Telling a Child They Have ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Title:
Telling a Child They Have ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder)
Word Count:
822
Summary:
Recently my husband and I decided it was time to tell our son he had ASD (Autistic Spectrum Di
Keywords:
Autistic Spectrum Disorder,ASD,award,flower essences,teacher,angry,brain gym,parenting techniq
Article Body:
He was told during a private father and son discussion, away from distractions.
As parents we´ve reinforced to him that he doesn´t have a disability, just a different way of
We often re-affirm how smart he is and discuss with him the many different types of genius eac
I recently asked his permission to write about him and ASD as my intention was to write how we
I don´t really understand things ˘ I look around and see what everybody else in class does but
I get very upset and stressed with myself and feel stupid with what´s going on around me in cl
I always suspected that there was something different about me.
I feel good that I´ve been told, but not good about the ASD.
It was confirmed when my pare
Now I feel more stupid and dumb
The fact is I fall under ASD but I would rather know than not, it explains why I have difficul
Dad could´ve told me in a different way about the ASD, he should´ve just got straight to the p
It makes me angry when I tell other children about the ASD because they think I´m joking and s
ASD makes me angry because I have to deal with the fact I have ASD.
When I think, I move my fingers, it clarifies things for me.
I really need help with mathematics.
All I want now is to become very intelligent.
Flowers essences have helped me to calm down, release stress and to think better.
My advice to other parents of ASD children is to give them more attention, not just from the p
What we did that worked for us:
Never making idle promises.
When he was very little and something had been promised it became
If old fashioned parenting didn´t work, something new was tried.
Yelling and screaming makes
Set firm boundaries which were explained and why, and then enforced them;
Willingness to try new/alternative health therapies, I´ve tried many, some with great success;
Turned to brain exercises by visiting a brain gym® instructor. Brain gym (educational kinesiol
Flower essences;
Some coaching but only when he was in the right head space;
Listening and noticing changes however subtle (he´s quite introverted);
Chose an age where we felt he´d understand what ASD means without adding too much technical in
Several weeks ago he was one of the top ten Community award winners for water-saving strategie
It´s been hard work and at times very tiring, particularly the very early years, and has requi
Reflecting on my life now I simply couldn´t imagine life without him in it.
He´s opened my he
Michaela Scherr Transformational Coach
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Telling a Child They Have ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder)
Word Count:
822
Summary:
Recently my husband and I decided it was time to tell our son he had ASD (Autistic Spectrum Di
Keywords:
Autistic Spectrum Disorder,ASD,award,flower essences,teacher,angry,brain gym,parenting techniq
Article Body:
He was told during a private father and son discussion, away from distractions.
As parents we´ve reinforced to him that he doesn´t have a disability, just a different way of
We often re-affirm how smart he is and discuss with him the many different types of genius eac
I recently asked his permission to write about him and ASD as my intention was to write how we
I don´t really understand things ˘ I look around and see what everybody else in class does but
I get very upset and stressed with myself and feel stupid with what´s going on around me in cl
I always suspected that there was something different about me.
I feel good that I´ve been told, but not good about the ASD.
It was confirmed when my pare
Now I feel more stupid and dumb
The fact is I fall under ASD but I would rather know than not, it explains why I have difficul
Dad could´ve told me in a different way about the ASD, he should´ve just got straight to the p
It makes me angry when I tell other children about the ASD because they think I´m joking and s
ASD makes me angry because I have to deal with the fact I have ASD.
When I think, I move my fingers, it clarifies things for me.
I really need help with mathematics.
All I want now is to become very intelligent.
Flowers essences have helped me to calm down, release stress and to think better.
My advice to other parents of ASD children is to give them more attention, not just from the p
What we did that worked for us:
Never making idle promises.
When he was very little and something had been promised it became
If old fashioned parenting didn´t work, something new was tried.
Yelling and screaming makes
Set firm boundaries which were explained and why, and then enforced them;
Willingness to try new/alternative health therapies, I´ve tried many, some with great success;
Turned to brain exercises by visiting a brain gym® instructor. Brain gym (educational kinesiol
Flower essences;
Some coaching but only when he was in the right head space;
Listening and noticing changes however subtle (he´s quite introverted);
Chose an age where we felt he´d understand what ASD means without adding too much technical in
Several weeks ago he was one of the top ten Community award winners for water-saving strategie
It´s been hard work and at times very tiring, particularly the very early years, and has requi
Reflecting on my life now I simply couldn´t imagine life without him in it.
He´s opened my he
Michaela Scherr Transformational Coach
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