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mine will only eat mince so i get him steak mince which is softer and has no gristle and fat in it.he does not like the texture of lumps of meat,so i have to make sure its really soft and dissolves in his mouth.

i think it very dangerous to recommend any medical treatment to anyone on here.This is a anonnymous place and any medication ,should be advised by a qualified doctor on individuals personel need through face to face contact.

i read about that too,its terrible,that poor man must be in a lot of stress,i hope the American autism society can help him.

poor soul is probably feeling lost,have you dressed his room,with his things from previous address?have taken him around the new house showing him where every thing is?ask him how he would like his room arranged.I am proberly asking all the questions you have already done.I suppose you can only be as patient and wait for him to settle in.

so glad ,but he should be tried in a Uk court for the accusations made against him.

I don't know how you can cure a person of his/her characters. autism is not a diesease,its a condition which affect's brain neuor typical development. There is so much that as humans we don't know and so much to learn.Autism should be embraced as a human difference,like being of a different race.There is a lot of ignorance out there amongst our society and more autism awareness needs to be made so that professionals in areas of our society.And for parents to accept the difference too,some just don't which is a shame because their child has so much good potential all it needs is to be discovered and encouraged.

i liked the program because it showed 3 different examples of how autism affects people and how much we are learning about it and how much more we still need to learn.The importance now of early detection in toddlers and looking into the siblings and how they are developing.

about growing children on autism. on BBC 4 if you would like to see it. Growing children with autism its called

started mainstream primary had a poor time,now into secondary school and much better,in positive attitude and flexiability with the school,the teachers and the support unit, i can't fault it.in fact the time in secondary school this first year has been his best and most successful,again because of the skill and professionalism of the staff, autism is not unmanagable to them.

autism is not a excuse for behaviour,but a reason. some difficulites are the autism the behaviour like manipulation for instance of palying ipad under the covers instead of sleeping is naughtyness,not the autism. disobedients of your instructions or orders because so and so knows better or wants different is a naughty person. thats the difference i see. Having a tantrum because coping with things like noisey classrooms or mis understanding what people say is the autism bit. often young children with autism can't express the difficulties they are having,so the swimming on the floor to onlookers is a child to be tutt! tutted! and the parents too,for having out of control children.but they don't know unless their is a label attached to the child, that the swimming on the floor screaming and crying is because the child with autism,wants santa to buy the toy and not mummy and daddy checking it out at tesburys!! what fun!!

you are what you are, you havebeen born with autism at its you.you are a unique human being. Every one is different. we can't all be the same.life would be very boring if we all were. You are a important part of human society.Society has to accept autism and other human differences as normal difference's .

my person giggles at someone in distress. it might seem in appropriate to the person crying,ususally a baby, but i think its because he does not understand emotion in others at times and feels some anxietys over what emotions he should display so i think he giggles because he does not know why he should be crying,when he does that when he has hurt himself ususally.Years ago he had a hospital stay and in the next bed a baby was in distress crying like they do and had the attention fo medical staff around it and my person aged 5 giggled because he could not understand the stress. and therefore did not understand on how he should do or not so he giggled.

how good was it?? depends on what you like,its ludicrous but funny as usual,the story line is very simple to follow and if you find human facial expressions hard to follow, the animals are much easier,if you can get jokes as well. I don't think its Oscar winning,but its entertaining and fun. so out of 10 i give it 10 for its imagination and fun.

just been to the cinema today to watch Ice Age 4 and he thoroughly enjoyed it,others in the cinema too, and he behaved very well,just talked a little,we need to work on the art of whispering. We are the last out because he has to stay to the very end watching the credits go up the screen He managed to scoff nearly a whole bag of caramel buttons,which are a pound in tescos and £3.50 in the cinema

mine is 12 and he is fascinated with my boobs. he has a a go at grabbing at them so i say a firm no definately never to anyone else because body parts are private.He still has a little go go but i make sure he understands no,he also likes to come up to me and bury his face in my chest and has a good sniff. You and your husband need to talk openly about sex with your lad a let him ask questions. Get him to understand what is appropriate and what is not. He is proberly very curious so its very important to treat him like any other child i know he is 18 but his mental age proberly does not match his chronological age and talk to him about human relationships and body parts and what they do, you can proberly get books about exlaining sex and human relationships to him from the National Autistic society.

I have a religious belief,but not one i push on my children,Iwas annoyed by one religious person who thought my person and people like him can be cured by some great miracle,no matter how much i tried to explain he is better because he has matured and supported in his autism and that it will always be with him ,this person would not accept my personal knowledge on why my person was much better than he was when he was 5 years old.He sees the miracle of devine intervention as a explaination.

the dicussion of autism with Elkie Kammer and Debi and with Mr Moffat from Scotland NAS and Glen about this expriences of being asked to leave a theatre in London because the sound crew complained about the Gregor. It was a good night full of interesting talks about growing up with autism and late diagnosis in adults and how to help children in school and the shocking stats of unemployed people with autism.

same. that he has a happy full filling life. intergrating into life taking advantage of oppertunitys to his benefit as they come.

poor soul its not his fault the teacher needs a slap for being so awful. don't be put off,get him on as many school trips as possible. Its important he is included as much as possible.

is it because self harm means to try to understand the experience of pain? or feel no pain at all? besides being a emotional by product of maybe feeling low self esteem? lack of self confidence? just asking to try to understand why such distructive behaviour can be of some sort of comfort.

learn as much as you can about autism, you will learn as he grows and develops,there is no way of knowing how he will be affected until you get to each stage of development ,they are all so different and have different challenges,We have all had to learn as, ours have grown up,children at best don't come with instruction manuels so often you use common sense. They can learn like any other child,but you have to be patient and consistant and positive as it takes longer for things to happen as the understanding of language develops. Its all to do with you being positive and the input from you and when he goes through the educational system.Children with autism are still children and need to be cared for,they are more vunerable.

my son would not use school toilets at all until he got to primary 6. it took a bit of persuading, we don't know why he would not use the toilets before he would not say.he was shown social storys and the toilets often and he was offered the disabled toilet with spare pants and clothes if he needed to change. but to now avail, sometimes i would get called to school and he was in distress in the disabled toilet because he had been desperate and messed himself,i think he just got anxious about school toilets, we used to pick him up lunchtimes so he could relax at home and use home toilet.in the end he did use school toilets and we were able to leave him at school all day.

my son recently attended his grans funeral and coped very well,I warned him days leading up to the day of the limonsine and the herse and how things will go and ( he thought he would be a celeb for going in a limo ) he had a ipad to play with during the bits he would not cope with,like the speaking bits. I went into the church with him and showed him nans coffin so he could understand some of what was to go on. We then waited in a quiet room with other family memebers and went in to the church together. At the end he happily got back into the limo feeling like a celeb and then out to the cemetary, he was then fasinated with the hole and was interested in how they dug it and happily helped throw in flowers on to the coffin and some dirt as well. He coped very well the whole time.

practice in front of a mirror at home with a hairbrush as a pretend micorphone,like the popstars use. and practice reading at spot beyond your image in the mirror.like the wall behind your refelction, if you find looking at faces difficult when you read.

I agree lots of American attiude is looking for someone or thing to blame and find a cure. The idea of special schools set up with autism trained staff is a good one,for the people that do actually need them,but my son is doing well intergrated by a excellent support for learning unit, into mainstream schooI,so he does not need special schools. Which is a good thing for, interacting socially is important to teach them how to cope, being isolated is not always a good thing. I wish Louix whats his name filmed identical people in the UK .and showed the great achievments of UK people with autism in a positive light as well as the negatives.