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May 2013
9:39pm, 7 May 2013
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Pestomum
Totally agree with you OM, but there's a difference between "free thinking" and "unable to negotiate social situations and (in my eldest's case) "prone to violence towards classmates who are too close or too loud" that can be within the boundaries of a mainstream education."
The food thing's a biggy isn't it? S has had exactly the same packed lunch since he started school. He's 12 now.
Which is beside the point of really, I hope it goes well DD.
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May 2013
9:43pm, 7 May 2013
2,918 posts
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Pestomum
If anything, reading this thread shows there's no such thing as a"typical" autistic.
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May 2013
9:44pm, 7 May 2013
10,909 posts
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UltraDunc
Am I wrong then?
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May 2013
9:46pm, 7 May 2013
721 posts
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Cyclops
Most of our children on the Autistic Spectrum are very clever, funny and witty. One lad I know very well in Year 4 reads extraordinarily well, collects information, chats about numbers and Russian and trys to translate his work into Japanese. He just needs order, calm, routine and security, and wants to do what he is interested in (ie not what his teacher wants him to do). He hates getting changed for PE and loathes having bare feet in the hall. He likes outdoor PE but has difficulty accepting rules of games and other people scoring. He struggles to play with other children as they are 'stupid' and won't play his games his way. He hates being wrong. He is very stressed by not having an end to tasks and is very literal so when a supply teacher told the class they were writing a book he had a bit of a wobble as he couldn't write a book before home time. The teacher should have said 'leaflet'! The poor lad is perfectly happy at home with his books, his computer and his DVDs. Sadly the government says he has to go to school.
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May 2013
9:47pm, 7 May 2013
2,919 posts
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Pestomum
Lots of different people with different learning/ behavioural problems will shout/ talk/ swear at funny times.
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May 2013
9:48pm, 7 May 2013
2,920 posts
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Pestomum
Eldest son is fantastic at maths, great with babies (not with older children) and designs train tracks.
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May 2013
9:52pm, 7 May 2013
835 posts
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Fellrunning
Hard to say UD. Autism can manifest itself in repetitive behaviours. My wife tends to rock back and forth if she's upset or stressed, so repeating the same words over and over could be a similar sort of stress reducing behaviour.
I think what Pestomum says is very succinct. No two Autistics are the same, and everyone will have different experiences.
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May 2013
9:54pm, 7 May 2013
48,406 posts
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plodding hippo
Cyclops
fair point about school
But said child also will have to deal with the real world/social situations later on, so specific support would be needed for that, no?
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May 2013
10:00pm, 7 May 2013
48,407 posts
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plodding hippo
And Fell Running makes a good point
(though naughty)
But yes, whats on the school agenda?
getting a child help or wanting to keep the peace and tamp things down
Bit of a personal trigger for me this one
i was
"too enthusiastic and too keen to learn" at school
Seriously though, if it means little dave is going to get help in dealing with stuff at school then this is good
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May 2013
10:00pm, 7 May 2013
723 posts
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Cyclops
Yes they definitely do need the life skills but we are a primary so have to deal with the traumas of not being at home, having to fit in with the general way of doing things in school, being in a large group etc for the first time. By the time they leave us at 11, everyone (so far) has learned ways to cope with the school setting and have strategies for dealing with people.
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