All About Autism

[tyeogh]

Thanks all for your kind comments


Nebbermind, he is 5.5 y.o.

Pinkamoon, you made me realize I am in a more privileged position. Sorry I was not sensitive enough and made you feel bad. Thank you for pulling me back to earth. I don't know what gripped me that day to humtum his principal and teacher. And over academia which I am normally blasé. Maybe I am just more protective of this boy. Sigh.

Last night, I tried teaching him to spell \"spin\", \"stop\", \"small\". After writing 10 times, he still cannot spell. Then I spotted his cartoon drawings at the corner of the table. I took it, hid it and threatened to destroy all his drawings. Straight away, he got all 3 words right!! As many times as I demanded, he got all right! I think I found the problem...

[tyeogh]

Nebbermind:

Dare to try?


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Not me. My kids are banned from all computer devices. I think it causes myopia. Incidentally, I found an interesting solution for kids to go spectacles free. Any child here wearing specs and want to get off it, let me know.

[Nebbermind]

tyegoh


myopia - yes, please!

your boy - 5.5yo?!! Happy for you, bro!! Hope you are not considering sending him to art classes. Just provide him the dwg material and let him express himself freely in his dwgs!

[tyeogh]

Art class too expensive LoL. His mom wants it, I am against it. I think it’s better for the child to express himself freely. As with many things, lets see who wins LoL.


Re myopia, there is a new technology called Ortho K. It’s is a contact lens worn at night before sleep. Child takes it out next morning. The lens shapes the child’s eyes. The main purpose is to stop myopia deterioration. So if a child uses it for like 10 years, the power maintains or increase by only 50 degrees instead of the expected 500 degrees.

The other advantage is the child will have perfect eyesight for the next day. So after he takes it out in the morning he gets perfect vision for 24 hrs i.e. specs free.

My 3rd child is using it. Please note I have no relationship with Ortho K nor am I paid to promote it. I found out thru a friend and I am only a user. I must say it is an amazing product.

[Cool Cool]

ImMeeMee:

Cool Cool:

Hi mummies and daddy,


Hope you all and your LOs are doing well.

My son has been attending his EIP class for about 7 weeks and I am so happy that he is settling well there. Get along very well with his teachers also. Can hear him laughing and shouting in excitement. And he is also attending weekly OT and ST there and he is improving.

Now my headache is for next year if i should continue him at EIPIC or enroll to childcare. I see some kids attending both kindergarten (AM) and EIPIC (PM) every day. I think it's too tiring for him and I am unsure if he can get up in time for school. Let me hear some of your views on this? He has no speech yet and can't follow the instruction well. But his attention span becomes longer and can participate in class activity.

And another thing is his Dr at CDU recommended us to consult a genetic dr in NUH. Anybody has seen a genetic dr and done the genetic test? if yes, can you please share your experience? I haven't decided if I should go or not. :?

Thanks in advance!

Cool Cool

For myself, my focus for my dd3 had always been on EIPIC, cos the objective was for her to be guided under trained teachers in a more structured environment and a lower teacher:student ratio. When she was in K2 I added mainstream childcare on top of her EIPIC. It was a three-hour program in the afternoon and my objective was for her to improve on her social skills where possible.

Some parents focus on mainstream with support from EIPIC, some parents vice versa (like me), and some parents do either or. There is no exact formula. So the question you may want to ask is what are your objectives for your child at this stage, and how much can your child and your resources cope either way.

Hope this helps.

Hi ImMeeMee,

Thanks for your comment. Yeah. I'd like to him to continue his EIP at least until middle of next year. My worry is that he will lose out on academic parts and Chinese language. Btw, we don't know chinese and don't speak at home.

[Cool Cool]

Couragemom:

Hi Cool Cool,


How old is your son? If he is still young, it is better to 'stabilize' his condition first before rushing to put him back to mainstream pre-school. Ask yourself the purpose of putting him in a mainstream pre-school - if it is for academics learning, then you need him to at least be able to sit and listen or else how to learn right? If you are worried that he is losing out, you can go Popular to buy some pre-school assessment books to go thru with him at home. If your purpose is to learn to socialize with NT peers, then perhaps you can consider letting your son join a social class therapy first? I don't mean to be a wet blanket in anyway, but social cues that a NT child pick up instinctively has to be taught step-by-step to our special darling.

Hi Couragemom,

Thanks for the response and suggestion. My son is 2 yr 9 month old. Yes. My purpose of putting him in a mainstream pre-school is for academic learning and to familiarize with Chinese language. And my worry is he will be losing out. My another concern is starting the school at N2 and K1 can be quite different. N2 is not so academic yet and he can easily blend in. But for K1, i think the focus is more on academic part and he won't be able to catch up. Correct me if I am wrong. i have no experience in SG schooling.
So for now, I will continue his EIP until at least middle of next year and see his condition at that time and decide accordingly.

[pinkamoon]

Nebbermind:

Dare to try?


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Hi Nebbermind! This is similar to Son rise programme. Parents see things from their perspective, doing the same stims and see the world from their beautiful angles. I know what you mean. Their world is a beautiful one.

[sharonkhoo]

Cool Cool:

Couragemom:

Hi Cool Cool,


How old is your son? If he is still young, it is better to 'stabilize' his condition first before rushing to put him back to mainstream pre-school. Ask yourself the purpose of putting him in a mainstream pre-school - if it is for academics learning, then you need him to at least be able to sit and listen or else how to learn right? If you are worried that he is losing out, you can go Popular to buy some pre-school assessment books to go thru with him at home. If your purpose is to learn to socialize with NT peers, then perhaps you can consider letting your son join a social class therapy first? I don't mean to be a wet blanket in anyway, but social cues that a NT child pick up instinctively has to be taught step-by-step to our special darling.

Hi Couragemom,

Thanks for the response and suggestion. My son is 2 yr 9 month old. Yes. My purpose of putting him in a mainstream pre-school is for academic learning and to familiarize with Chinese language. And my worry is he will be losing out. My another concern is starting the school at N2 and K1 can be quite different. N2 is not so academic yet and he can easily blend in. But for K1, i think the focus is more on academic part and he won't be able to catch up. Correct me if I am wrong. i have no experience in SG schooling.
So for now, I will continue his EIP until at least middle of next year and see his condition at that time and decide accordingly.

He's so young that your focus should be on behaviour and interaction rather than academics. That can be caught up later once the basics are in place. Even if he seems to be losing out now (which I feel shouldn't be a concern at this age), my opinion is that taking time to get a firm foundation in place will help him more in the long run than worrying about him not keeping up now. Sending him to nursery at this age should be for socialisation and learning to operate in group situations. And if he has a diagnosis of ASD, you can apply for exemption from MT when he goes to school. Although 2 languages is better than one, if the child can't cope, it can't be helped. Anyway, no point worrying about that now.

[pinkamoon]

tyeogh:

Pinkamoon, you made me realize I am in a more privileged position. Sorry I was not sensitive enough and made you feel bad.

Straight away, he got all 3 words right!! As many times as I demanded, he got all right! I think I found the problem...

No worries tyeogh, I don't feel bad at all. I feel blessed to be the mother of my son. I get to participate fully in his life. It is only when there are pitfalls in my life can I pick myself up and become stronger. The journey has been a fulfilling one, so no regrets being a mummy of an autistic child. God wants me to experience life to the fullest. As compared to other parents, I think we parents of autistic children have to count our blessings because our children do not have physical disabilities.

Good that you have found a solution to your problem. :congrats:

[Snow24]

Hi


How can I get child to sit on floor/chair without leaving his seat? Not causing disruption to classmates with the noise he made and playing with the switches and door?

Teacher feedback he is not listening and following the lesson.

Seem like he is not learning.