Autism

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Ultra Sparkly Bridget (USB) May 2013 11:06pm, 10 May 2013 13,212 posts	0 Ultra Sparkly Bridget (USB) touche - where I am schools or nurseries can make the approach to the community paediatricians who act as school doctors. Cuts out the middle man
Tracey G May 2013 11:07pm, 10 May 2013 2,442 posts	0 Tracey G Andre repeats things. Sometime things are used in context.
Johnny Blaze May 2013 11:24pm, 10 May 2013 17,905 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Another great day at Blaze Towers. Sam has effectively been excluded from his class at primary for this school year. He has a desk outside the main classroom where he works. Ironically his teacher for this year is the school Senco, and basically I think he wants Sam out. So, we have taken the hint and we're ploughing through the system to get Sam into special school, but meanwhile he is stuck where he is till July. So, today. I actually find this hard to write as it sounds quite bad, but if you knew Sam it really isn't. Senco comes over to Mrs B and says two things: 1 "Sam is really itching a lot". Now I don't know what he is trying to say here. 2 "Sam is touching himself inappropriately". The fact is, when he is on the PC Sam often has hold of his ha'pence but he isn't rooting around, if you know what I mean. I usually just say, "Sam let go of your winkle" and he stops right away. So, I'm not saying it's right but I am saying it's easy to fix, yet I'm still left thinking that this guy is making a point and stacking up ammo in case he gets pulled up on why Sam is outside the classroom. Or am I wrong?
Johnny Blaze May 2013 11:31pm, 10 May 2013 17,907 posts	0 Johnny Blaze This is Sam and Nala, btw
runner duck May 2013 11:32pm, 10 May 2013 10,687 posts	0 runner duck oh jb what sam's doing doesn't sound bad at all. it's what lots of little boys do but learn that it's not appropriate socially but that's not a lesson that sticks easily with sam. i do find it sad that his desk is outside. what the teacher's motivation in talking to julie is hard to tell, really. i suppose all you can do is stay alert to the possibilities. it sounds like special school is going to be better all round. jono's son seems to have had a good experience with it.
runner duck May 2013 11:33pm, 10 May 2013 10,688 posts	0 runner duck wow sam's got so big!!
Johnny Blaze May 2013 11:34pm, 10 May 2013 17,908 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Well, yes, I agree. Lots of little boys do it - some a lot worse than Sam. His big brother used to pull his like a bloke making balloon animals!
Chicken Licken May 2013 11:51pm, 10 May 2013 6,593 posts	0 Chicken Licken Big bird has ADHD - I have had conflicting views that he's there somewhere on the 'autistic spectrum' I actually knew he was different from a very early age - we went through lots of test which I always challenged and also we both had a very rough time at school. I'd always ask, what's the be gained out of a diagnosis... will it help your son? will it help you?. My uncle had Asperger syndrome, he was not diagnosed until he was an adult, because - it was viewed that my grandparents had J far too late in life,this is why he had his problems... things have improved, but only slightly
Cyclops May 2013 7:20am, 11 May 2013 728 posts	0 Cyclops JB how odd that the desk is completely outside the room. One ASD child we have has his own desk at the side of the room where 'people can't look at him' which was his choice. That child often got his tackle out at his desk as he was getting ready to go for a wee but once it was explained that it was inappropriate to walk across the classroom with his bits and pieces dangling (it was put a bit more literally than that!) he soon stopped. Nearly all boys spend most of the day hanging on to their bits - especially when worried or stressed. I know several boys who used to sit next to each other and would hold each other's....
Chrisull May 2013 7:55am, 11 May 2013 5,481 posts	0 Chrisull Back to the original question, finally got to ask K a question about what criteria they use at her school and she immediately said "triad of impairments" and pulled up this diagram from the Autism society: autism.org.uk She said that for a child to be considered autistic they must have a number behaviors from all three areas to be considered autistic and in her opinion that the it was becoming more and more open-ended and that "nerdy maleness" was becoming considered "autistic", and this isn't a particularly helpful way to go.