Ten great things about my child
Share ten great things about your child, or self, with autism. This mom, author of GFCF Mommy, blogs about her child and then calls out to others to do the same.
“10. MapQuest is his current passion. He can tell you the location of almost any train line in the United States and Europe. Wherever we are, he seems to know the direction we are headed. I have no need for a GPS system in my car!”
Read the other nine here and then post one of your own.
Socializing online can improve Aspie social skills offline
Sheila Schoonmaker , author of Sheila Schoonmaker, writes about how online social skills help Aspies with offline social skills.
“Even though people can kind of ’see’ me online, the internet is like having an agent who represents you. I can be social indirectly. Contrary to what most people think, socializing online for an Aspie improves their social skills offline. Blogging is not the same thing as playing video games online, but both have positive effects for Aspies.”
Don’t make assumptions
This mother of three, and author of The Village Streams, writes about her experience with a child in her daycare.
“I needed answers and quickly as this child would have sudden unprovoked outbursts of rage that could not be reasoned with and now he was getting old enough to hurt himself and others. When in a rage, which could happen even as a result of getting his way, he would sit in time out, but would scream seemingly forever. …
… Let me take a minute to say that if you are reading this and have never dealt with this, don’t even try to make assumptions. One of the most unfortunate things for the parents that are working to help their children through this, is the critisicizm and uninformed suggestions of those who don’t have a clue!”
She looks for ways to help and turns to vitamins and music. Read more here.
What are the traits?
So you’ve been reading a lot about autism, but what are the traits? Goldie, author of My Life as a Platypus, shares a list.
“Persons with autism may also exhibit some of the following traits:
• Insistence on sameness; resistance to change * (he has problems with transitions)
• Difficulty in expressing needs, using gestures or pointing instead of words *
• Repeating words or phrases in place of normal, responsive language ( ?- my son just doesn’t speak!)
• Laughing (and/or crying) for no apparent reason showing distress for reasons not apparent to others *
• Preference to being alone; aloof manner * (sometimes…he is inconsistent) …”
Read more of her blog and the list of traits here.
These are only a few of the posts by those blogging for autism awareness. There many, many great posts being written that aren’t shown here. Check the right rail to find more.
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Genevieve Hinson is a social media coordinator for Children's Hospital Central California. She's also a writer, wife and mom to two boys and a girl. The opinions she expresses here are her own, as is her obsession for coffee.
