All About Autism

[mashy]

schweppes:

When a child appears to have \"no backbone\" or likes to \"flop over\" cd be a case of poor muscle tone or lacks good core muscles.


Best thing to do is to build the core muscles. This can be done through swimming, yoga, taekwondo/akido or gym exercises. Idea is to build upper body strength. It will help the child in desk activities - especially when they are in school. Lots of sitting and writing at the desk. Because the kids are tired, they tend to \"flop over\".

A cheaper and less time consuming way is to go online or on youtube (for video demo) and search for Yoga poses pertaining to:

- cat
- cow
- cobra
- mountain
- boat

U can make it fun. Younger kids love and learn about animals, so u can get them to pretend play that they will be strong and flexible like those animals mentioned in the yoga poses. In the mountain pose, u can tell the child to stand tall and strong like the might mountain. In boat pose, can tell the kid to be like superman.

All these poses help to strengthen the back.

Good for adults too. So, can do it together. Makes a nice bonding session.

HTH

Haha, I just thought he was lazy. He's learning tkd now. Maybe will try the poses u suggested.

[chibi]

Hi ImMeeMee & mashy ,

thank you for your advice :love:
My daughter rang me up on thursday midday after her school to apologize to me, she says mummy i am sorry for taking off my shirt today . i won't do it again. :oops:
i realize lately after she makes me angry or did something mischevious, she will apologize to me after that.
this is one of the positive sign for me, as last time, she doesn't really do that often.

[helplessmum3]

My OT say climb uP "nets" will help for weak upper body muscle , or go playground m

[ImMeeMee]

chibi:

Hi ImMeeMee & mashy ,

thank you for your advice :love:
My daughter rang me up on thursday midday after her school to apologize to me, she says mummy i am sorry for taking off my shirt today . i won't do it again. :oops:
i realize lately after she makes me angry or did something mischevious, she will apologize to me after that.
this is one of the positive sign for me, as last time, she doesn't really do that often.

Chibi

I am TRULY impressed that your daughter of P1 age is able to call you on the phone and apologized for something that she knows she has done wrong ...

I look forward to the day when my daughter could do that too.

[Double E]

ImMeeMee:

chibi:

Hi ImMeeMee & mashy ,

thank you for your advice :love:
My daughter rang me up on thursday midday after her school to apologize to me, she says mummy i am sorry for taking off my shirt today . i won't do it again. :oops:
i realize lately after she makes me angry or did something mischevious, she will apologize to me after that.
this is one of the positive sign for me, as last time, she doesn't really do that often.

Chibi

I am TRULY impressed that your daughter of P1 age is able to call you on the phone and apologized for something that she knows she has done wrong ...


Chibi
I am impressed and she is only primary 1. I believe many NT kids don't even do that.
I look forward to the day when my daughter could do that too.

[Double E]

Yesterday I was at my mum’s place and my sis told me something about my boy which really surprised me.


She said my boy and girl were playing catching. My girl fell and cried. While my mum was comforting my girl, my boy went to sayang her and attempted to kiss her! He even tried to comfort her with a care bear soft toy!

I am really surprised by this gesture as it shows that he does have compassion and empathy, to me, its a big leap in the social skills area. I don’t know where he learn this from. Too bad I was not there to witness this myself.

I really hope this is not a one-off case and he will continue to show care and concern for his sister.

[schweppes]

Double E:

Yesterday I was at my mum's place and my sis told me something about my boy which really surprised me.


She said my boy and girl were playing catching. My girl fell and cried. While my mum was comforting my girl, my boy went to sayang her and attempted to kiss her! He even tried to comfort her with a care bear soft toy!

I am really surprised by this gesture as it shows that he does have compassion and empathy, to me, its a big leap in the social skills area. I don't know where he learn this from. Too bad I was not there to witness this myself.

I really hope this is not a one-off case and he will continue to show care and concern for his sister.

Rest assured, it's the start of many wonderful things to come :rahrah:

[ImMeeMee]

I have read that ASD individuals often exhibit apathy. But with mummies here and their beautiful experiences with their children - chibi with her daughter apologizing, and double E with her son showing concern for the sister - it really gives me hope.


thanks for the sharing - it brings as much comfort to me to learn as it does you to share.

:please: :love:

[chibi]

hi ImMeeMee,

I told myself many times to never give up on my dd1 too. I get up and down days too, like her mood swings.
I fetched her from school a few days ago on monday, her form teacher was telling me, she was quite naughty in the morning, ask her stop turning the page she stil continue to flip, then after that in the mid day, was very obedient and attentive, then told me it depends on her mood too.
have to keep reminding myself , she is improving tho , every day with little steps.Eg has more friends now, willing to make more friends.
Its the little steps that count.
Life is a journey, i guess in my opinion now, making my dd1 improving every day makes my life more worthwhile to live. Her little improvement can actually make me smile the whole day at work :please:
I will tell my close colleague and friends what my daughter did that make me so happy. hehe. i am glad that my close colleague and friends actually very supportive and give me alot of encouragements.
Its the little support that make me hang on too

[Blokus]

Chibi, thanks for sharing! Gives me hope!


Mummies, I’m extremely frustrated, please let me vent!

I just returned from wee care. I feel so short changed & maybe cheated. I wanted my son to join their social group play but they say they need to ‘assess’ my son to see which programs suit him. Fine. I went. I was expecting the staff to truly assess my child maybe through play or some question & answer. I thought by ‘assessment’ they mean they will look into what he lacks and what nots. I was utterly dismayed when the dr spoke to my son barely a min and went on to tell me about their programs-all
Of which I have already read online and his recommendation that my son goes for individual therapy first like all other kids do blah blah blah. The other bulk of the time was him trying to fix appointment for me… I mean like cant I do that with the recept? Why am I paying absorbent fee for the dr to arrange appointment for me?!

I paid $75 for the 30 mins, not including the transport fee. Totally piss. Whatever he told me could have been communicated over the phone. In essence i paid $75 for him to tell me that normally wee care stream the kids in to their individual therapy first then group. Why cant that be commnuicated to me over the phone? I feel utterly utterly upset!