All About Autism

[specialboymum]

mummyJune:

helplessmum-no he wont ve imaginary play. he will play whatsever toys are given to him


specialboymum-just wonder, is this part & parcel of growing up? how old is yr boy now? is he attending OT? does it helps in his behaviour?

Hi Mummyjune, my boy is 7 now. Yes, they do improve as they grow up, but it is still important to have therapy to help them.

OT does help him though he started late. During the start of the new school year, he was having trouble coping with the change of environment and therefore was quite disruptive. The sensory diet and therapeutic program he went through with the OT helped to calm him down. He is also better in self regulations, eye contact and more observant to things around him. This indirectly helps in his speech and language development.

[Lavina]

Double E:

Haiz...and the OT suggest we do brushing for him every two hours. But how to when we are working parents and he is in full day childcare? Did your kids do brushing when they were younger?

Hi,
My DS did brushing for over 2 years. I think it really helped to calm him down. He enjoyed it, like a massage. Helped us to bond too. We didn't brush exactly every 2hours, just worked it into our daily routine a few times a day.

Does you son like it?

[Double E]

Lavina

I think the OT only tried on my boy once. Not sure if he likes it as I was not there to witness, but I think he did not reject.

So you think is fine if we just try our best to brush even once a day instead of every 2 hours? The OT said brushing cannot be done at night as it may affect his sleep hence, I can only do it in the morning when he is preparing for school. If is just once a day instead of 2hours interval, I wonder how effective it is.

[Lavina]

Double E,

I am not sure about once a day… we did about 5 times daily
But I remember my OT said brushing has no bad effect, unlike music therapy.
Perhaps you can try for a weekend and see if it works for your son? The brush is not very expensive. If he doesn’t like it, then use to scrub shoes

[helplessmum3]

What is brushing ? My son lOve all kind of brushes lol

[helplessmum3]

My son only can write A n E n O

[helplessmum3]

My son can’t use sicissor :(z


Double E , how to toilet train when my son long hr at child care centre ?

[mashy]

Helplessmum

My nt daughter can’t even write and i think she’s older than your boy. So pls. Your boy isn’t that bad. In fact he is quite advanced in a lot of areas.

[mashy]

Where can I get the brush?

[helplessmum3]

mashy,


look at Double E's son, he can do a lot, even potty train.. awww so envy... even though he is jus 6months older then my kids, but they born in same year.....

need to catch up. :).. jus give me son playdol, so yucky so soft to me, so messy de. how to play ah. i bot the sicissor & dol one..

he go take anther toy & try to mould it. I'm shock duno where he learn from or jus instinct?

but still duno how to use the playdol scissor , so i just leave the sicissor around for him to play la.. since wont cut himself.