I understand the ipod/ipad issues! Thank you for sharing with me! A lot of issues you have described my bf has/had too in school, I sometimes suspect my son will grow up to be justlike his father :P Who i always believed to possibly be on the spectrum, not adhd. He has attention issues for different reasons than an adhd child. But its nice to hear others experience, I'm sorry for your difficulties in school I really dont get why children and even teachers do that to children.
I excelled at things I was interested in. Like art. focusing on tedious stuff like essays. I failed at following rules. I can rant by typing easily, as long as I am interested what he topic. But a 10pg essay on cloning? Always failed, never finished. I've read less than ten books. I sometimes re-read a page over a few times to try to comprehend. I was also a bit rebellious and often told the teacher where to shove it if I thought something was stupid. I love complicated and fail at easy.
Sorry, I am using my iPad and it doesn't like JavaScript to be able to reply directly to our conversation. I had problems studying things I wasn't interested in, like regular kids, but my stubbornness was (and is) at a greater level. My largest problem was social skills. I could never win points with the teachers or classmates. People didn't know how to handle that and I was often made fun of, which some people had to directly point out that they were doing so to make sure I got hurt.
that's strange the simpler levels are harder? It reminds me of my sons language disorder , He can do some 2-3 year old skills that kids his age can't, yet he can't even do some one year old skills like making choices. People assume people with autism don't want to be social or have friends,but it's more like they don't have the social skills to do so. I can tell you though i believe social skills can be learnt, it just dosnt come naturally though to you, and you'll always think more differently.
@MsNattyable. Thanks for posting the video and sharing your experience. I have a 18 mo old who is showing signs of autism: doesn't respond to name, no pointing, no waving, hand flapping, speaks many words but "uses" no words, hand leading. We are getting him assessed but not sure when that'll happen. What intervention did you get started with? Speech therapy? would you recommend something we can get started at home now before the assessment and speech therapy. Wishing your son a faster improvmnt
I can't say I know bc I dont think the same, but I'm trying to understand, but I think that's cruel anyone would laugh at you explaining your thoughts, tbh your explaining a lot of things my bf has explained to me about himself. I believe he could possible be on the spectrum, but its just to hard to know now that he is older, and socially he has improved so much since he met me. He also tells me he makes his own interpretations of things, and he is very logical and technical too.
I have learned to approach social situations the same way I apply technical knowledge. I see things my own way and have figured out some of the interactions thru my own interpretations. When I explain these discoveries to anyone else,they generally laugh it off because they don't get it at all. I only understand things on a certain level that is easy for me and complicated for them as vice versa. Simply put, I can play the difficult levels of games easier and have a hard time with simple levels.
@setsunasamachan I wrote my reply to you above this comment lol, but I wanted to ask you one thing, I'm not sure of your age but when you were in elementary what was it like for you?studies? focusing etc?
I can see you love anime like me too btw :P, Best wishes to you sweet heart :) <3 I hope things are going well for you, thanks for the reply.
I only realize my problems now after years of my mother drilling it into my head. She's very easily annoyed though I am not. And what i do makes sense to me and it doesn't make sense to others. That's what I know now, though I am still learning how to handle social situations. I was always the wallflower at gatherings because (And still) dont know what to do. People assume I am shy because f2f I am lost. I like people very much sometimes and want to feel closer to my friends, but I'm clueless.
Rewatching this video I realise that two days before there were people over and going BOO, to him, so he was just echoing /repeating what happened the day before,but to himself not interacting or engaging me.He use to be like that a lot ignore me, and be to himself, now with all the Play therapy we have been doing he actually will interact! Also he actually notices when he falls or runs into wall now, now that i'v taught him booboo kiss, he comes to me and goes Ow and shows me it
Sadly my son wasn't ignoring me on purpose, he was diagnosed with Autism. I'm more relaxed now, on things he does, and now I realise what is a sensory seeking behaviour, with all the therapies with have been doing he's been getting so much better, he still ignores me sometimes when we call, if he is preoccupied, but now he'll actually look at me if I call him. And he uses his Echolalia to reply to me more. These past 6 months of speech therapy has done him wonders.
He repeating this "boom" thing. I do that too. Alot. And then i catch myself later, sometimes hours after it happened. And I am a fully grown adult with Asperbergers syndrome. I also have twin cousins diagnosed with it and another young boy with a different type. He comforts himself in repeating things same as I catch myself doing. I try to stop but mostly I just keep it quiet when I do so I don't attract attention. I am on the savant side with light social tendencies. I can talk the day away i
@setsunasamachan It's strange how you do realise your doing it! think it's great to have your comforting rituals, sometimes it seems so cruel to make someone stop..but as linus gets older and if he has his sensory issues or comforting things he needs. I'll teach him to do it in a quiet place and to take himself out of situations if he feels uncomfortable so he can regroup. You sound like a great young man btw :)
that asd signs are hard to tell at a young age because it can be similar to kids with a general speech delay..but he was doing weird things like the spinning etc..he hasnt done it in a week..so I dont know waht to take of it? he flaps his hands but i figured most kids do that
my son wakes up EVERYDAY at 2 to 4am screaming, but not really much trouble other than that. and he dosnt sleep grind, thanks for commenting you guys I appreciate it so much! I was so sure..now I don't know what to think..
I still think he must have other issues, his attention is very bad, i mean most kids i'm sure are, but his is bad like you could still be talking to the wall. Sometimes I think he's become so much better but he takes two steps forward and one back. it's really scary, but all I can do is just focus on what I know are his main problems and help him..I know autism is a delay problem so just because he's stopping a lot of the things he is doing dosnt mean its not a problem any more, but..I read
Also he's starting to point at things so much. And we went to a speech therapy and she reassured me I was doing everythign right and in april he will be able to go into the speech funded program by the government. He can finally say words! I feel so very exicted it feels like more words everyday, well still about only 18 , but that's a ton! But he doesnt say them all the time and he'll only say them if I say them first..but it's a start. and mostly it's because of flash cards I teach him..but
Sorry for not replying quicker! I just havent been able to come on, I'm actually going on vaction soon till april,but I'm always up for a chat. My son is so strange! haha, I know that sounds mean but he is! He has improved so much! I just don't know what to think any more! His eye contact isnt complete but it's so much better, he actually looks at me now, and now when i call him he'll sometimes respond when I ask a question he'll nod his head or shake, not appropriately but he's sorta trying
I have one video of my son on here, and plan to add more in the near future. Feel free to check them out so you can look for similarities(keep in mind all kids are different. They could act similar and not necesarily have the same diagnosis) I would love to chat sometime if you would like.
My son was diagnosed with pdd-nos on Feb 3rd 2011 at 28 months. I am by no means a doctor or psychologist, but as a mother of a child with an asd, i can tell you that i would guess you son has pdd-nos. He acts very similar to my son. My son does the rapid blinking, and sometimes a squinting type of thing. He is a very picky eater. He lines things up, flaps, and runs in circles occasionally(nothing excessive...in fact somedays he doesn't do any of those things).
I understand the ipod/ipad issues! Thank you for sharing with me! A lot of issues you have described my bf has/had too in school, I sometimes suspect my son will grow up to be justlike his father :P Who i always believed to possibly be on the spectrum, not adhd. He has attention issues for different reasons than an adhd child. But its nice to hear others experience, I'm sorry for your difficulties in school I really dont get why children and even teachers do that to children.
MsNattyable 1 month ago
Sry, I hated essays in general. That's not how it came out when I had to cut it for going over 500.
setsunasamachan 1 month ago
I excelled at things I was interested in. Like art. focusing on tedious stuff like essays. I failed at following rules. I can rant by typing easily, as long as I am interested what he topic. But a 10pg essay on cloning? Always failed, never finished. I've read less than ten books. I sometimes re-read a page over a few times to try to comprehend. I was also a bit rebellious and often told the teacher where to shove it if I thought something was stupid. I love complicated and fail at easy.
setsunasamachan 1 month ago
Sorry, I am using my iPad and it doesn't like JavaScript to be able to reply directly to our conversation. I had problems studying things I wasn't interested in, like regular kids, but my stubbornness was (and is) at a greater level. My largest problem was social skills. I could never win points with the teachers or classmates. People didn't know how to handle that and I was often made fun of, which some people had to directly point out that they were doing so to make sure I got hurt.
setsunasamachan 1 month ago
that's strange the simpler levels are harder? It reminds me of my sons language disorder , He can do some 2-3 year old skills that kids his age can't, yet he can't even do some one year old skills like making choices. People assume people with autism don't want to be social or have friends,but it's more like they don't have the social skills to do so. I can tell you though i believe social skills can be learnt, it just dosnt come naturally though to you, and you'll always think more differently.
MsNattyable 1 month ago
@MsNattyable. Thanks for posting the video and sharing your experience. I have a 18 mo old who is showing signs of autism: doesn't respond to name, no pointing, no waving, hand flapping, speaks many words but "uses" no words, hand leading. We are getting him assessed but not sure when that'll happen. What intervention did you get started with? Speech therapy? would you recommend something we can get started at home now before the assessment and speech therapy. Wishing your son a faster improvmnt
MrKKCal 1 month ago
I can't say I know bc I dont think the same, but I'm trying to understand, but I think that's cruel anyone would laugh at you explaining your thoughts, tbh your explaining a lot of things my bf has explained to me about himself. I believe he could possible be on the spectrum, but its just to hard to know now that he is older, and socially he has improved so much since he met me. He also tells me he makes his own interpretations of things, and he is very logical and technical too.
MsNattyable 1 month ago
I have learned to approach social situations the same way I apply technical knowledge. I see things my own way and have figured out some of the interactions thru my own interpretations. When I explain these discoveries to anyone else,they generally laugh it off because they don't get it at all. I only understand things on a certain level that is easy for me and complicated for them as vice versa. Simply put, I can play the difficult levels of games easier and have a hard time with simple levels.
setsunasamachan 1 month ago
@setsunasamachan I wrote my reply to you above this comment lol, but I wanted to ask you one thing, I'm not sure of your age but when you were in elementary what was it like for you?studies? focusing etc?
I can see you love anime like me too btw :P, Best wishes to you sweet heart :) <3 I hope things are going well for you, thanks for the reply.
MsNattyable 1 month ago
I only realize my problems now after years of my mother drilling it into my head. She's very easily annoyed though I am not. And what i do makes sense to me and it doesn't make sense to others. That's what I know now, though I am still learning how to handle social situations. I was always the wallflower at gatherings because (And still) dont know what to do. People assume I am shy because f2f I am lost. I like people very much sometimes and want to feel closer to my friends, but I'm clueless.
setsunasamachan 1 month ago
Rewatching this video I realise that two days before there were people over and going BOO, to him, so he was just echoing /repeating what happened the day before,but to himself not interacting or engaging me.He use to be like that a lot ignore me, and be to himself, now with all the Play therapy we have been doing he actually will interact! Also he actually notices when he falls or runs into wall now, now that i'v taught him booboo kiss, he comes to me and goes Ow and shows me it
MsNattyable 1 month ago
Sadly my son wasn't ignoring me on purpose, he was diagnosed with Autism. I'm more relaxed now, on things he does, and now I realise what is a sensory seeking behaviour, with all the therapies with have been doing he's been getting so much better, he still ignores me sometimes when we call, if he is preoccupied, but now he'll actually look at me if I call him. And he uses his Echolalia to reply to me more. These past 6 months of speech therapy has done him wonders.
MsNattyable 1 month ago
He repeating this "boom" thing. I do that too. Alot. And then i catch myself later, sometimes hours after it happened. And I am a fully grown adult with Asperbergers syndrome. I also have twin cousins diagnosed with it and another young boy with a different type. He comforts himself in repeating things same as I catch myself doing. I try to stop but mostly I just keep it quiet when I do so I don't attract attention. I am on the savant side with light social tendencies. I can talk the day away i
setsunasamachan 3 months ago
@setsunasamachan It's strange how you do realise your doing it! think it's great to have your comforting rituals, sometimes it seems so cruel to make someone stop..but as linus gets older and if he has his sensory issues or comforting things he needs. I'll teach him to do it in a quiet place and to take himself out of situations if he feels uncomfortable so he can regroup. You sound like a great young man btw :)
MsNattyable 1 month ago
this is stupid hes doing it on perpis
bornbadtothebone123 10 months ago
What state are u in? I see some signs more milder
desirablehyna 11 months ago
that asd signs are hard to tell at a young age because it can be similar to kids with a general speech delay..but he was doing weird things like the spinning etc..he hasnt done it in a week..so I dont know waht to take of it? he flaps his hands but i figured most kids do that
my son wakes up EVERYDAY at 2 to 4am screaming, but not really much trouble other than that. and he dosnt sleep grind, thanks for commenting you guys I appreciate it so much! I was so sure..now I don't know what to think..
MsNattyable 11 months ago
I still think he must have other issues, his attention is very bad, i mean most kids i'm sure are, but his is bad like you could still be talking to the wall. Sometimes I think he's become so much better but he takes two steps forward and one back. it's really scary, but all I can do is just focus on what I know are his main problems and help him..I know autism is a delay problem so just because he's stopping a lot of the things he is doing dosnt mean its not a problem any more, but..I read
MsNattyable 11 months ago
Also he's starting to point at things so much. And we went to a speech therapy and she reassured me I was doing everythign right and in april he will be able to go into the speech funded program by the government. He can finally say words! I feel so very exicted it feels like more words everyday, well still about only 18 , but that's a ton! But he doesnt say them all the time and he'll only say them if I say them first..but it's a start. and mostly it's because of flash cards I teach him..but
MsNattyable 11 months ago
Sorry for not replying quicker! I just havent been able to come on, I'm actually going on vaction soon till april,but I'm always up for a chat. My son is so strange! haha, I know that sounds mean but he is! He has improved so much! I just don't know what to think any more! His eye contact isnt complete but it's so much better, he actually looks at me now, and now when i call him he'll sometimes respond when I ask a question he'll nod his head or shake, not appropriately but he's sorta trying
MsNattyable 11 months ago
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scroses1 11 months ago
I have one video of my son on here, and plan to add more in the near future. Feel free to check them out so you can look for similarities(keep in mind all kids are different. They could act similar and not necesarily have the same diagnosis) I would love to chat sometime if you would like.
AE12386 11 months ago
My son was diagnosed with pdd-nos on Feb 3rd 2011 at 28 months. I am by no means a doctor or psychologist, but as a mother of a child with an asd, i can tell you that i would guess you son has pdd-nos. He acts very similar to my son. My son does the rapid blinking, and sometimes a squinting type of thing. He is a very picky eater. He lines things up, flaps, and runs in circles occasionally(nothing excessive...in fact somedays he doesn't do any of those things).
AE12386 11 months ago