Autism Support Group?
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Dixie
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sm8 said:
There is - they meet at Coffee Quarters on Wednesdays if I recall correctly and it's a bunch of parents that talk about their children and related problems. I've got the number somewhere let me dig around a little. Unfortunately, they only accept you in the group if your child is highly functioning, even though I qualified - that put me off a little bit (that and the person who runs it is a Nazi). Anyhoo - there are a lot of good people in the group and it was good to get out of the house and just be with others who really understood. I'll PM the number on Monday - think I have it at work. Don't know if your child is autistic or if you're caring for someone with autism but I know what you're going through - best of luck and God bless.
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Autistic kids rock! literally, just watch em
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I have a four year old who is very high funtioning autism and nocturnal seizures. I was really looking for a group of friends I could go to McDonald's and play and not have them ask me every 5 seconds "Is she doing that because of the autism?" or yell at her because of one of her quirks. Im not a yeller and it drives me nutts when someone yells at one of my kids. but that's another story.
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Ok....all BS aside I think it's amazing that some of the hidden talents of autisim.sm8 said:
I was watching the discovery channel a while back about this one guy who could draw a DETAILED ARIAL VIEW of a city by just looking at it once! however the poor guy couldn't put his pants on right
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(((echo))) said:Ok....all BS aside I think it's amazing that some of the hidden talents of autisim.
I was watching the discovery channel a while back about this one guy who could draw a DETAILED ARIAL VIEW of a city by just looking at it once! however the poor guy couldn't put his pants on right
There are some pretty remarkable stories about people with autism but the story you saw on discovery is not the norm for the majority of them.
My son is autistic and sadly there is no rational explanation as to why. I had him later in life with all the recommended tests - mental retardation, downs, etc. No one was more surprised than me when he was diagnosed as autistic. He won't look most people in the eyes, he won't answer most people, when you call him he won't respond, he doesn't know how to say hello when he answers the phone - yet he does things on a computer that I have yet to figure out - he grabbed my camera, put the pictures first on the tv, then on the computer, recorded a cartoon program on my camera which I thought was remarkable that he read the instructions and understood. I was wrong the instructions were still sealed in plastic. In elementary school teachers would ask him to fix the computers when they went down - he sit in front of it punch a few keys and voila! When asked how he did it - he'd say I don't know you're confusing me and that was that.
I'm babbling. I hope in my lifetime, they find out why, why more boys than girls - what causes it - what can fix it - what did I do wrong? It's so frustrating because it's almost like you want to get in his brain, like the information is all there you just need to pull it out, uncross a few wires and everything would be "normal". Then you realize what's not normal for you, is perfectly normal for him.
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sm8 said:
Take the number sm8 - go to one meeting. The majority of folks there have younger children w/autism and a lot of the mothers do get together for play dates.
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I guess most of the stories for the parents of autistic children are about the same. What did I do wrong? Why me? And what can I do to fix it? Well as most parents of autistic children know, there are alot of theories out there as to why. None confirmed. And no cure except education and some meds to help the simptoms. My son is autistic and now an adult. He is highly functional, but still with autistic behaviors. During his childhood he was very violent and uncontrollable, but with age he's gottten quite a bit better. No violence in his nature at all now. Really don't think he'd ever hurt a fly. Right now he's with the Center for Life Enrichment in St Mary's and they have him working a regular job with supervision. This kid surprises me daily and has taught me patience I never thought I would have.Dixie said:
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ShyGirl said:
Infants and Toddlers I have heard of, but the other no. That is what I got when I googled.
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The people at TCLE are so amazing, loving, caring...The list goes on.. I loved working with them and loved being around them, they always made me smile.Vince said: