Everyone has their own ways of coping with autism,no matter how it has touched their life. If you have a certain way of coping or just want to bitch and complain please share your thoughts and stories :)
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Here is a link to a great article on how laughing can help in the healing process:
My younger brother has autism and is 17. A funny moment was when we were describing to him what 'gay' meant after he met one of my friends who is gay. He told my friend that he thought gay people were 'weird' (as you probably know kids with autism don't hold back!). We taught him what it actually meant and that it was ok. The next day he went to school and told everyone that would listen that he was now gay. I told my friend and he said to my brother ‘I really appreciate your support but converting is quite unnecessary!’
My older son know his younger brother has food allergies, one in particular, milk. So whenever he eats or touches dairy he calls himself milk jail. I asked him to explain what 'milk jail' was and he said whenever he has milk he can't let it escape or his brother will get an allergic rection so he is the jail for milk!!!
Make up tickets, like the railroad tickets in the Polar Express. The tickets indicate the "world" in which you are now a part. i.e. Grandma's world, Mom's World, Noah's World. We could all use the tickets to enter each other's "world". The key being "we". With the tickets, we were together. Noah, our fab boy on the spectrum, could choose the "world" but could not go there alone.
Patience and great friends to talk to. It has gotten easier as he's gotten older. The tantrums used to be so hard and last hours when he was young. He's really learned to handle things so much more now that he's 7. Still has tantrums but not nearly as bad. His phobias are difficult. Fears of water kept him from washing his hair for over a year, fear of airplanes kept him inside for a year, fear of wind did that for another year, now it's bugs. My youngest is type 1 diabetes, which is so much more difficult than Autism; and, least Autism doesn't take your life.
My blog allows me to cope with autism without losing my mind. Before I started it, I wrote a book. Before then, I researched for two years, wore a Willie Nelson braid, gained 20 pounds, and hardly left the house. I think blogging is much more productive. :)
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Here is a link to a great article on how laughing can help in the healing process:
http://www.healthy.net/scr/Column.asp?id=187
My younger brother has autism and is 17. A funny moment was when we were describing to him what 'gay' meant after he met one of my friends who is gay. He told my friend that he thought gay people were 'weird' (as you probably know kids with autism don't hold back!). We taught him what it actually meant and that it was ok. The next day he went to school and told everyone that would listen that he was now gay. I told my friend and he said to my brother ‘I really appreciate your support but converting is quite unnecessary!’
That is hilarious!!
My older son know his younger brother has food allergies, one in particular, milk. So whenever he eats or touches dairy he calls himself milk jail. I asked him to explain what 'milk jail' was and he said whenever he has milk he can't let it escape or his brother will get an allergic rection so he is the jail for milk!!!
Make up tickets, like the railroad tickets in the Polar Express. The tickets indicate the "world" in which you are now a part. i.e. Grandma's world, Mom's World, Noah's World. We could all use the tickets to enter each other's "world". The key being "we". With the tickets, we were together. Noah, our fab boy on the spectrum, could choose the "world" but could not go there alone.
Patience and great friends to talk to. It has gotten easier as he's gotten older. The tantrums used to be so hard and last hours when he was young. He's really learned to handle things so much more now that he's 7. Still has tantrums but not nearly as bad. His phobias are difficult. Fears of water kept him from washing his hair for over a year, fear of airplanes kept him inside for a year, fear of wind did that for another year, now it's bugs. My youngest is type 1 diabetes, which is so much more difficult than Autism; and, least Autism doesn't take your life.
My blog allows me to cope with autism without losing my mind. Before I started it, I wrote a book. Before then, I researched for two years, wore a Willie Nelson braid, gained 20 pounds, and hardly left the house. I think blogging is much more productive. :)
Can't wait to check your blog out. :)
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