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  1. my son is also 12 and wear jeans from BHS they are elasticated round the back and button up on the front. So he does the button up and just leaves it as the elastic on the back of the waist will stretch enough. But I am also going to look at some of the other ones people have suggested as I get fed up of seeing him in the same type of trousers everyday in the holidays lyn
  2. I have ordered seamless socks from America for the last 7 years they do all sizes. Plus they last for a long time. Its called Tooties. www.tootsiesstriderite.com
  3. Hi Justine, The head mistress should not depend on you collecting him when the school can not cope. All these dates events, what took place and how it was handled should all be documented. This will help with your childs statement. The headmistress needs to do than just say they can not cope with your son. They must demonstrate they have put in places procedures to deal with you son and document what went well and what did not. She also needs specilist advice and guidance, and needs to put this in place. A lot of the problems our children experience are due to inexperienced teachers or teachers who believe they are naughty child. So training and being able to understand the child and the reason why the child reacts as it dose, will help the teachers to build up coping straterges. Our sons school had problems supporting our child (even though he had 15 hours support with a LSA). The headmistress managed to get temporary funding increased to cover a full time LSA. But even with this level of support we would not of got our son into a specalist school. We wish you well in obtaining the right son for your child. Lyn
  4. Writing a letter to the GP asking for a referral to a specialist in ASD due to you having the following symptons................ If this does not work than contact PALS. They will work with you to get your message across. The majority of complaints which PALS deal with is due to poor communication. As in your case your GP is not allowing you to voice your opinions and concerns without being dominating. Good luck
  5. We use wet ones for the keybroad and a soft brush to clean the key board. We also use window cleaner to clean the screen. Did you know alot of laptops/computers are covered in germs!!!!!!
  6. We travelled to Australia adn gave our son melatonin an hour before getting on the plane. It worked well. Plus long haul flights have good entertainment. The best think I ever brought my son was a DS. He uses it constantly in the airport and on the plane.
  7. I read in a research article that only 10% would benefit from the type of assessment that Ian is doing. Also the discovery of the benefits to ASD was a by product from the research. Hence alot of people would not invest in this system unless they had an interest in this area. My friend is an Optometrist and she is certainly not poor or struggling within her practice. I believe Ian is passionate about what he is specialising in and therefore sometimes comes across very negative to people who do not take up his type of testing. But in reality it depends on what is available in your area, your budget and knowledge. Some of these children with sensory problems would not be able to travel up or down to Ian to be tested.
  8. Hi Ian, Are there other opticions you have trained up using the orthoscopics system. I was reading about an opticion in Gloucester who said they were trained by you and using this system. Lynne
  9. lynne

    Pet Dog

    We too had a rescue dog and it proved to have problems and had to be put down. So the next time we went to get a dog we were more careful. We had our last dog from Dogs Trust. What an excellent organisation. They match the dog to the family. We saw a lab at the dogs trust centre but the rescue staff said they would not consider giving us the dog as it has already tried to attack 2 of the staff. They consulted with the other staff at the rescue centre and than identified 3 dogs that were suitable. All three dogs were in the kennels at the back (not on display). Needless to say we have had Mia for 2 years. She is a beautiful clever dog. We do fly ball with her and agility. Our son loves getting her to jump over the obstacles. A way of keeping him and the dog fit. The dogs trust aslo have a behaviourist person to work with dogs with difficult behaviour.
  10. My sons sensory difficulties still exist despite lots of interventions. But he is able to manage them better (sometimes).
  11. They had the same subject on radio 2 today. There was a specilist to answer questions and parents rang in with their experience. Of course there was one ignorant person who rang in and said it was the parents fault for giving in to the child. And because the parents did not make the child speak!!!!!!!!!
  12. We will not be working for Dore now or in the for seeable future (but good question as some people will post things to get business from us stressed asd parents) Our son wore coloured glasses and had sensory OT from the age of 4 years. Yet by the age of 8 years he reading age was 6 years. Within 3 months of doing DORE his reading age increase by 6 months at the end of 1 year it had gone up by 2 years. (These are reading tests his school conducted) The other important point is our childs autistic meltdowns reduced from one episode per week to 2 per year. This was the most pleasing outcome. Dore had no experience with a child with dyslexia asd and sensory integration dysfunction with sensory modulation difficulties, so they did not make any promises. In fact they said if there was no improvement we could have a full refund. We know from research that ASD can affect emotion language. It is also known that children with ASD have high levels of serotonin in the central nervous system which suggests an abnormality in the neurotransmitter production. Abnormalities have also been identified in the frontal love and cerebellum area. The DORE programme works on the cerebellum area and helps the neuro pathways. Any repetative exercise will help the neuro pathway eg a baby practising sitting and gradually they can sit on there own etc. Dore exercises are based on the assessment astronouts have when they return from space. Some of there reflexes are reduced muscle mass etc. The deficits are identifed from the equipement and than an exercise programme is form to ensure the space men return to the way they were prior to going into space.
  13. Hi Dana, It is well researched that ASD children have different brain imaging on CT scan. Hence it is very difficult to assess and treat all ASD children the same as they are so complex. There needs to be lots more research done into ASD and the treatments we currently have. But until that time the parents will survive and do the best they can with the knowledge they have. It also depends on what treatments you have available in your area. Ian Jordan spends alot of time assessing ASD children and prescribing glasses if they need them. However, Ian's method is not well acknowledge and accepted by the majprity of opticions in England. The same goes for sensory OT. If your local health authority employ a sensory OT you are lucky. Trying to get OT treatment is difficult, trying to get a sensory OT is even more difficult. We have a 12 year old with ASD, Dyslexic, Sensory Integration dysfunciton with sensory modulation difficulties. Our child has continued to struggle with reading and being able to interpret language. He has been seen by a sensory OT for many years. He also has speech therapy and wears coloured glasses. We got tired of seeing him struggle with reading and writing so we decided to try DORE. We undertook the DORE programme several years ago. At the time they did not have any experience with ASD children but was willing to work with our child and monitor the results. The out come was our child became a confident reader. His writing consistancy improved and also the amount he could write. Our son did find the exercises difficult to do and some of the exercises we had to break down futher so he could eventually build up to perform the whole exercise. So for example for our childto turn in a complete circle twice it would take him several meters before he could perform this exercise. Now he can perform the exercise more evenly and within a very short space. From an ASD point of view the exercises were part of our daily routine which was good. Also the monitoring of our sons eye tracking and balance improved drasticly. So from our point of view Dore exercises helped our son enormously from the sensory side of ASD and also improved his reading age and writing ability. Lynne
  14. Hi Capt_slog, just to say I am from Birmingham so if you want to meet up just send me a pm Lynne
  15. mine is to carry on losing weight. I have lost 10kg but need to lose 5kg more. To sort out my chest (health wise). CT scan booked for the 2nd february. Carry on playing tennis twice a week
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