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oh Christy, where am i going to find one of them babes? It is so difficult as you all know, as you are all experiencing similar probs.
He asked me that when he gets older if he would be as smart as Einstein? And i said probably and he then asked, then which famous scientist will i be as smart as?
He then went on asking if a dog and a cat had a fight, who would win?
He then asked how a light globe worked
He said that i should know all the answers as i was scientist too.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
TD, Chitra will pass you onto a great psych as part of the assessment. She works at the Donvale office too. Maybe you could call and ask for an appt with her whilst you wait till July? Her name is Melinda Gladman.
Did you try to get an appt at Chitras city office? The wait isn't as long...but I think she is going away in June sso it might not be helped.
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when i called her Donvale office i asked about the city office and she said that i would be able to get in there just 2 weeks earlier, so i took the donvale appt as i hate driving into the city.
I will call Melinda Gladman and organise a time. I need to see the psych more than he does for his problems
Oh Lu, how can i ever repay you? I would have searched and searched for a good specialist and probably not have found one either. So thank-you.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Nah, thank my mum who spoke to my uncle who is the Head of a boys school who deals with a few aspys who has a friend who is the bestest Autism bloke in Vic who is also booked to the eyeballs but was happy to talk to mum himself (you know what specialists are like) who gave mum the numbers of 2 others that he recommended most highly and Chitra was one of them who also happened to be on ABC radio recently chatting about one of her patients who is a world class surfer, so therefore is a massively high achiever and Chitra helped him focus...
PHEW - got that ?
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got that!
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TD!!!! He's got some sensory issues!!!!
88% of kids on the spectrum have sensory issues, and some kids do without being on the spectrum. Sensory issues include tactile, auditory, oral factory, proprioceptive and visual... The way their brain processes certain parts pertaining to these things can cause irregular responses. For example, I know a child who hates the feel of denim... says it feels like knives.... M used to have panic attacks when a siren went by. M also has found out that sucking calms her down, so she does things now to self soothe including sucking her thumb which is a recent development.
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Auditory for Devrim - is any loud noise. He can't even stand the tv when its up load or music or just anything loud. We had always thought that it was because he was raised in household with adults who always thought of him and would make no noise when he was asleep etc..
I gotta google sensory issues.
I spoke to DH last night and said that i really need support in this. He will usually not attend any appts i take Devrim too, for anything as he finds that he is useless since he cannot speak english properly. I am okay with that but want him to do research about it in Turkish so he has an understanding of Asperger's too when i speak to him about it. he told me last night that he doesn't believe that Devrim has Asperger's. I think he is in denial, but i'm gonna do whatever it takes, even if it means getting him assessed and it comes back negative. I'm not going to give up. I know he has some issues. I can see it. he can too, but thinks that Devrim is just being difficult for us.
We have parent-teacher interview today. I'm going to ask his teacher if she can see anything "different" about him. He told the teacher that he found this class to easy for him. He was doing homework last night and the whole time he kept muttering 'too easy, too easy".
Christy - i started reading your M - autism thread yesterday. I was nearly in tears about M screaming/crying bits as Devrim was the same. Dh and i would sit whilst he cried after we had tried everything to comfort him. It was so hard. It brought back so many memories. I too had PND because of it.
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Turkish Delight - i am going through the process of getting Hamish diagnosed with Aspergers.
He gets a warning every day for talking, he doesn't seem to get the when someone else is talking we listen cues.
He is not the most talkative child unless you get him started on a topic which he is interested in and then its hard to stop him. His latest thing is Bionicles, everything is bionicles, every drawing every conversation is about them.
Getting dressed is one of his other biggest challenges , he has sensory issues so hates the feel of certain materials, collars, zips etc and hates socks with a passion. I have made him a visual checklist , we have some boxes made into a train and on the side are magnets, then i put the picture of what he is to wear on each carriage, when he has done that item he takes the picture off and puts it in the train...
I too have cried about this, My Mum is a great support and has stood by with all of this my DH really doesnt have much to say about it and my Dad thinks he will grow out of it ...
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He will not wear pjs, where the pants have buttons. I have to cut them off. I cannot believe it. I just thought he was weird. School pants have zips, so i had to find one with the elasticized waist as he won't wear the ones with zips.
He loves touching/feeling skin though. He will rub my arm whenever he is close to it.
I am still shocked.
You are very lucky that your mum supports you. I have told my mum and she doesn't believe us, because it is a syndrome with no physical symptoms.
Devrim is also quiet when he is not interested in the subject matter, but he will try and butt in and say something about a topic of his interest. He doesn't understand either that you need to wait your turn, when other people are talking. He just won't do it.
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