Does your child have autism
Today’s special show is about autism.
Autism covers a wide range of “categories”, Rebecca White will be talking about Asperger’s Syndrome and Melody Ravert author of Silent Angel will be one of several guest speakers who will be talking about their life as parents of autistic children.
Join us as we talk about the daily challenges, the joys and the way our children look at daily life with a new aspect that makes us appreciate the world around us more each day.
Show sponsored by:
Our Kids with Autism
This week I interviewed Rebekah White about her two sons with Aspergers syndrome. Our 2 youngest at the ages of 6 have been diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum so we had a lot in common. If you aren’t familiar with Autism, I suggest you look into it, or better yet listen to our show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Special-Needs-Kids and to Rebekah’s show thttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/healyourselftalkradio which airs today and will focus on autism as well.
There are so many challenges when you have a child with autism but there are so many great things as well. For instance, though my child is very stubborn and gets “stuck” on an idea that has to be told or acted out before she can move on, she has one of the brightest minds I’ve ever seen. She is so intelligent and funny when she can get around the bumps in her road! Rebekah and I both have high functioning autistic children which can cause even more issues. They seem normal and so their symptoms and behaviors can be easily brushed off as being a bad apple, or lazy, or any one of the negative things associated with difficult children.
It is simply not true of these kids though. They process the same information that you and I do, but they do it in a different way and so they may have to do things in a different pattern than we do in order for them to get to the same end result. These patterns may look out of the ordinary to others and may not fit in with a structured situation like school or work.
Social situations can cause problems, because while the autistic child looks to be interacting with their peers, they might not be really connecting. They often times have a story in their head already and they cannot play along well if their peers don’t follow that story line. Do you have an autistic child?
Please share your thoughts with me. We all need support.
Jenn Brockmanwww.paintedlaydies.comwww.mamabags.com
So, how old is your untrained child?
Mine is 6 and still is not using the bathroom on her own all the time. It really is much better than it was but it took going to school almost all year long before she even got this far! You see, my child is autistic, or so we think.
There could be some other issues stacked on top of it, or with it. If you aren’t familiar with Autism, then you need to read up. It is becoming so very predominant here in America. No matter what you may or may not think about the diagnosis, the behavior is a real issue for many people all over the world.
As a parent of a child with special behaviors, are you embarrassed to tell people that your 6 year old doesn’t even “get it” about going to the bathroom on her own? I am sometimes. For that reason alone, it’s easier to have a label. I hate labels though! Labels can confine a person and limit them to what another understands of that label alone. So many minds are closed when it comes to another person’s behavior and that is so sad. There are always reasons, whether right or wrong, for that behavior but many people don’t care about the why and are quick to judge. I hope you are not this way. I hope that you can open your heart and mind to what these children go through, and in turn, what we parents go through.
Often I feel helpless in helping my child. She obviously sometimes cannot express her emotions or thoughts to me in a way that I can understand. She becomes frustrated and angry and so do I, but not at her. I only want to help but it is not easy to know how.
Do you have a child like mine? Continue to love them as that is all that matters in the end and sometimes all we can do.
Jenn Brockman
