All About Autism

[Double E]

mashy:

slmkhoo:

[quote=\"Double E\"]Also, now I find myself more sympathetic towards people who are slow or quirky. At the back of my mind, I tell myself to be patient, this person may have development issue or he / she is in the spectrum.

This is so true for me! I come from a very achievement-oriented background, where the general feeling is that people do poorly and have difficulties should just work harder and their problems will be solved. Having an ASD child has totally changed the way I look at people and has made me a lot more sympathetic.

Me too! When I see a kid throwing tantrum and rolling on the floor, I first ask myself if he's special needs and not due to bad parenting. :p[/quote]Hopefully when our kids grow up, the world will be different and fill with people who are patient and show empathy towards others. And the word \"Autism\" is no longer rare and people can accept others who are different from them. This is what I call a truly integrated society, the Singapore I want to see.

[helplessmum3]

me too… i start to defends when pp complaint about weird persons.


Mummies.

school these days keep complaining my son during nap time he is very active, what should i do? i also duno why my son recently start to be very active?

books & cards & sequence pixs does not help my son. he don’t understand.

hiaz… parents w special kids always at losing end when teachers complaints…

[ImMeeMee]

yes, having a special needs child has taught me a few important lessons in life:


- moderate my expectations of my NT gals. as long as they are healthy, happy and are kind, the rest of their achievements are bonuses.
- be more tolerant of other people who are seemingly different from myself. Give them the benefit of doubt.

Our special needs children are our teachers as much as we are their teachers.

:celebrate:

[Double E]

Yes, our special needs kids have thought us not to take things for granted, patience, true love

[mashy]

helplessmum3:

me too.. i start to defends when pp complaint about weird persons.


Mummies.

school these days keep complaining my son during nap time he is very active, what should i do? i also duno why my son recently start to be very active?

books & cards & sequence pixs does not help my son. he don't understand.

hiaz.. parents w special kids always at losing end when teachers complaints....

Then the teachers just have to find activities for him to do! Some kids stop their naps earlier than others. It's their jobs to manage them. My boy also stopped napping very early.

Sometimes u need to ignore these teachers. What can u do when u are not even there? Are u to solve their problems?

[mashy]

mashy:

helplessmum3:

me too.. i start to defends when pp complaint about weird persons.


Mummies.

school these days keep complaining my son during nap time he is very active, what should i do? i also duno why my son recently start to be very active?

books & cards & sequence pixs does not help my son. he don't understand.

hiaz.. parents w special kids always at losing end when teachers complaints....

Then the teachers just have to find activities for him to do! Some kids stop their naps earlier than others. It's their jobs to manage them. My boy also stopped napping very early.

Sometimes u need to ignore these teachers. What can u do when u are not even there? Are u to solve their problems?

Next time the teachers complain again, u just ask \"and so?\" they will stop in their tracks and stop complaining.

[verykiasumummy]

i beg to differ from mashy… afterall, they are still our own kids… how can we say its the teachers’ problems?


helplessmum3, how old is your son?

[verykiasumummy]

helplessmum3, u can actually try during the weekends to see if ur son sleeps too much at night? try exhausting him by asking him to skip or run or other exercise and make him take nap after that… some children stop napping earlier than the others, and boys tend to be more energetic… try activities to exhaust his energy and i believe he will be back to his naps… try it before informing the teachers and see how it goes…

[Blokus]

Immeemee


I suddenly recall some methods you can use to interest your girl to write. You can get her to trace letters on sand or rice. Pour some sand/rice or anything grainy (or something foam-y like shaving cream etc) on a tray and get her to trace her letters. This is actually a well known method used by montessori. But it may get messy or she may end up fiddling with the grains.

I also remembered I used the doodle board app on my iPhone- and still do for Chinese words, and let my boy Practice his writing rather than using pen & paper. I also downloaded a couple of tracing apps for him. The point is, make it as interesting as possible. I think sitting down writing with pen & paper may be a tad dull even for NT kids.

I dunno. Just some suggestions

[verykiasumummy]

Blokus:

Immeemee


I suddenly recall some methods you can use to interest your girl to write. You can get her to trace letters on sand or rice. Pour some sand/rice or anything grainy (or something foam-y like shaving cream etc) on a tray and get her to trace her letters. This is actually a well known method used by montessori. But it may get messy or she may end up fiddling with the grains.

I also remembered I used the doodle board app on my iPhone- and still do for Chinese words, and let my boy Practice his writing rather than using pen & paper. I also downloaded a couple of tracing apps for him. The point is, make it as interesting as possible. I think sitting down writing with pen & paper may be a tad dull even for NT kids.

I dunno. Just some suggestions

hi blokus,

can u share what app name is that? is it free or paid app? i hope to share with my niece as well... it will be so useful...