All About Autism

[helplessmum3]

Mashy,

Yr son prefer to walk around in class to observe other stuff rather then caring for classmate or teacher feel right . They just dont give a damn to what pp think lo .

[phtthp]

helplessmum3:

Mayjoel,

How they discrimate yr son?

I heard some kid call their ASD child crazy in school.

How sad !!!

U going send him to Pathlight ? But if he already qualify at Mainstream y fall back. Mayb his classmate are bad type . Change to another mainstream school ?

if possible, try not to send autistic child to those academic stressful school that are heavily ladden with tons of homework. eg: Chongfu

my child's kindergarten Teacher had a friend who sent her autistic son to Chongfu. Lower primary (P1 & P2), with lots of encouragement, love & support at home, he pulled through. But from mid P3 moving up to P4, he can no longer cope (due to heavy workload seeping in). Eventually, transfered him out to another Mainstream school that's not so taxing.

if you choose a moderate Mainstream school that is not so academically demanding but with lots of support from the school, then this is a good, right fit for the child to join. Look for those Mainstream school(s) that are friendly towards special need kids. The choice of correct Mainstream school is important - can make or break a child.

[mashy]

HelPlessmum


Labeling is just to have a name and identify what it is. Just like us calling a flu, a cough or chicken pox. If u don’t have a name for it, how are the drs going to identify and help u? So don’t dwell too much on that. Just like if there is no name for chicken pox, it is a lot scarier just like during the SARS period when nobody had a name to the disease. I think u have associated too much negativity to the condition. It may be more challenging for us but it’s not too bad. It’s not cancer. They won’t die from it. Seriously I rather this than cancer or any deadly disease anytime.

[helplessmum3]

Mashy,

Ok I know…

U know in US , they are reviewing such lebals now.

[specialboymum]

Hi,


For those of you with kids who have delay speech development and are studying in mainstream, how do you guide them to prepare for oral tests and practice?

My boy’s teachers told us that they are rather concern about his weakness in language and speech, since nowadays, the curriculum include lots of presentation (show and tell). Of course, I have the option to apply for exemption from oral tests, but I don’t want to do that yet without trying

[specialboymum]

I think going to a special school where the curriculum and class size is tailor to our kids need, will enable them to learn better. However, my concern is if we put him in special school, are we confining his social circle to ASD community only? He will eventually need to face the outside world of NT, as much as we hope the NT will empathize and accept our kids, I think our kids must also learn to interact with the rest of the world who doesn’t think like them. How else can we do that other than putting him in the environment where he is forced to learn like NT?


It has been 6 months since my boy started primary 1. It is still not easy for him as he is still blur, not paying attention in class and his delayed language doesn’t help him in term of socializing, but we try to manage our expectation lor. In fact, we start with zero expectation, and we cheers for him with every improvement he made (he felt good and we felt happy too)

So far, my boy’s classmates are still reasonably kind to him. At the start of the school year, he did irritate them and some went to complain to their teacher. I gave his teacher the approval to be open about his condition to his classmates. I don’t know how much the kids understand about autism, but they appeared to be more receptive to him. A couple of ‘big brother’ type kids also volunteered to look out for him. We also need to be in constant contact with the school AED, to check on his progress and any issues we need to address by his various therapists, and also make sure there is no bullying issues.

[mashy]

Specialboymum


My son has gone thru 1 eng and 1 Chinese show and tell. We just practiced and practiced. We got the script ready way before hand. For eng, he’s better at it so we got him to write down most of the sentences. We wrote the Chinese script ourselves and modified it as it goes along. We also did a chart with pics so he could remember better. He got full marks for both show and tell.

[nugget]

Specialboymum,


Can I ask that now your boy is already in P1, does he still go for any therapy sessions?

My SLT now tells me to delay my son P1 enrollment another 2 years. Omg, I seriously dun feel like doing that. I feel he has really improved a lot.

[specialboymum]

Thanks Mashy for the tips. I will try with script and pictures.

I did made him memorize his script, but his teacher said he sort of ‘froze’ when he was asked to stand in front of the class and forgot what he needs to say.

Hi Nugget,

Yes he still go for ST and OT. We just pack all his classes over the weekends.

His therapists also advised us to delay his primary 1, but we weren’t keen for him to repeat K2 as we think it won’t help in his progression. Wanted to try the preparatory track in Pathlight, but got some hiccup during application (KKH forgotten to include document proof of his ASD diagnosis when they submit application for us). He was due for primary 1 registration already so we decided not to wait for Pathlight.

[nugget]

Specialboymum,


Can I ask again your OT and SLT session are private ones? One stop shop kind?
My boy next term will be attending 2 sessions of pte ST (one group and one individual) on top of his EIPIC.

Really cost us a bomb. I wonder if KKH will help us after they have gone P1. Cos if go P1, then no more EIPIC for them right?