All About Autism
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sembgal:
Asd kid receive early intervention- the earlier, the better. This will help the child. Not like Alex ong diagnosed so late. Luckily old woman wasn't hurt.schen:
What kind of symptoms r there for ASD?
http://www.autism.org.sg/main/faq.php -
helplessmum3:
Hey see the news? 25yo autistic man push a 76yo lady out from bus. He just got diagnosed in 2009.. 21yo then get diagnosed .. Society some say get him out of street for life. Some want to blast him .. Society still not aware what is autistic ..autistic is disability that's y registered under CEL
He is diagnosed with clinilcal depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and Aspergers. He was given a mandatory treatment order, rather than jail term.
Its wrong to cause bodily harm to any other individual, whether young or old, healthy or with psychiatric disorder, NT or with behavioural disorder. But when I heard of the court's rule, some part in me felt relieved that our judiciary system is willing to give the individual a chance rather than a penalty given his situation.
Hopefully the individual will make good use of this opportunity to improve his wellbeing and not cause any more harm to other people. -
Imeemee, agreed…
Last time when I was young , always heard this "crazy pp kill , no conviction " in hokkien … -
mashy:
I think if we want, we can also appeal. Our kids fall under the clause of unable to intergrate with mainstream. But hb decided not to claim.nugget:
I think asd child can claim for disabled child relief.. But you need to submit the reports saying he is asd.
Is it? From the iras website, looks like only physically handicapped and mentally handicapped (needing medication type, and severe type).
Those EIPIC and therapy cost extra money, but right we should be able to claim handicapped child relief cos we are really spending the extra dollars on them. -
My boys school is just a few blocks away from my home. This morning on the way there, some aunties told us someone jump off the the building, police is there with the dead body, ask us take a detour, dun let the kids go near the crime scene.
We detoured and my son wonder why? I told him someone died there. Jump off the flat. Dead already, we cannot go there. He was upset we are not going the usual route. I told him "the person jump off the building, no more head already? Do you want to see it???".
Then now he keep repeating, "jump off building, no more head"… sign. I feel so bad to lie to him. Painted wrong picture.
But I said it so he comply to come with me cos my #2 was running away from us to the detour route. I have no time to slowly explain to #1. And the way he throwing a fuss, those aunties are looking and looking at him like as if he is something wrong.
What a bad start of the week. Sigh… -
Nugget
Tomorrow will be better though I can totally understand how you feel when your son throws up a fuss in the public. I have also grown to be thick skin about it.
Anyway, my son surprised me with two things over the weekend. Firstly is his ability to problem solve. On Sat at my in laws, I asked him to go pee. After finishing his business, he wanted to wash his hands but as the basis was to high for him, he actually put down the cover of the toilet bowl, then climb on it to reach the basin. I was very surprised because during such circumstance, he will ask for help but that day, he thought of a way to handle the situation himself. I am not sure if anyone in the family taught him this but when I asked my husband (thinking he is the one who taught him), he was surprised too.
The second incident was yesterday at a friend’s place. My friend’s neighbour’s 5 year old daughter came over to play with the kids and while all the kids were waiting for the adults to distribute ice-cream to them, my son went to her, tap on her hand and said "Hey!". This is the very first time that I see my son approaching his peer without me prompting and doing it very appropriately.
My son is turning 4 in two weeks time, I hope as he matures, his social skills will improve. -
Double E,
Yes, I also grown thick skin. But still the feeling of people talking abt him is still not good. Sigh…
I am going for my family trip soon. only hubby and me and 3 kids. I keep telling my son that he is big brother. Must behave and help daddy and mummy look after #2 and #3. Hope I will survive and hope he has no meltdown. praying hard. -
nugget:
Try to prepare him ahead of time for possible things that might happen. You can't prepare for everything, but do what you can. For eg., what might happen if you lose your way, or if the food is unfamiliar, or the hotel room requires bed-sharing, adjustment in routines etc. Also, don't emphasise too much the 'behaving' and 'responsibility' as he may feel more stress and it could trigger meltdowns. Be relaxed, take it slow, and enjoy yourselves!Double E,
Yes, I also grown thick skin. But still the feeling of people talking abt him is still not good. Sigh..
I am going for my family trip soon. only hubby and me and 3 kids. I keep telling my son that he is big brother. Must behave and help daddy and mummy look after #2 and #3. Hope I will survive and hope he has no meltdown. *praying hard*. -
slmkhoo,
Thanks for the idea. We already did all the prep work by drawing.
Maybe I will prepare a name tag with my contact details on him and my #2. In case they really got lost, at least my telephone number will be there.
Good thing is he is looking forward for the trip. In fact he is the one requesting we go on a trip.
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