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Originally Posted By Jerry AnneOur neighbors across the street have an autistic child. One day we came out an he was on top of the mini van, and I know he has it relatively severely. However, they have therapists in there every day, and recently I've seen him out roller blading. It seemed remarkable to me. Is this use of motor skills common?
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Originally Posted By lorieI am the mother of an mildly autistic child who is now in a regular kindergarten class. I strongly recommend ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis)My son has recieved this in the home for almost 2 years. Therapists come in and work with him every day. We get this service thru our school system and we started with early intervention. My son started out not talking much, with no eye contact, no social skills and some behaviours and now He can talk up a storm, loves being around others and has lowered his behaviours. Doing great in school so far. Check into this ABA.
Originally Posted By HollyAs a mom of 4, 3 bio, one adopted, 2 of the bio being in the autism spectrum, I can tell you every autistic person is different. My girls cannot ride bicycles, but many people with autism can. My girls are great swimmers, jumpers, climbers, runners, swingers......
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Originally Posted By Lesliehi lorie and all...., my son also is mildly autistic..he has PDD. He has been involved in 20 hrs. weekly of ABA therapy as well as speech and O.T. He is now in a school program in NYC where we live. My son has now dropped down to 4 hrs of ABA. I have very mixed feelings on ABA. On one hand, it is total conditioning (not learning) where it might not be retained after ABA is discontinued. But on the other hand, it did help my son (3yrs. old) to go from no words at 2 yrs. to many words/labeling everything at 3yrs. old.. I also believe my son fell into being autistic as aresult of the famous MMR vaccine!!! He had a terrible reaction immediately following the shot. Anyone else??? Thanks for listening :)
Originally Posted By SueI have an autistic boy and he is not allowed on roller blades. He might break a bone. He has already broken two in his leg just by falling down. Autistic kids are amazing human beings. They have intelliegence you would not beleive. They are good in math, computers or what ever makes them tick. I have noticed physical diabilties go with this. My son has a hard time going down stairs. Has a good time going up them though. So, with every child, it is much different. It is good he is doing some thing "Normal" in his life too. Therapists is a good thing to have. These kids do everything to get into things. You can't leave them alone because, they wonder off and run away. The ones that run away are some times called "Runners". So, if he does something out of the ordinary, don't worry, it's normal for the disability he has.
Originally Posted By DebraYour son may be like mine. He has a hard time with depth perception and is therefore very leary of going down stairs. He does ther same thing in pools and on inclines. He feels his way with his feet. He is very cautious and luckely because of that rarely has an acccident. He however is not afraid to go up stairs. While he is essentially non verbal and undetrstands everything even complex instructions and follows the rules to a tee. He is now 19 and was adopted on his 1st birthday. He is trhe light of my life and I believe that God created me to be his mom.
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Originally Posted By RosalindI have a beautiful young son who has Autism. I would just like to say that every child is so different !!! My son has great use of his motor skills in some area and not so good in others. He is great at climbing, riding his bike, quad, ski-doo, and now driving a car or truck. He has excellent judgement and is able to go places I would not dare go because his perception is so different from mine...and so much better. He sees things I do not, he hears things I do not, but he is teaching me...and I am learning ! Thank God !! His fine motor skills are very sharp as well since he loves electronic equipment and is able to repair lots of things such as stereo equipment, vaccuum cleaners and other things. Each is so different !!!!
Originally Posted By juliamy son is 5 years old and roller blades, swims, rides a modified bike as well as a horse. he may take longer to do things but he (like most autistics) understand more than we give them credit for. the best thing you can do is show kindness to your neighbor and his family.
my son is 10 years old with profound autism and mental retardation he alo has epilepsy,hyperactivity,pica. he is incontinent and non verbal{actually he is very verbal just cant use words only sounds} to anwser your question about your neighboors child.Yes it is quite common. My son with all his challenges has a gift of balance.He loves to climb on everything and anything and can balance on one foot high up on top of something.He never gets dizzy either.He goes to a special school during the day with other kids like him and I have found most on this level have that in common.Anything else I can be of service to you in anwsering your questions instant messege me.
My oldest daughter was diagnosed with ADHD and was smart as a whip. Her pediatrician thought she may have also had Asperger Syndrome (which is on the autism spectrum). I say this in the past-tense because she died in an accident a year and a half ago.
My youngest is diagnosed with low functioning autism and is also diagnosed as severely/profoundly mentally retarded. Autism has quite a wide spectrum.
~Sandy
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