All About Autism
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Did gfcf for 10 days n already cheated twice. One was the salted popcorn when watching frozen n the other was cedele gluten free meal which was a huge disappointment. Not sure is it due to the diet or the increase in cholesterol intake ( which I believe is the latter ), my son sings more n definitely clearer. More playful n interaction. last night he actually took a book n read out 3 pages loudly n this is something he has never done it before. My husband n mum noticed his changes too in this very short period of time. I am hoping to see more improvement.
Anyway doing gfcf is really too tough. I don’t think I can do this long run but will die die complete this month with no more cheating. I really big time pei fu some mummies here whom actually did for a year or so… A lot of determination n self discipline involved… -
My doter has never been into Barbie dolls. While my two elder gals can engage themselves with the dolls and their various accessories for extended periods of time on end, she is not one to go into that area. During times when she has her momentary attention on the dolls, she would prefer to tear off the clothes, throw them on the floor, and return to her truck play.
Today I returned home from office to find surprises. She was engaging in INTERACTIVE and IMAGINATIVE play with my two elder gals with Barbie dolls! They had fairy names for their dolls - she had one too, albeit a slightly clumsy one; they had special magic powers for their dolls - she had them too; their Barbie dolls were flying around - hers was flying too, and fully clothed!; theirs had nice shoes - she asked for nice shoes on hers too!
Such was the joy of watching my three gals running around the house telling their story with their Barbie dolls and their magic powers. And having such fun and with such laughter. My two NT gals and my ASD one. It is such an invaluable gift that I would not have dared ask for.
At this moment my gratefulness goes beyond words… -
Morning,
With the new year coming, I m again reviewing my boy’s performance n see if he can stop abt therapy or need to add on. Well, his therapists advise that he continues what he is doing while I feel he really needs to improve on social skills and overall discipline n agility. So yes, I m starting him on social class n perhaps taekwando next year.
He went for a trial lesson yesterday n boy! The taekwando master is really fierce n strict. But luckily my boy seems to enjoy it n he really followed instructions give by the instructor. Will update n share once he starts his lesson.
Merry Xmas in advance to all the wonderful mummies n daddies here. -
Talking about imaginary play. My boy was never one who likes soft-toys. But we have a few bears around, some big ones some small ones from gifts over the years. Recently one night, he collected all the bears and put them to bed with him! So I thought what happened and asked around. Apparently he watched \"Mr Bean\" and saw one episode with Mr Bean having a bear party with all the bears sitting around the dinner table. There must be a scene where Mr Bean put the bears to bed as well. So boy started doing that, putting bears to sit around the dinner table and then putting them to bed! Ke..ke..ke...! :rotflmao:
Merry Christmas to all mummies and daddies here!
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DesertWind:
Good imitation skills!Talking about imaginary play. My boy was never one who likes soft-toys. But we have a few bears around, some big ones some small ones from gifts over the years. Recently one night, he collected all the bears and put them to bed with him! So I thought what happened and asked around. Apparently he watched \"Mr Bean\" and saw one episode with Mr Bean having a bear party with all the bears sitting around the dinner table. There must be a scene where Mr Bean put the bears to bed as well. So boy started doing that, putting bears to sit around the dinner table and then putting them to bed! Ke..ke..ke...! :rotflmao:
Merry Christmas to all mummies and daddies here!
:celebrate:
Recently my boy is starting to imitate too. There's a few commercials he likes and when the TV plays the commercials, he will follow the actions and sing along. -
Hi everyone,
I would like to share my autism background story with everyone here in this thread. i would love to post regularly and hopefully we can share and learn from each other in this tough life journey.
My DS son was brought to a psychologist when he was around 1yr9mths old. His response towards his name and eye contact with family members were like 50% of the time, have limited 10 words vocabulary and only when prompted. Psychologist said he may have suspected autism but felt he was too young to be tested and told me to come back when he is older but recommended OT. I was totally devastated and didn’t sleep and eat for the whole week.
I brought my DS to his regular PD for his cold and told her about the ‘diagnosis’, she recommended me to a private Child Developmental Specialist and when I brought him there, she said he was GDD because my DS may satisfied the 2 main characteristics of autism (non-verbal and poor social skill) but he didn’t have any repeated or stimming behaviour and played with a variety of toys. She also recommended OT and ST and i started queuing up for Govt Eipic. When I heard the ‘downgrade’ of label from suspected ASD to GDD, I was over the moon but … Haiz…
Fast forward 5 months later to when DS is 26 months old, the Govt eipic called me and said my son can come for the assessment. With regular OT/ST, my son had improved tremendously - his eye contact with his family members were strong, he will seek his sister out to play or he will play if his elder sister initiates. He has around 100 words vocabulary and can use some words spontaneously.
His playground school told me he knows the regular routine very well, can sit down for 30mins for circle time and snack time, loves to learn and will join in the group activity albeit still parallel play, maintains consistent eye contact with teachers, showed good imitation skills albeit sometimes need modeling by teachers. It was a far cry from his initial 1st month in the school where he just wandered around and was fearful of trying new things.
For me, i was thinking, since his home front and school front progress was so good, perhaps he doesn’t need eipic anymore? His only weakness was that he avoids eye contact with strangers in new environment. But being the kiasu mom and that if I got the slot after a 6 months wait, I better make sure I didn’t make any wrong decision.
I asked the psychologist to come for a school visit to observed him and of course everyone knows the ending since I am writing in this thread right? The psychologist said he still lacked social intent as in although he played in a group, he was not very aware of his peers and teachers. He responded inconsistently when his name was called. Haiz… With that, she said he is more likely autistic rather than GDD. I was like WTS??? I asked her straight in the face, does an autistic child behave differently when at home and outside, she said no. I was even more scratch head confused!!?.. -
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Anyway, the school visit was a blessing because if not I will become too relax in my son’s therapies, as I keep having the thinking he is better from his GDD. I am just very grateful that my son is cognitively sharp, can sit down, have good listening skills (very compliant) and have no sensory issues at all (he does OT for his low muscle tone, he is not very stable on his feet).
I managed to find him a private ICCP and he will start in the new school next year. I did dropped the govt eipic slot because I feel that it is better for my son to learn social intent/interaction/cues from a normal kiddy with support. Let’s hope I make the right decision! Sorry for the ranting and I know the right way to move on is to put the labeling aside and focus on how to help my DS be better. Just that wounds need to heal, and it is hurting bad now. I also want to feel better so that I can learn to celebrate his achievements and milestones rather than his weaknesses all the time. I must also learn to accept so that I can step back and pay more attention to my normal elder daughter.
Merry X’mas to everyone here! -
Hi couragemom,
Welcome here. My child development doctor at NUH CDU told me in her experience, if she notes a child with 2 or more global development delay, it is likely the child is on the spectrum. Example: speech delay + poor eye contact/social response. Autism is a spectrum disorder so there could be some on the mild end and some on the extreme end. She did not elaborate if her method is scientific but I am assuming she uses such a strict classification because getting remedy is probably more important than the classification - as a doctor, you wouldn’t want to miss out on helping any child. The proper way is to of course let your child take a formal diagnosis. You can request for it from your doctor. Cost something like $300+ and a 2 months wait.
Do note i am not in any position to make any assessment for your child so it is best you hear direct from your doctors. I do know that in this world of ours, knowledge is the power to change our child. There is no fixed method or medication. The more information you acquire, the more able you are to fight this monster of sometimes unknown name - autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, speech dyspraxia, etc.
What is ICCP? I don’t know if it is wise to trade it for the govt EIPIC since you waited 6 months for it? -
DesertWind:
This is good news! Agree with Double E, it looks more like imitation skills than imaginary play. Or a combination of both which is even better news! LoL. To me, imitation skills is the best possible scenario. Once the child can imitate, he will imitate speech, then mannerisms, then habits, then ways of a normal person. Congrats!Talking about imaginary play. My boy was never one who likes soft-toys. But we have a few bears around, some big ones some small ones from gifts over the years. Recently one night, he collected all the bears and put them to bed with him! So I thought what happened and asked around. Apparently he watched \"Mr Bean\" and saw one episode with Mr Bean having a bear party with all the bears sitting around the dinner table. There must be a scene where Mr Bean put the bears to bed as well. So boy started doing that, putting bears to sit around the dinner table and then putting them to bed! Ke..ke..ke...! :rotflmao:
Merry Christmas to all mummies and daddies here!
:celebrate:
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