All About Autism

[ImMeeMee]

Summer tan:

Thanks ImMeeMee. May I know what is NT?
Actually I just decided to call up the ICCP child care 2 weeks ago and the principal said since one student is leaving they can take in my son. I didnt know that there is a long wait list for other ICCP centres. Btw, the principal did not do any assessment for my son. We just went there and she talked to me about the centre's programme. Then i gave her the psychological report and that's all.

Yes, though my son can blend in to mainstream, he has difficulty socialising. The current PCF teacher feedback that he would sometimes scream or spit saliva, use f word (his father accidentally said it beginning of last year, he used it at K4K then after that didnt for more than half a year and recently started to use it but only in school not at home), hit his friends, purposely gave wrong answers during teaching which teacher said confused the rest of the students, cannot sit through during teaching time too. So i think he is much more difficult to handle than a severe ASD kid.

Oh you are staying in the north too? Is your child in preschool or primary school already? Thanks ya for sharing the info.

Ladies, thanks for all your advice and kind words. I feel so good that finally, yes finally, I have an avenue to turn to. Thank you. ..

Summer tan, NT refers to neurotypical. This is our lingo at this forum, rather than using the words normal or abnormal.

My doter is coming to 6 this year. She is currently with an EIPIC center in the morning and a mainstream childcare on most afternoons.

Lucky you to be able to enrol into ICCP within such a short span of time. Good luck, and let me know at a later stage if you still need CC contacts up north.

[helplessmum3]

noted imeemee.


Mummies,

Is it difficult to get rid of PEC (picture exchange ) once learn ?

[mashy]

nugget:

nugget:

[quote=\"mashy\"]But I read that some companies reject outright on hospitalization policies so you may wanna check out first before upgrading.

Thanks Mashy,

I have called my insurance agent. She say I can declare cos now my son is not taking any medication. By right shld be able to upgrade. But in any case if he is unable to upgrade, his old plan shld still be able to cover him. Cos he bought his old plan before is formally diagnose with ASD.

Okay, I am getting cold feet. I told insurance agent to hold back the upgrade. I asked her to check if he is eligible to upgrade after declaration. I dun want him to be excluded for any brain related disorder after the upgrade. Sigh... Shld have bought the most expensive plan for him.

But my current medishield for him is also not too bad. A1 ward in govt hospital. I also managed to buy for him an accident plan.[/quote]
Actually A1 ward at govt hospital is ok lah. Mine is also that. Prob with mine is that I cannot add the cash component to waive the excess. so even though he has been hospitalized a few times, we have been paying everything coz it's still less than the excess.

[nugget]

mashy:

Actually A1 ward at govt hospital is ok lah. Mine is also that. Prob with mine is that I cannot add the cash component to waive the excess. so even though he has been hospitalized a few times, we have been paying everything coz it's still less than the excess.

You mean the rider for deductible and co-insurance? So u must always pay the first $3500 plus 10%?

Now they dun allow u to purchase the rider anymore due to ASD or your son's other condition?

[mashy]

nugget:

mashy:

Actually A1 ward at govt hospital is ok lah. Mine is also that. Prob with mine is that I cannot add the cash component to waive the excess. so even though he has been hospitalized a few times, we have been paying everything coz it's still less than the excess.

You mean the rider for deductible and co-insurance? So u must always pay the first $3500 plus 10%?

Now they dun allow u to purchase the rider anymore due to ASD or your son's other condition?

Other conditions coz at that time he wasn't diagnosed yet. But I saw in some local forums that they were rejected when declared autism. And they don't differentiate between high functioning or low functioning. So long autism, all lumped together.

[nugget]

mashy:

Other conditions coz at that time he wasn't diagnosed yet. But I saw in some local forums that they were rejected when declared autism. And they don't differentiate between high functioning or low functioning. So long autism, all lumped together.

I see. Ya, I asked my agent, she told me she tried to get a life policy for her client's son diagnosed with ASD but was rejected. If brand new policy, definitely will reject.

But health insurance shld covers right. Sigh.. Its so costly to go into stay in hospital in SG.

[mashy]

nugget:

mashy:

Other conditions coz at that time he wasn't diagnosed yet. But I saw in some local forums that they were rejected when declared autism. And they don't differentiate between high functioning or low functioning. So long autism, all lumped together.

I see. Ya, I asked my agent, she told me she tried to get a life policy for her client's son diagnosed with ASD but was rejected. If brand new policy, definitely will reject.

But health insurance shld covers right. Sigh.. Its so costly to go into stay in hospital in SG.

Hospitalization policy too.

[Summer tan]

ImMeeMee:

Summer tan:

Thanks ImMeeMee. May I know what is NT?
Actually I just decided to call up the ICCP child care 2 weeks ago and the principal said since one student is leaving they can take in my son. I didnt know that there is a long wait list for other ICCP centres. Btw, the principal did not do any assessment for my son. We just went there and she talked to me about the centre's programme. Then i gave her the psychological report and that's all.

Yes, though my son can blend in to mainstream, he has difficulty socialising. The current PCF teacher feedback that he would sometimes scream or spit saliva, use f word (his father accidentally said it beginning of last year, he used it at K4K then after that didnt for more than half a year and recently started to use it but only in school not at home), hit his friends, purposely gave wrong answers during teaching which teacher said confused the rest of the students, cannot sit through during teaching time too. So i think he is much more difficult to handle than a severe ASD kid.

Oh you are staying in the north too? Is your child in preschool or primary school already? Thanks ya for sharing the info.

Ladies, thanks for all your advice and kind words. I feel so good that finally, yes finally, I have an avenue to turn to. Thank you. ..

Summer tan, NT refers to neurotypical. This is our lingo at this forum, rather than using the words normal or abnormal.

My doter is coming to 6 this year. She is currently with an EIPIC center in the morning and a mainstream childcare on most afternoons.

Lucky you to be able to enrol into ICCP within such a short span of time. Good luck, and let me know at a later stage if you still need CC contacts up north.

Nice term NT.
My son also went to eipic centre and it's very faarrr, all the way from north to west. So good that your gal can go to mainstream cc.

[helplessmum3]

Summer,

Pcf sucks… Do not bench mark ur son due to them.

My son also in mainstreaming cc w smaller group n is copping real well …
He loves seeing his friends n he is able to call all teachers name n now he is almost fully toilet train …

Pcf one class 24 students w only one teacher most of the time … Though the say 2 teachers , the truth is NO.

[Summer tan]

helplessmum3:

Summer,

Pcf sucks.. Do not bench mark ur son due to them.

My son also in mainstreaming cc w smaller group n is copping real well ..
He loves seeing his friends n he is able to call all teachers name n now he is almost fully toilet train ..

Pcf one class 24 students w only one teacher most of the time .. Though the say 2 teachers , the truth is NO.

Hi helplessmum

For PCF N1 & N2, it's 2 teachers for about 12 students. Whereas it's one teacher to 20 students for K1 & K2. How old is your son? I think my son is a special of a special needs. Cos not only does he not able to socialise he is active too. Hence I don't think any mainstream kindergarten will accept him..
I can only take a step at a time now.