All About Autism

[schweppes]

ImMeeMee:

thanks for sharing, schweppes. My gut feel of an optimal point is PTWM, and because I have not attained that, I feel unsettled. I know myself that I am not a 24/7 mum. so doing part time to spend more time with dd3 and the rest, while keeping myself sane with some form of work to distract myself, and have some income to be self-sustaining would sound win-win.

plus the traveling that pulls me away from the family when they need me most, and the load of running various therapy sessions that falls on dh when I am not in town. i have tried talking to my boss to go PT, but so far things dont seem to be moving this way unless i decide to quit altogether and find some locum work ... sigh ... the struggles of having to go through this. I am losing my sanity.

Hi ImMeeMee :hugs: :hugs:

u have pm

[mommsie101]

Hey guys,


Not sure whether u have heard about this woman called temple grandin. She’s very inspiring! She has autism but yet she revolutionalised the entire cattle industry!

[autumnbronze]

Hi Schweppes jie and ImMeeMee,


:hugs: to the both of you ....

[windie]

:snuggles: to ImMeMee. I can empathize w the guilt we have to live with due to work commitments. When I start feeling bad abt being at work for too long I pyscho myself that this job does pay for the expensive therapies that hopefully helps our kids get through this rigorous system.I hope u will feel better soon. 加油！

[sheryl]

mommsie101:

Hey guys,


Not sure whether u have heard about this woman called temple grandin. She's very inspiring! She has autism but yet she revolutionalised the entire cattle industry!

Heard my son's psychologist mentioned her. Recommended us to watch the show with my son. However, not all applicable to my son.

[ImMeeMee]

sheryl:

mommsie101:

Hey guys,


Not sure whether u have heard about this woman called temple grandin. She's very inspiring! She has autism but yet she revolutionalised the entire cattle industry!

Heard my son's psychologist mentioned her. Recommended us to watch the show with my son. However, not all applicable to my son.

I have not watched her show, but i can currently reading her book. She is inspiring and has given me a lot of insights into the world of autism, as an outsider. I have always been worried about the social future of dd3, eg. if she does not get married in life and what will happen. Temple has shown me that this could be by choice, as she does not have a need for relationships in this manner. its a choice in life rather than being left behind because of some handicap.

she is also well versed with the current scientific research on autism and aspergers. she is well-read and her pieces are well-thought through. Certain things that cannot be based on scientific evidence she explains through her own observations and interpretations which are equally convincing from her perspective.

A worthy read. 'The Way I see It'.

[ImMeeMee]

windie:

:snuggles: to ImMeMee. I can empathize w the guilt we have to live with due to work commitments. When I start feeling bad abt being at work for too long I pyscho myself that this job does pay for the expensive therapies that hopefully helps our kids get through this rigorous system.I hope u will feel better soon. 加油！

thanks for the encouragement, windie. the more i write about it and hear from fellow parents the better I am getting, both from the empathy and the potential way-out in this whole thing.

共勉之. :hugs:

[Audvis]

Hi,

My son has high functioning ASD and is verbal. But he seems to have problems sequencing his thoughts and doing open ended tasks, eg describe a scene. I am concerned that he may hv issue with reading compre and essay writing later on. Would like to check if other parents send their verbal ASD kids for language therapy? What do they learn from such therapy? Thanks.

[Audvis]

Also, is there any therapist who can teach ASD kids reading compre and essay writing? Thanks.

[Lavina]

Hi Audvis,

I sent my son to Planet Learning Centre when he was young. You can google them for details.
Comprehension is tough for my child. I remember my surprise when he said he didn't know why the gingerbreadman was running away from everyone.
For picture compo, I used to cut up the 4 pictures and let him arrange them in sequence. Or I print each compo sentence separately and let him rearrange them in sequence.
HTH