All About Autism

[helplessmum3]

Mummies do u know where tO get those talk therapist tool? Like rubber stick … I wan to stoP my son sudden out pour of droolings?

[ImMeeMee]

DesertWind:

Hi helplessmum,
No, I did not watch that video (no time leh) but yes, my boy has got a Samsung media player where he can touch-screen watch the shows we load for him and also do apps. He is amazingly instinctive with this thing and knows how to scroll and get what he wants really fast! Wah, nowadays kids really start IT young! Yes, my hubby kept telling me that my boy knows a lot of things but I don't quite believe maybe because I don't quite know what he mean. When I talk to my boy sometimes he just gave me blank looks or not paying attention really :rant: I think my hubby is itching to buy the ipad for him but maybe wait until he is older first in case he breaks the thing.

yeah, my dd3 surprises us with her ability to get to the apps that she likes with the smartphone too. its so intuitive that its amazing! :yikes:

but going back to your earlier post about 'special needs talk', its impressive that some of the children here are aware of their conditions. my dd3 is not aware that she is different from her peers. i oso dont know whether this is good or no good ...

[ImMeeMee]

helplessmum3:

Mashy,


i know.. but still finding out .. hey I'm still learning what is autism ok....

u educated & powerful english mothers understand faster.. i have to check dictionary or google one de...

still trying to digest this web.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodevelopmental_disorder

slowly, helplesslessmum, good to see that you are beginning to try ...

jiayou! :hugs:

[nugget]

Regarding IT,


Both my kids are expert in iphones

I think its a common thing with kids now be it ASD or not. Both my kids knows exactly where those applications are.

[nugget]

helplessmum3:

Nugget,

i still quite can't figure out that part about \"not a mental illness\" but its say brain not develop .

ok one therapy say my son now is 2.5yo but his language is like 2yo.. so mud closed tat gap.. can say late development anot?

Autism is not a mental illness. Autism is a form of neurodevelopment disability, another words, brain or mental disability. Disability will never be cure.

If you want a simple example, lets say a physically disabled person, like a blind person, will he ever be cure? No, he will never be able to see. This is also considered as disability. However, doesn't it mean its end of the world for the blind? No, cos there are ways the blinds can do to overcome their disability. They read though using Braille, they are very sharp in their hearing to help them get things done, they used walking sticks to walk and can get on bus, MRTs etc.

Likewise, we have early intervention programs with OT, SLT etc to help our ASD kids to overcome such disability.

Mental illness is something on a totally different scope. They are not in born. Mental illness are usually cause by stress, depression or they been through something traumatizing that causes them to behave differently from the norm and all these are treatable after therapy and drugs and they will get well if they have not totally lose their minds.

Like some of the soldiers have been through many years of wars, been killing a lot of people and being expose to too much death and they lose their minds and become schizophrenic. (That is consider mental illness)

So summary, ASD not treatable, its an disability. Cannot be cure but can be managed.

Mental illness can be cure, treatable and they are not born with it. No one is born with mental illness.

[Lavina]

nugget:

I really hope so but I am very skeptical about it. In our competitive society, with more and more immigrants coming in, even pregnant woman/married woman with young kids are already less favored in society already. Moreover is ASD adult.

This is so true.
My son is taking his O levels this year. Of course we are aiming for JC but seems very hard given that he is not IP. So I have been thinking about poly, which means must give some thoughts to his career. We are really clueless.

While he has somewhat overcome most of his \"autistic tendencies\", there are some careers which he does not think he can cope, like sales or customer service related.

He likes to play computer games (which boy doesn't) but I feel he is not really creative. For eg, when the school taught them some simple Flash programming, he could only do what he was taught (ball bouncing around screen); his classmates could actually use the simple knowledge to design a game. Moreover, with all the intense competition and copyright piracy, game designing does not sound very attractive.

He is strong in his Maths but he doesn't want to be teacher.

Any suggestion?

[nugget]

Lavina:

He likes to play computer games (which boy doesn't) but I feel he is not really creative. For eg, when the school taught them some simple Flash programming, he could only do what he was taught (ball bouncing around screen); his classmates could actually use the simple knowledge to design a game. Moreover, with all the intense competition and copyright piracy, game designing does not sound very attractive.

He is strong in his Maths but he doesn't want to be teacher.

Any suggestion?

Maybe a network engineer or some other engineering courses? Those poly engineering course uses a lot of mathematics calculation like A.Maths. If he does that very well, in poly will be a breeze.

Also usually engineer courses are maths and logical base. Programming courses will need more creativity.

[jedamum]

nugget:

Lavina:

He likes to play computer games (which boy doesn't) but I feel he is not really creative. For eg, when the school taught them some simple Flash programming, he could only do what he was taught (ball bouncing around screen); his classmates could actually use the simple knowledge to design a game. Moreover, with all the intense competition and copyright piracy, game designing does not sound very attractive.

He is strong in his Maths but he doesn't want to be teacher.

Any suggestion?

Maybe a network engineer or some other engineering courses? Those poly engineering course uses a lot of mathematics calculation like A.Maths. If he does that very well, in poly will be a breeze.

Also usually engineer courses are maths and logical base. Programming courses will need more creativity.

Hi,
can i just drop a note?
if your kid is good in math and can follow instructions well, can consider civil engineering too. IMO, civil engineering deals with a lot of calculations and also need to adhere to sets of rules (ensure building load safety etc) etc. no need much creativity (may need sometimes like how to solve structural issues to accomodate architectural demands) and yet an important part of the team. but the thing with diploma holders are most started off/ended up as draftsmen (civil engineerr to proceed to be a professional engineer need degree or some certification), calculating and drawing (using computer software) drawings in the lab. good for those people who are not very social (like me too...but i dont like math :)).
poly have open houses too....can drop by to take a look if interested.

[Lavina]

Thank you nugget and jedamum!


\"calculating and drawing (using computer software) drawings in the lab\" sounds perfect for him. He did 2 school projects similar to that and he enjoyed it. I will certainly find out more about civil engineering. Thank you!

Boy, I really hate these nationwide life-changing exams

[munchkukie]

Lavina:

Thank you nugget and jedamum!

Boy, I really hate these nationwide life-changing exams

me too...mu elder dd is having difficulty in answering inferential questions already...dunno how she will fare during PSLE in 3 years time.