We tell ourselves that Dashi is around 4 developmentally though he is doing 1st grade math and is learning to read and does art like a whiz
lately I can't leave him alone for a minute unless he gets into something, also the scissors thing and yesterday I had a cup of apple juice and got a cup of coffee and fell asleep (I go in for the part of the sleep study next week where they put the thing over your face thank goodness they found that I have apnea I have been going crazy lol)
anyways he mixed my coffee and apple juice in both cups, and when I looked at my cofee I thought the coffeemate had separated but ooooh it was disgusting and the apple juice too, he was so happy to tell me - boy for the days when he couldn't talk or was unable to pay attention to anything outside of himself lol. I take this as great progress due to therapy etc but we never expected to have to childproof the house and I am struggling with this now at both his advanced age and mine!
He told me yesterday that he will be 7 soon so he is almost an adult, it was all I could do not to ROFL but he was so serious... I am so happy that he is responsive and is actually talking now and not just parroting things or repeating what he has heard on TV, he has made some leap, crossed some milestone lately but I am so tired... I looked all over the house yesterday, talking with him constantly as I always have, telling him what I was doing, asking if he saw a book... discovered it in his 'tableau' of a train wreck late last night and he KNEW I was looking for it. (If you don't know these kids can be so bright, he gets out his Thomas sets or his geotrack sets and stages the entire apartment in different accidents and things, using all kinds of things as ramps (the bill of a hat for instance) or accident wreckage (beads from his therapy beading, I put these away they hurt too much when you step on them, and the rice takes forever to get out of the rug but it makes nice 'snow' lol.
So the question is at what developmental age do kids do this kind of thing, is he really 5? LOL If he is this would be great news... I am hoping this time of homeschooling has given him the time he needs to feel safe and grow and not be afraid of everything... he was not able to keep up in school with the teacher he had for first grade... he was regressing, potty accidents every day (never before then, being scared, getting sick all the time, he was stressed out... and he finally admitted to me yesterday that he could read after months of saying he couldn't do it every single time we open a book.... 1|1|Dashi's calendar age is older due to the autism|glennie58|glenn_scott@alumni.ksg.harvard.edu|16:45:52|04/01/2010|
it took us awhile to figure that out 2|1|Also he played a great April Fools trick on me today|glennie58|glenn_scott@alumni.ksg.harvard.edu|16:49:29|04/01/2010|
it was quite a cute little joke, he told me something reasonable but bad was going to happen and I believed him, I had no idea it was April 1 or that he could do something like that, lol. 3|1|any insight? thank you|glennie58|glenn_scott@alumni.ksg.harvard.edu|15:45:46|04/02/2010|
these tricks are getting harder and harder to take... trying to figure out if it's a new developmental stage or unexpressed anger.... 4|1|Glennie, do you have access to the educational co-op for your county? I think I remember you homeschool, Dash, right? The co-op will have educational professionals that could help answer your questions :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|12:45:49|04/03/2010|
" You'll get what's coming to you ... Unless it was mailed."
5|1|Glennie, Link inside for homeschooling special needs children |Ranalt|ainebailey@gmail.com|13:33:54|04/03/2010|
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/weblinks/specialneeds.htm
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6|1|I wish I had the answers you were looking for...|sunriver|lithiasalt@cheerful.com|14:42:01|04/03/2010|
I'm just not sure. It sounds like he has come a long way and I can totally relate to your concerns about feeling older (and tireder yourself). Does he have a doctor that you trust? Are there any support services in your area that you were holding off using?
It sounds like he is a very creative kid and I know that also goes hand in hand with Autism, or seems to anyway.
I wish I knew for you. I hope you find the answers you are seeking.
Vanessa
7|2|Not autistic but add.. and adhd...|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|16:08:35|04/03/2010|
When my sons like that were older they were insanely creative like that. Razors.. omw if I could tell you how many times we had to find harder places to hide them. If we hid them high my two sons both at different stages would climb to get them they thought razors made great space ships. Coat hangers made great airplanes... scissors he'd cut up crayons and anything else not nailed down. I remember once one of them cut my cell phone charger cord. Vacuum cleaner tub, anything he could find became something different.
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 8|3|thank you ladies, I'm happy he's looking but omw I wish|glennie58|glenn_scott@alumni.ksg.harvard.edu|17:21:11|04/03/2010|
he wasn't seeing so much lol
or that I was 30 again rofl
9|4|i can totally relate......when u have a special needs child....i think you naturally feel older...more tired......ect........i am so grateful that now that jeremy is nearly 15...i dont have to|couponsnsamples|cpsnsamples@aol.com|20:16:57|04/03/2010|
watch him like a hawk.......but he still does things that a child his age would normally not do.....like a week ago.....he cut his hair...reason for it..
i told him i was taking him in a day or so to get a hair cut..........he cut it himself.......because he didnt want me to spend money to get a hair cut........
money.....in his eyes...that could be spent on a new toy.......robot....lego set....ect...LOL 10|1|GLENNIE HAD HE BEEN TESTED FOR AUTISM???|crazymomx2|crazymomx3girls@hotmail.com|00:36:19|04/04/2010|
I WANTED TO EMAIL YOU BUT CANT GET YOUR EMAIL TO POP UP,ITS SOUNDS LIKE HE IS VERY INTELEGENT IN SOME AREAS AND OTHERS HE LACKS THE MOTOVATION TO ME HE MAY EVEN BE SEVERLEY INTELEGENT WHEN CHILDREN ARE VERY INTELEGENT THEY CAN HAVE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMES YOU ARE DISCRIBING,WE HAVE A FAMILY FRIEND WHOS SOME WAS SO INTELEGENT THAT BY AGE 4 COULD TAKE APART A VHS MACHINE (AND I MEAN TAKE APART) EVEYTHING SCREWS AND ALL AND WHEN HE WAS DONE HE COULD PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND IT WOULD WORK JUST FINE,HE GREW INTO A FINE YOUNG MAN.WHEN I WAS READING YOUR POST THE 1ST THING POPED IN MY MIND IS Savant Syndrome IM NOT A DOCTOR AND DONT KNOW ALL THE DETAILS ITS JSUT A THOUGHT,I HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH ADHD AND OTHER FAMILYS WITH SIMILLAR PROPLEMS I ALSO HAVE A COUSION WHO HAS Savant Syndrome, HE SOUNDS LIKE HES VERY INTELEGENT AND BECAUSE OF HIS AGE DOSNT KNOW HOW TO CHALLAEGE HIS ENERGY AND MIND .I HOPE IM NOT EFFENDING YOU BY POSTING THIS AS I DIDNT MEAN TO DO THAT JUST GIVING MY OPINION.HAVE A BLESSED NIGHT TERI 11|2|Hi Teri, no offense, thanks so much for posting and yes he is autistic|glennie58|glenn_scott@alumni.ksg.harvard.edu|21:26:08|04/05/2010|
we have had years of therapies and consultations and meetings and learning and coaching and more therapy.
lately the ladies at TEACCH have been great, we go on mondays, they love him and he loves them, he even
promised to email one of the ladies if he needs her help, a huge breakthru for him, to understand that he
can ask for and receive help and not have a tantrum lol
12|1|Glennie, check this out. AMC and the Autism Society have teamed up for Movies for Kids with Austism. Link inside.|Ranalt|ainebailey@gmail.com|21:12:06|04/08/2010|
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1977230,00.html
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13|2|you will have to copy and paste the link as it isn't clickable.|Ranalt|ainebailey@gmail.com|21:29:51|04/08/2010|
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