All About Autism
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specialboymum:
same sentiments. I am mentally and physically tired from having to ponder repeatedly over whether the choices that I have made or am making will bring more benefit or more harm, having to tune myself to being positive when the therapists tell me that my child cannot do this or need to practise on that ... etc.
I shared the same feeling. Frustrated and alone...Since my kid is diagnosed, I found myself withdrawing from friends and concerned relatives, as I'm just tired of explaining to people what is wrong with my son, and also I don't like to see people giving me that 'Oh.. you are so pitiful' look... so my life is practically just work and searching for solutions to help my kid to grow up independently and also integrate into this world that is dominated by neurotypicals... just hope I can have the strength to carry on and not burnt out soon.nugget:
Sigh its really not an easy journey and sometimes I feel we are so alone.
Not knowing if every choice we made for our kid is right or not. Not gaining support and understanding from our love ones, some of us are even getting blame for our kids situation. Experts and therapists giving their opinions which you feel its untrue and unfair due to the short time they spent with your child.
Argh... Really frustrating sometimes. On top of this, we still need to juggle with work, additional expenses, our other kids' needs and household chores!! No wonder if I am getting more white hair!
Sometime I wish, if there is a place where all the ASD can lived as a community, without the need to interact with the neurotypical world, I would want to run away and stay there with my kid.
in fact, I have already burnt out. just getting by one day at a time now. -
for me, i did share with my close friends about my daughter's condition.
but only to those that i feel comfy with.
though i have a close colleague that i lunch with daily, but i didn't share with her cause judging from my understanding of her, i think she wil goes :shock: woah what happen???
for my close friends and cousins that i confide in, they are quite cool in their reactions, saying that they will also try to join us whenever we go out for outings so that they can have more social interactions with my DD1.
one of my colleague that i shared with, i feel comfy sharing with her as she is the motherly type with 2 kids was like , no, don't feel sad. even with normal kids, you will also face problems. its just part of growing up, you will survive
this really perk up my day
cause the last i want is sympathy . -
True. There's some stuffs which she could do such as reading story books (but recognizing some words only) and also doing calculations (so far we only taught her simple addition).
However I think normal kids at 3+ years old will also know how to read story books and do additions, hence I feel she still meet the milestone at least in this area. She's learnt faster with visual aids.
I'll try to think of her positive points
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read more on this.. never give up!
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lavendery:
wow, inever teach my son to read or calculation yet..True. There's some stuffs which she could do such as reading story books (but recognizing some words only) and also doing calculations (so far we only taught her simple addition).
However I think normal kids at 3+ years old will also know how to read story books and do additions, hence I feel she still meet the milestone at least in this area. She's learnt faster with visual aids.
I'll try to think of her positive points
how to start? -
Just read more story books to him or watch more educational DVDs. My girl started reading at 2yrs++ old. Slowly when they are expose to more and more words, their reading literacy will start to kick in.
For calculations, so far I only teach simple addition to her. Hmm using things to add up. Eg 1 + 1 = 2
You can use objects (anything) to help let him visualize -
Helplessmum
If your son is like mine, dun need to really teach. Just read to him daily. My boy picked up reading on his own. We just read to him from when he could sit up. Then he just learned to read by himself. For the more difficult parts of reading, he learned in school. I think also because he couldn’t be bothered to interact with other pp, he spent a lot of his time reading and it really increased his knowledge.
He is a visual spatial learner so instead of phonics, he learnt by sight. He rather his teachers read the word that he couldn’t and he could remember how to pronounce it after that. Even when he couldn’t pronounce it, he figured out the meaning of the words from the whole sentence I think. I dun really know how he decipher this. He had just memorized tv scripts of a documentary on the formation of solar systems. I think he more or less understood what those astrophysicists were saying. Frankly, I don’t.
This is so different from my younger one. I have to actually teach her word by word. So like I said, all have their strengths and weaknesses.
From the IQ test, u should be able to find out his strength. Take advantage of that and use it to help him blossom. -
Lavendry
Wow! 2 yrs old! That's very early! -
mashy:
cool right, i never read to my son.. as i hate reading myself..Lavendry
Wow! 2 yrs old! That's very early! -
lavendery:
Just read more story books to him or watch more educational DVDs. My girl started reading at 2yrs++ old. Slowly when they are expose to more and more words, their reading literacy will start to kick in.
For calculations, so far I only teach simple addition to her. Hmm using things to add up. Eg 1 + 1 = 2
You can use objects (anything) to help let him visualize
any book for recommendation ? or any dvd?
jus read or point words to words to him?
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