elainem Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Hi My asd 6 year old was starting to chew through the wire of PLUGGED IN toaster I stopped him immediately of course and explained why this was a dangerous activity. I shall also now be checking all my applicances are unplugged!!! A few days later we were doing his reading book and it had the word wire in it and he said "mum, it's dangerous to chew wires, I mustn't do that or I will get ELECTRO SHOOTED" I said well actually you mean electrocuted and he said "no, I will get shot by the electrics". Classic. Elaine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Brilliant View! Now you just have explain the dangers of batteries!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Some of JP's classics over the years: He's got cereal pulses (cerebral palsy) Its my hawthorns (hormones) I want some Davids cheese (Dairylea) Wash your hands or youll get greynosery (gangrene) We should write a book. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Hahaha at JP's funnies! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pets74 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 do most people have talkers then? my son isn't very good at talking. his first sentance "duck sauce is the happiest sauce!" we have never had duck! hope you don't think i am being cheeky about the talkers thing. i am not very good yet at subtlety and tact. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichelleW Report post Posted July 12, 2007 J also has come out with a few crackers - I just can't remember any at the moment! Another thing is that j is so literal - I felt really guilty last night as I lost track of the time and realised it was way past their bedtime. I got J into bed and he got really upset saying "quick, quick before I turn into a pumpkin! I had made a joke ages ago about mummy being home by midnight , or J being in bed by midnight otherwise he'd turn into a pumpkin! I tried to explain it was a joke! He also thinks he'll stick to the ceiling if he eats colourings!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pets74 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 hi again. i don't want my last post to be taken the wrong way. and i laughed out loud at the stories above. (started laughing already so thanks for that too!) my son is in the talkers group at school but does really struggle with language so we use the pecs and makaton too. just reading about the speech some have, makes me wonder how far we can get too. obviously won't put pressure on and force something that may not be there, but i don't know this may sound corny, but reading on here, gives me hope and makes me know for sure that it isn't a crime to laugh at situations. my family think i should be in mourning for our situation and daft as it sounds i sometimes feel guilty for laughing. anyway sorry to bring the thread down. like i said i am very new to this kind of thing. hope you will forgive my ramblings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ellisisamazing Report post Posted July 12, 2007 (edited) hi again. i don't want my last post to be taken the wrong way. and i laughed out loud at the stories above. (started laughing already so thanks for that too!) my son is in the talkers group at school but does really struggle with language so we use the pecs and makaton too. just reading about the speech some have, makes me wonder how far we can get too. obviously won't put pressure on and force something that may not be there, but i don't know this may sound corny, but reading on here, gives me hope and makes me know for sure that it isn't a crime to laugh at situations. my family think i should be in mourning for our situation and daft as it sounds i sometimes feel guilty for laughing. anyway sorry to bring the thread down. like i said i am very new to this kind of thing. hope you will forgive my ramblings. Pets, Ramble away and don't apologise! Just ask away! We're all pretty thick skinned on here! Lisa xx Edited July 12, 2007 by ellisisamazing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichelleW Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Speech is an issue in my family too. That's why I'm campaigning to save a special pre-school from closure. My eldest talks quite well when he isn't stressed. However when upset he loses all ability to talk, so we resort to drawing pictures. With DS2 I'm using Makaton and limited PECS of what is in the fridge (photos on magnetic sheets attached to front of fridge) he has 3 rather useless words (not to him though!) Car, bubble and purple! He makes vowel noises (which are almost impossible for me to interpret without the signing) for everything else but only echolalic - spontaneous speech is jargon ( or gobbledegook to most people). Speech is a slow (painful for me) process ! But there is hope - J made amazing progress after spending over a year at said pre-school which is shutting down in just over a week. Oh and I love my new slogan (probably been thought of before!) : new health initiative: Lo-SALT, Very Lo-SALT and No SALT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pets74 Report post Posted July 12, 2007 oo oo just got one. we went shopping and picked up a melon. he points and says "yellow egg"! made his sister laugh anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deedee Report post Posted July 12, 2007 M's speech was pretty much non-existent at 4,he communicated mainly through grunts and headbutts or the occasional foot grind on mine or stamp...I was blessed though to have the most wonderful SALT for the past 5 years who has worked tirelessly with him.M still muddles words all the time eg 'my breathed worn out cos my engines thirsty' but we get the gist The more excited/stressy he gets the more muddled it becomes but at times he speaks reasonably well too We did have a classic when his tutor was here the other day when I told her he had said to me..'when you're old and I'm a dad i'm gonna get a dog' she said great speaking M to which he replied 'when you're old you can't see me no more cos you'll be slow and your dog will be dead!!!!!' PS I'm officially in shock as my SALT has been promoted to head the whole boro's SALT provision and is leaving us I have lost such a dear friend BUT hope she kicks butt in her new role and goes on to help many others Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichelleW Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Where do you live Deedee? I think I need to move! There is absolutely nothing here!! Anyway, your post reminded me of something funny J said. It was my step-grandmothers birthday ( to put you in the picture -my real grandmother died a couple of years ago) so of we go to visit with a present - we walk through the door and I say to J "give granny her present" J says to granny "I thought you were dead" in front of a roomful of relatives who spontaneously burst out laughing. However J knew they were laughing at what he'd said and got really upset. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deedee Report post Posted July 12, 2007 Good one J Michelle, we lurch from being promised the earth to everything going t*ts up in a very short space of time here much the same as everyone else I'm afraid!!! Our local Guardian had a 2 page spread proclaiming how our borough is leading the way in specialist ASD bases etc but I can't get my son a place in one as most places are occupied from out of borough and most of our kids have to struggle in mainstream.... I do have a meeting tomorrow though with our local MP and will be taking that with me to *discuss* with him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted July 12, 2007 hi again. i don't want my last post to be taken the wrong way. and i laughed out loud at the stories above. (started laughing already so thanks for that too!) my son is in the talkers group at school but does really struggle with language so we use the pecs and makaton too. just reading about the speech some have, makes me wonder how far we can get too. obviously won't put pressure on and force something that may not be there, but i don't know this may sound corny, but reading on here, gives me hope and makes me know for sure that it isn't a crime to laugh at situations. my family think i should be in mourning for our situation and daft as it sounds i sometimes feel guilty for laughing. anyway sorry to bring the thread down. like i said i am very new to this kind of thing. hope you will forgive my ramblings. Pets hun <'> you have come to the right place, I have laughed till the tears ran down my face some nights on here, but its fine to have a moan too, I've done both sometimes in the same post! Have you met baddad yet? JP is a very noisy aspie these days. He's still so excited about passing his driving test he simply cant stop talking. He followed me upstairs while I went to the loo, when I emerged he was waiting outside the door & carried on like thered been no interruption! It wasnt always so though, he was never non verbal but didnt reach milestones at the expected time, immature language, referred to himself in the 3rd person much longer than expected, & I can remember thinking he will never ask "why"? that came a lot later but when it did it was with a vengeance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wicce Report post Posted July 13, 2007 I think my J's most classic one was when we were on the bus heading to my Mum's. It was absolutely packed but he was managing very well, and to distract him I asked him what he could see in the park we were passing. "I can see trees. And leaves. And grass. And sky. And clouds. And flowers. And dog muck. And...." The people sitting next to us had tears rolling down their faces. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
