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Anti-vaxxers enrage me. That shit is dangerous, ignorant nonsense.
>Liza Greve, president of Oklahomans for Vaccine and Health Choice, which advocates for parental choice, said Oklahomans should take the opt-out statistics with a grain of salt.
Do you know what i take with a grain of salt, Liza? You, because your facebook page is a whole box of cat scratch crazy:
- You shouldn't send your kids to school on flu shot day because children are being forced to get it.
- That autism is caused by vaccines (see all her posts touting the book "how to end the autism epidemic"
- That the DOJ cancelled expert testimony to conceal "critical material evidence of how vaccines can cause autism in some children"
- Vaccines cause cancer.
This is all within the 5 posts on her page.
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the best I've found, though it's geared more towards the parents of an Asperger's child. It's also the only resource I've seen that explains Asperger's in females and there are considerable differences between the characteristics in females and males. Relevant to me because my mate is also Asperger's.
You can also use Wikipedia's ability to view earlier versions. Look back about 8 years.
They also sell a book that claims vaccines cause autism, per the description:
if you expose a cat to a lot of weird things as a kitten, they're more used to it as an adult cat. like baths, strangers, car rides. riding on shoulders.
no, the cat doesn't really need lifelong baths, this could maybe even hurt the cat's coat if it happens a lot. But, kittens need to be shown a lot of stuff, there's a small kernel in that joke "all cats have aspergers".
Amazon tells me I bought this when my older son was ten. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asperkids-Secret-Book-Social-Rules/dp/1849059152
He found it helpful and funny. As did we. And, erm, rather revealing about his parents.
My son got diagnosed at 2 but we were worried about language cat 18 months. He is a few months shy of 4 now. He uses 1-2 word phrases still for almost all his needs, occasional 3-4 word sentences that he is mimicing from movies, shows, ect but they are not in the right context probably 70% of the time. He never caught on to sign language very well, but having two languages spoken (not so much anymore) in our house was helpful if he can't say a word income we try the other. He knows many words in French and English as well.
Your biggest help, if I could recommend, is paying attention to his mood, reaction, and needs. They won't be able to say when they are tired, hungry, angry, frustrated all the time or very clearly, so minimizing meltdowns or overstimulation is huge for us. We still rely on them.
Our son used to not have trouble with food but around 2.5-3y/o he started limiting foods. Which sucks, but they have things like nutrition therapy to combine with OT and Speech. Don't let anyone try and punish or stop them from stimming.
Also, look at therapy for yourselves. It can be very overwhelming sometimes. Celebrate the small victories and enjoy it. Our son might be different but all his teachers and care providers always say he is just the sweetest and happiest kid.
Sorry I ranted A bit. Look at the other subs recommended that have been posted here!
This book is great!https://www.amazon.com/Early-Start-Your-Child-Autism/dp/160918470X
Kind of OT, but I own these two children's books:
I highly recommend An Early Start For Your Child With Autism. It's the guidebook for the Early Start Denver Model, and it was a great help with speech. Also, look into non-verbal forms of communication. We did signing and some pictures first. We still use pictures with my son on occasion, even though he speaks fully now. There's this idea that verbal communication is the best way to communicate, and that's simply not true for everyone.
Assume competence. When my son started speech therapy at 15 months, he showed no understanding of words. Later, we realized that he understood words that he showed no understanding of before.
Here's a little write up I did of some of the speech lessons I learned from the ESDM.
The most important thing I've learned though, is to find out what interests your child and use that for speech. What does your son really like? Any toys he prefers? You said Superwhy. Are there any songs from the story that could help you connect? (Daniel Tiger is great for this). How does he react to pictures of characters from the show or figurines?
I'd also get a new ABA therapist if your current behavior plan isn't working and they haven't developed a new one.
I have a nearly 3 year old son with autism and I've found the book An Early Start For Your Child With Autism invaluable for helping him develop good communication skills. It breaks down everything so that it's easy for a parent to understand and follow, and was developed by the UC Davis MIND institution and has been well studied with great results.
I also like the book Engaging Autism, which is based on the Floortime method, although it is designed for children a little bit older. Between the two, I'd start with ESDM, although they are complimentary and there's no reason you can't do both at once.
If you can get a copy of this, I have enjoyed it too:
I Overcame My Autism and all I got was this Lousy Anxiety Disorder: https://www.amazon.ca/Overcame-Autism-Lousy-Anxiety-Disorder/dp/1771622466
I found it really relatable as a Canadian.
I've bought and read both Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's and Parallel Play. They are both worth reading if you already have an interest in personal accounts of living on the Spectrum.
Don't walk, but run, to buy this book https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Syndrome-D-D-D-H-D-Schizophrenia/dp/0954852028
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The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is by far the best I've found. It's not short, but it's a fairly easy read.
Read, walk, exercise, limit sensory stress, limit stress, change your life, learn about yourself etc. Yes, you probably heard it already and yet...
A book that i'm currently reading and wish i had read as a child, for there is a lot of things about how to deal and understand our condition:
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Aspergers-Syndrome/dp/1843106698
No applied experience in IO/HR, sadly!
But, a useful popular press introduction to the topic: https://www.amazon.com/Neurotribes-Legacy-Autism-Future-Neurodiversity/dp/0399185615
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I am an aspie with a 9 year old aspie child. Even though we have the same condition we are still very different, and being patient with him can be a struggle. We got him into occupational therapy to help with his extremely picky eating habits, and that has been very helpful. I also read some "social rules" to him from this book:
I wish someone had read that to me as a kid. It would have saved me from a lot of painful experiences.
Buy this book and read it. All I can say is it changed my life for the better, and also helped me understand my wife's Asperger's. It is the only book I've found that delves into the difference between male and female Asperger's.
NeuroTribes talks about how the DSM was written by a bunch of white Protestant dudes who were describing people left in their care. So it is not surprising that it does not have much culture context.
OP since the issue transcends schools and different groups of kids, it’s probably time to examine her social skills a little harder. My son doesn’t technically have Asperger’s, he’s been evaluated, but if it’s a spectrum he has a foot over the line. This book has really helped him understand what he was doing to kind of repel other kids when he hit middle school and it’s helped him a lot. I can really tell the difference just a year later, and now he’s fit in with a group of kids and found his niche.
The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules: The Handbook of Not-So-Obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens and Teens With Asperger Syndrome https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1849059152/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_A2HSBGYK1ZZF9RZMR6TV?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
You might enjoy this book:
Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
It has quite a bit of information specific to Asperger's in females.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Autism-Epidemic-J-B-Handley/dp/1603588248
There's quite a bit in there but showing the fraudulent nature of the studies which claim to prove vaccines safe, as well as showing the mechanisms by which vaccines cause autism. Would suggest a read for anyone really wanting to learn about the topic.
I think you already pretty much know, because you already mentioned it helps to know your diagnosis. It helps you understand why you might do, or not do, certain things. It gives you context.
Everyone's different, every autistic is different. There's no rules, just you.
Research autism and think about yourself. Dr Tony Attwood would be an excellent place to start, he literally wrote the book on Autism.
I'm 41 and when I found out my son and I were autistic last year I found a book that literally had a few pages of social rules (there's obviously more to the book than that, but the list is the best part). Most of the list I had already learned the hard way over the years, but to see it all laid out like that, thinking how much easier my life would have been if I read it when I was a kid....I got a bit weepy. I am now reading the list to my kid a bit at a time. Highly recommend.
https://www.amazon.com/Asperkids-Secret-Book-Social-Rules/dp/1849059152
Yup (it now has an updated version called All Cats are on the Autism Spectrum): https://www.amazon.com/All-Cats-Have-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1843104814 , https://www.amazon.com/All-Cats-Are-Autism-Spectrum/dp/1787754715
Also, if you have book money/a library. I Overcame my Autism and all I got was this Lousy Anxiety Disorder is a good read.
I think it's important to point out that vaccines are only one among MANY sources of aluminum in our lives, though as it's injected into bodies, is a not-insignificant one. I'm curious what sources you have based this opinion on.
If anyone is interested in a recent in-depth examination of a the subject, suggesting a combination of heavy metals (including aluminum) and glyphosate as the primary cause of Autism, written by the parent of an Autistic child, I recommend How to End the Autism Epidemic by J.B. Handley.
Read this book the author talks about a lot of the struggles she faced growing up. It isn't really a parenting manual, but there are a few chapters that talk about the things her parents did for her, both good and bad. (YMMV) I really enjoyed reading it and it gave me a lot of perspective on my own experience.
Well, there was this.
https://time.com/3208886/whistleblower-claims-cdc-covered-up-data-showing-vaccine-autism-link
For a deeper dive into the corruption, rigged trials, cover-ups, relationships between industry and regulators, and so much more...
https://www.amazon.com/How-Autism-Epidemic-J-B-Handley/dp/1603588248