Hi friends, can you share experiences of GFCF diet on your kids ? Does it improve speech?
That’s wonderful Information. Can you please suggest any website where I can get dosage information for 3yr old ASD kids esp for fish oil. and multivitamins. Thanks.
I am living in Malaysia
The definition of homeschool here is a center setup with small number of students. (Homeschool here may have different definition to most other countries, where it means strictly doing studies in own home).
My son is 7 years old, high functioning autism. Currently placed in nursery (preschool daycare)
- Childhood Appraxia of speech (now can say one word or regular word)
- Still doesn't know how to talk or communicate with peers
- not a picky eater.
- doesn't have any… read more
Therefore I ended with Option B, seeing that it has a good ratio mixture of special and normal kids, and teachers are prepared to accept special kids
The teaching style will have more attention to… read more
I would like to know what therapys your children have been offered to help them cope, I raised concerns about my son at 22 months he is now 3 and apart from 4 speech lessons has had no other help. thank you
Thanks so much molly I will definitely be looking up the boards and appreciate all your advice! Chow I also agree I will have to be his biggest advocate at home if I want to see a positive change in… read more
My 5 year old son suspected hogh functioning Autism. We are living in a place where no therapist is avaolable can any one help us in getting a preformed plan
One of the important thing i can think of is, continuously work on enhancing his language all the time. Not necessarily during lessons time and so on, whenever there is any opportunity, enhance the… read more
He is going to be 7 end of the year.
Started recognizing A- Z about one year ago - 5 to 6 yrs old
Can recognize and say shape of square, circle, triangle
Can recognize 1 to 10.
Basic vocabs are fine, though limited - cat, car, house, flower, fan, etc etc.....
Had also started basic phonics for him about 4 months ago, results had been rather inconsistent and tend to forget easily, and also has tendency to keep repeating confused sounds -
at , ap, ick, all..
Just started to try spelling… read more
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Thanks Shetha, yes, I had checked out the videos on the youtube. Its very basic, but the idea is there, learn words, and look at the video to see what the thing you learn does… read more
I think the most important person will be the role of the teacher to help them mix around, or whenever there is a need to intervene to teach the mild autistic kid the correct way to communicate with… read more
Have spent every waking hour trying to figure out how to deal with my little guys behavior. It has spiked since around the time change and not gettng any better. In the last 6wks at school he has been sent to the principals office 3 times. :( He has 2 other boys in his class who are usually up to no good and he copies them and constantly gets in trouble. He is overly hyper in class and is not listening. At home it's been a constant struggle to get him to behave. I hate spending the day… read more
The time change is always rough for a lot of ASD children, it throws them off. If you think about it a lot of the children live on routine so if they are off routine it becomes an issue. Now if you… read more
Our eldest son was diagnosed with high functioning autism and sensory processing disorder, whe have recently told him about his sensory issues but only because he wud refuse to do any of his activities and exercises to regulate his system and this would lead to meltdowns, since telling him he does his sensory exercises almost always but has to be told what to do, he has recently got a diagnosis of von willebrands disease which he knows about,and was saying how he doesnt like that he is different… read more
From my experience and from what autistic adults have said, knowing about their diagnosis has been very helpful. It helps to explain why they have certain difficulties, so they don’t think they are… read more
I have mixed feelings about that. Right now I have home ABA for my son and he doesn't seem to be responding to the help. The women that works with my son had worked with him at his school. She sees… read more
Hi dear fellow parents
I wish to hear your thoughts and opinions as I am still undecided, even though every case is different, all opinions will be highly appreciated.
In Malaysia, biomedical is still limited, its about 6 hours drive away from my house. Very long waiting list, to make an appointment, need to be about 4 months in advance. And believe its pricey.
About my son -
- He's turning 7 soon
- Diagnosed at around 3 yrs old, high functioning autism.
- Some very mild stimming behavior… read more
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As far as I know, biomedical is an approach which is conducted by specialist doctor who specializes in such area to perhaps do a blood test and advise solution on what the… read more