Do u mind share the contact with me? My child not diagnosed for adhd ( i mean he is asd but we didnt send him for adhd) but he's always full of energy. Endless I would say. Thanks ya.

[Nebbermind]

Summer tan:

Thank you so much. Do u mind share the contact with me? My child not diagnosed for adhd ( i mean he is asd but we didnt send him for adhd) but he's always full of energy. Endless I would say. Thanks ya.

I found this info

[quote]My son sees Dr Loo at 1 Coleman, #B1-25 The Adelphi, Singapore 179803. Tel 63367110

After 3 sessions, he has improved eye contact and been talking more.

She works on Mon, Wed and Fri only[/quote]http://singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/5/2458801.html