searching for answers, hoping you’re wrong my toddler is obsessed with water toddler obsession with light switches and water 2 year old child that looks sideways child sensory overload with hair dryer rocking stimming toddler fascinated with peripheral vision baby hates neck touched toddler obsessed with light switches rubbing material between fingers need for sameness […]
The Eyes Have It: The Autism Files Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulty with eye contact. They often don’t like looking directly into eyes or maintaining eye contact in order to share experiences with others. Looking into a face, and particularly the eyes, gives us information about what people are thinking and […]
Echolalia: The Autism Files Children with autism have a lot of problems with communication. Some children with autism can’t speak at all. When my son Michael attended the AEIOU* at Moorooka in Brisbane many of the children could not speak. Some children will grow up and never speak a word their whole lives. They may […]
Autism Heroes Many people on the Autism spectrum (which includes Asperger’s Syndrome) have reached dizzy heights in their chosen career or creative endeavour. There is a wonderful book for children (aged 8-12) on the autism spectrum called Different like me: my book of autism heroes by Jennifer Elder. It is very inspiring. The book describes […]
Aspie’s Rock People with Asperger Syndrome often call themselves aspies. Aspies mostly call people who are not on the autism spectrum – neurotypicals. I nearly choked on my Weet-Bix when I heard that expression for the first time . There is a theory (promulgated by aspies I should think) that people with Asperger’s Syndrome are […]
This Saturday the 18th of February, 2012 is International Asperger Day. Happy 106th birthday Dr Hans Asperger for Saturday. International Asperger Day is a day to celebrate the good doctor’s birthday and to increase awareness of Asperger Syndrome. So here goes. Dr Hans Asperger was an Austrian paediatrician who in 1944 described the key features […]
Most people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) don’t like changes in their routines. It is all about rules, regulations, and order. This can be because they experience the world as confusing and chaotic, and it is their way of clawing back some sense of control. They like the predictability that a routine provides. If you know the end of the […]
Quick Tip (Novelty Bag): The Autism Files What do you do when the queue is too long and your child is getting agitated? What do you do when there is a traffic jam and your child is in the back seat, squirming? These are situations that can make all parents uneasy, but if you are […]
When a child is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), therapists often suggest that parents develop a visual schedule. I thought this seemed a little strange when I was told to do it by my son’s speech pathologist, but went along for the ride . It turns out to be one of the most effective […]
Who are you? The howling can be heard from the aisle, right behind, perforation of prima donna eardrums has begun. Child sprawling on the floor, red faced, chubby arms drumming on the floor, Keith Moon style. What’s wrong with that mother, assumes stiletto lady, positioning her fish eggs and brie in the trolley, next to […]
