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The other day I watched a movie called "Fly Away" directed by Janet Grillo and I ended up thinking about my daughter and wondering if she will ever trully know what love is or find love. I usually supress this feeling because there is no need to think about it right now but this movie really broiught it back for me. She is always so happy and I hope that one day she will be able to share that happiness with someone that cares and loves her in a different way then I do. Is it selfish of me to… read more
Make today the best day possible,tommrow will take care of itself <3
ABA therapy
It depends in where you are located. If I was not working fulltime, I would have put my child in a school that is 1 hr away from us but ABA school( private) but can be covered by the district as to… read more
My son is on an ADHD med, Vyvanse. Does anyone have experience using mood stabilizing medication with their children along with Vyvanse or other ADHD meds? How about the addition of blood pressure medication that has been seen to stabilize moodiness caused by ADHD meds?
This is a really good question, I myself take ability for mood and it hasn’t been helping, plus it wakes me up at night a lot. My son is fixing to be 9 and his always had problems with irritability… read more
Has anyone used it? They are really pushing to Promote this program on 'fb'.
I played it at breakfast while he was eating. Captive audience :). And he didn’t always like it, but I push him to watch it. He gets really into it, but if he really protests, I will shut it down.
My son is 19 years old. He has been diagnosed with Asperger's and Social Anxiety Disorder. From your personal experience, what medications worked the best? I was thinking maybe Xanax for anxiety and maybe Prozac?
My daughter is on an anti-anxiety med along with cbt; she has tried to get off it many times and has made her peace with it that she will probably be on it for always. Her dad has an anxiety disorder… read more
if my son is playing a game on the copmuter or ps2 and he loses he has a complete meltdown, and i try to calm himm down but talking to him only makes him madder and holding him makes it worse so then my dad(who doesnt understand autism) comes to the bedroom(which has no door on it for me to be able to shut,and tells me to just spank his behind. But I dont want to teach him to hit or slap any more than he does already, anyone got advice, i sure could use it
Just let it run it's course and try to "ignore" it, making sure he can't hurt himself by matter-of-factly removing objects that could cause him harm.
Hi, I have a son who is over 5 years old and has autism who is still in diapers
Over the past 3-4 months, he's been exhibiting some changes in behavior when it comes to diaper changes. It started with him refusing to acknowledge when he had pooped in his diaper. He wouldn't let me change it and instead would have a major meltdown. He wanted to keep it on and continue doing whatever he was doing. He would happily sit in his dirty diaper all day if I allowed it, as it didn't bother him at all.… read more
Thank you @A MyAutismTeam Member. It had been calm for a few days until yesterday. When I found him sitting in his room rocking back and forth on his bottom again after he'd pooped, I tried to handle… read more
As embarrassing as it's becoming my son is always trying to play with his privates. It's so much we are having a hard time taking him anywhere without getting disgusted looks. Im sure it's a sensory issue. I've looked for abnormalities but there's nothing and his Dr doesn't have anything to say. He's only 8 so it seems a bit young to be going thru puberty. But I need some advice please.
I have checked the area it seems to be normal. He's my 2nd son out of the 3 boys I have. It's definitely a different experience for Davis. I usually gently remove his hands and tell him no hands in… read more
Medication
I wanted to add that even celebrities like Dan Aykroyd (whose interest in ghosts and police led to helping to write Ghostbusters and Coneheads), and Daryl Hannah (Splash, Blade Runner, Steel… read more
My daughter has been exhibiting what appears to be a new stimming behavior. It all started a few months ago during a vacation to the beach in Florida, my daughter started to open her eyes extremely wide every few moments for no apparent reason. This continued for several weeks and persists now during school and when she gets home. She also will tug at her bottom eye lids, causing some slight bruising as she does it frequently. She recently received a full eye exam--her first, which she did GREAT… read more
My daughter started doing this just this week- exactly as you describe- I noticed it after coming from the splash pad park being in the hot bright son- like she was having a hard time adjusting her… read more
