All About Autism
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Actually my boy loves Eipic instead of going his regular child care. EIPIC is like a holistic center that teaches them OT, SLT, Social Skills, communication skills etc. Class size is very small and they enjoy it a lot.
They need to be diagnosed as ASD before they can enter and some EIPIC centre have very long waiting list.
Ya the labelling part is a bit hard to swallow but we dun need to declare to anyone if we don’t want to when they go Primary 1 or what.
They still have a chance of becoming "weird weird colleagues". They are still young and now early intervention is the best therapy for them. -
ImMeeMee:
In many case it is the social stigma- prejudice against ASD people due to lack of awareness. As long the general public continue to regard ASD as mental disorder or disability, the problem will never go... ASD people will just have to wait for employer who sympathize them to give them a job.
i agree, this is also one of my main worries. while the education for special needs children seem to be leveling up, the same does not appear to be the case for jobs for ASD adults.nugget:
Hi concern2,
Yes, I came across her name numerous times. She is \"hope\" that we have for our kids to grow up successful like her. But sometimes I wonder how many of the ASD kids will be like her.
Sigh, in Singapore is very hard to get acceptance. Did you notice the news lately? When they say ASD adults can work, all of them are usually in service in working as waiters or bakers. How my son can survive on that salary next time. Sigh sigh sigh... Endless worry!
:sad:
During the time when my hubby and I discuss if we should send our boy to special school or mainstream, hubby raised up this point that we can send him to all kind of possible therapy to help him to minimize or even totally remove the display of autistic traits, but once the record of him attending the special school is there, if will definitely become a \"blemish\" which may cause a lower chance of being selected for the job. It is a harsh reality we need to face- employer have the right to choose who they want to employ. -
nugget:
Actually my boy loves Eipic instead of going his regular child care. EIPIC is like a holistic center that teaches them OT, SLT, Social Skills, communication skills etc. Class size is very small and they enjoy it a lot.
They need to be diagnosed as ASD before they can enter and some EIPIC centre have very long waiting list.
Ya the labelling part is a bit hard to swallow but we dun need to declare to anyone if we don't want to when they go Primary 1 or what.
They still have a chance of becoming \"weird weird colleagues\". They are still young and now early intervention is the best therapy for them.
Yeay my son can be potential of weird weird colleague ! -
specialboymum:
In many case it is the social stigma- prejudice against ASD people due to lack of awareness. As long the general public continue to regard ASD as mental disorder or disability, the problem will never go... ASD people will just have to wait for employer who sympathize them to give them a job.
i agree, this is also one of my main worries. while the education for special needs children seem to be leveling up, the same does not appear to be the case for jobs for ASD adults.ImMeeMee:
[quote=\"nugget\"]Hi concern2,
Yes, I came across her name numerous times. She is \"hope\" that we have for our kids to grow up successful like her. But sometimes I wonder how many of the ASD kids will be like her.
Sigh, in Singapore is very hard to get acceptance. Did you notice the news lately? When they say ASD adults can work, all of them are usually in service in working as waiters or bakers. How my son can survive on that salary next time. Sigh sigh sigh... Endless worry!
:sad:
During the time when my hubby and I discuss if we should send our boy to special school or mainstream, hubby raised up this point that we can send him to all kind of possible therapy to help him to minimize or even totally remove the display of autistic traits, but once the record of him attending the special school is there, if will definitely become a \"blemish\" which may cause a lower chance of being selected for the job. It is a harsh reality we need to face- employer have the right to choose who they want to employ.[/quote]Dun tell employer lO -
Maybe we patents k open a company to only employ ASD
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I don’t see what is so bad about being the ‘weird weird colleagues’. Scientists are like this. Bill Gates is like this. No big deal. Don’t have to be like the other mediocre pp.
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Do u know bill gates rock himself? He probably is an asperger.
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mashy:
I don't see what is so bad about being the 'weird weird colleagues'. Scientists are like this. Bill Gates is like this. No big deal. Don't have to be like the other mediocre pp.
They are charming too -
Yes, the public should be educated in autism, that's why I highly encourage more people to watch Temple Grandin. It was how I learned about Autism - movies.. :oops:
Here's one of the most touching part:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeWks6cgJ-k][/youtube]
People can be amazing in the way they think. It used to be that everyone forced their kids to use their right hand to write instead of the left. Then people start noticing that some of the most outstanding people are left-handers, and parents are less particular about switching their kids into right-handers - some even hoped their kids could have been left-handed.
Now, it is known that many outstanding people, are actually somewhat autistic, and that is sort of like a good thing as it strikes a balance to the lop-sided perception that autism is all bad. I wonder if there will come a time when people will also start hoping that their kids are autistic. :roll: -
concern2:
I wonder if there will come a time when people will also start hoping that their kids are autistic. :roll:
that's a good one.
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