Another Video Story Like Mine!
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Haley is great... a published author... another story of a kid who was not supposed to go far... Parents, take heart and have hope!
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Hello Taylor my brother was diagnosed with autism when he was three and He has world with TACA since then. He is nine now. I would like any pointers on how to talk, play and socialize with him in a way that will help him to respond normally.
Taylor,
When you say “floor time”, do you think that is what Haley’s mom is talking about? Is it just for social issues. I am curious. I was not like other males. My school figured I had social problems when I was about 6. I was talking in sentences before I was one, and could read before I was 4. When I was taken to a doctor, he found I was bright and apparently just thought I had ADHD. And I had interests that overpowered any other task I would ever be given.
I am in my late 40s and STILL have trouble socializing. I really can’t go to social events, etc… Since I was never diagnosed, everyone expects me to be able to react in the way they would, and I really can’t. Anyway, suffice it to say that AS really fits and shows me that there ARE others with the same problems. If only I found out a few decades earlier. It is nice to see sites like yours.
Steve
Hi Taylor,
I have a daughter of 7 years old with a lot of the characteristics of an Asperger girl, I am triying to help her to recognize and fell the emotions showed in the face of everybody she have contact. Because sometimes I feel it’s deificult for her to answer this emotions, for example if someone smiles her, she doesn’t answer with a smile, I think she ask herself why she have to smile if there’s nothing funny, it seems to be like he doesn’t have feelings for anyobody, but she have a lot of friends, and she love lo play with them but when she have to accept a rule of play she don’t want to play anymore, she want to put the rules, and if the other doesn’t accept it she stop the play and became interested in other thing, or game or people…I always thought it was something of egoism of her part, but now I’m trying to understand that she doesn’t recognize a lot of emotions because she maybe is a Asperger girl. I have a concern with her future relation with boys, I hope she can understand if some boy have an interesting in her, and she can fell in love in the future…Can you help me to understand how can I discover it?.
Thanks a lot,
Liz
(I’m not a doctor but) I think the first step is to try to get her diagnosed. It’s better to be sure than question and speculate. As far as not showing emotion this tends to be part of autism. If she is autistic not showing emotions doesn’t mean she doesn’t have any, its simply not something she thinks of doing. To teach her the social skills of facial mirroring and being polite gently remind her to do it without being upset or frustrated. If she associates stress with learning social skills she will back away out of anxiety. I would recommend enrolling her in a social skills group if she is diagnosed, where she can have floor time with a therapist and other kids. This could really help her develop socially. I hope the best for your daughter – Taylor