All About Autism

[August22]

AnnPhan, I live in Seng Kang too.

My boy is born same month as yours too.

It seems like ur boy is ok now, he can communicate , play with friends.... etc ..how come still need to go Matta?

Which kindergarten did u put him?
Did u put him to inclusive school?
Or a normal school?


I’m new to kiasu parent, dunno how to PM... if u dun mind , can PM me ur contact?

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August22\" post_id=\"1916689\" time=\"1561957568\" user_id=\"178887:[quote=August22 post_id=1916689 time=1561957568 user_id=178887]:rahrah: Hi Annphan


Thanks for sharing.

Guess our boys are the same age?
Mine 2014, April.

How is ur Son expressive speech and communication?
Does he has echolalia or scripting?
Does he goes to speech therapy?
Where did he learn Swimming?


From AnnPhan
Hi August22,

Yes, my boy is 2014 Apr of birth.

How is ur Son expressive speech and communication?

On my observation, he is able to answer our/teacher's question as a normal speech with the full sentence, but sometime it depends on his mood, we need to encourage him, talk nicely to him...
He also has a lot of friend at school and playground now and they play very happily together.
Comparing to his 3-4yrs old age, teacher said he did not want to play with any kid and prefer to play alone at the playground and did not border any one.
From my opinion, our kids do not want to play with others as he feels others are strange & not like him, or he feels unconfident... so first I play with him and treat him as a friend to build his confident & happiness when playing in group, second, I make friend to his classmates to join together with me and my son on the school trip, playing time, then, at the playground, I try to connect him with new friend...

Does he has echolalia or scripting?
My son likes to watch abc song, number song on youtube, so I decide to watch together with him and teach him through the song.
Honestly, I think its our fault that we let him watch youtube too much once he 2-3yrs old.
So now we control the timing about 1-2hrs/day and learning together. I feel he more interested once I watch and sing a song together. From there, I will teach the basic manners, ask and answer in full sentences, we learn English grammar, phonics, hanyipinying, he also like to learn abc, number In different languages, such as French, German, Japanese, Arabic... so we learn together and have fun...

Does he goes to speech therapy?
We did not go for speech therapy, we learn through youtube and video, I bought a lot of flashcard and learn with him and home.
At Shichida class, he can answer about 80% teacher's questions, sometime is faster then his classmate and he has good memories I think.
But please do not force our dear son to study too much, I think its better with step by step, one subject by one subject, take it slowly with a lot of encouragements, once we build his interested, he will catch up very fast, sometime I cant believe he can do it...there is a lot fun and happiness along the journey if we take it easy.
There is the lesson I got once I forced him to learn Piano, at the first day, the Teacher said he is amazing and has talent in Piano, then we signed for the 3 months course and forced him to go, 2nd lesson is ok, 3rd lesson so so, then start from the 4th lesson, he tried to except and did not want to cooperate anymore.
So we stop now but still let him listen to some piano songs and I want to try again by next yr.
We love all everything of him so we will not feel stressful any more. We event loves his autism actions like jumping/or clap his hand when happy, shake the head when he learn some new things, we join him and copy his actions, its amazing, he laughed a lot when saw we do so, we really enjoy the time, since then he reduces most of his autism actions...I think he feel they are funny...

Where did he learn Swimming?
He learns swimming at Sengkang pool. Now swim like a little dog... we just try for fun and let him enjoy water more.

Hope its useful to you We try hard ya...

[Annphan]

Dear August22, I sent pm to you. Thanks

[June Tew]

Hi everyone,


I m new to this forum.
I have heard from a friend recently about using fingerprint profiling to discover the inborn traits of kids and she shared that she has worked with autistic children. The experience was amazing and it benefitted the parents and the kid as the parents are able to handle their kid better. They are now a happier family.

[Anny-Walker]

Few days ago he can count from 1 to 10. He can also sing ABC song and even recognise and say out A B C and O letter. But he still cant call us papa mama despite teaching him everyday, I couldn’t understand why is it so. Is it because he is not interested in people? Is there any way I can do to help him to talk?

[August22]

How old is your boy?

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Few days ago he can count from 1 to 10. He can also sing ABC song and even recognise and say out A B C and O letter. But he still cant call us papa mama despite teaching him everyday, I couldn't understand why is it so. Is it because he is not interested in people? Is there any way I can do to help him to talk?

[sandraisies]

Anny-Walker\" post_id=\"1917336\" time=\"1562166794\" user_id=\"178996:

Few days ago he can count from 1 to 10. He can also sing ABC song and even recognise and say out A B C and O letter. But he still cant call us papa mama despite teaching him everyday, I couldn't understand why is it so. Is it because he is not interested in people? Is there any way I can do to help him to talk?

Hi, curious to find out how did your son learn the ABC song and how did he start recognizing the letters? If u can figure that out maybe u can use the same techniqeu to teach him papa mama? My husband and I realized early on that our son is better with reading than with images.. so we printed out lots of words. I even bought a laminating machine so I can make flashcards. The traditional method of using picture association didn't work well for my son. Have to experiment and find a method that works..

[Vanz]

I must say Autism Step has helped us in so many ways. Therapy V has improved my son a lot. They are really good!! I would definitely recommend them!

[chartyl]

sandraisies\" post_id=\"1917106\" time=\"1562127609\" user_id=\"177520:

Your story is so encouraging and I totally agree with you! Our children just need our guidance I do the same for my son, he was also diagnosed with autism and husband and I decided to send him to regular kindergarten and EIPIC. And like all kiasuparents, we started him on sports classes and recently piano lessons. Even though he is autistic, his life should not just be therapy after therapy after therapy.. There has to be some positive fun, and so we enrolled him for enrichment classes Some may say that any extra time should be spent on therapy.. but I think guiding my son towards sports and music helps to build a more wholesome and enriching life

Hi sandraisies, I am looking for a piano teacher for my 7 yr old boy. He has high functioning ASD... Can you PM me your teacher's contact? Do u see positive results?

[Cindersan]

My son suspected asd. I personally believe piano help a lot in my son case.

[CerlynR]

We are very thankful for case manager Marilyn from Autism STEP for helping my son improve over the past year. His teachers has good feedback on his improvement in attention span and speech, he used to speak in single words and now he has started to build full sentences. We are very encouraged!