Wednesday, January 29, 2014

100 days down through the Autism speaks book...Or Space boy thinks crayons should be naked

I was feeling awesome yesterday morning as I got up with Is and discussed taking her to school to report someone texting her and threatening to beat her up. I was proud to see that she just needs a shadow of support for she marched right into the principles office and said "I need to speak to you." Ummm okay, Is. Apparently (the principle) she likes my daughter. The girl was out yesterday so there should be mediation or whatever today. Triumph. Before leaving:



Now for the Space boy. Speech is at 9:30 and he likes to sleep until nine. Note he was wearing the shorts in the picture above (the top, I have gotten rid of." So this is the clothing I thought to offer him:



He picks with NO PROBLEM!!!!!!!! I did shorts or long pants. Then which shorts--knowing now that he leans toward plaid and accepting it makes it so much easier.. Long sleeve or short sleeve. He dressed without issue. We filled the Burley and I biked them to school, making it back just as mum and dad arrived. I am sure they want to make sure I am taking care of their home. ML was with them and is down for a vacation. This will be their winter home if I ever leave...... Mum seemed happy even if the floors needed sanitizing. I only spot mopped.

What did we do: I recovered both computers to factory condition and am actually using the kids computer now. We made brownies and snicker doodles. The boys were placed at the table with a bunch of coloring books and crayons. As pictured they chose to color with a highlighter and pen.



This is what naked crayons look like. Rather than color with them, SB peeled the crayons, Then latter, rather than color, he took them to the garage and broke them into little pieces.



The moral of this post: Just when you think you have it--know you don't. Space boy does because the sensory experience of peeling and breaking was pleasurable to him and soothing. It just drives me nuts.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Update on a Aspie kid

It has been a while since we got a diagnosis on L. He is handling Speech therapy without too much fuss and he made it through his EEG and I wait until February.

Here is him hanging at the Neurologist.


Fortunately he was on a long enough leash that he could move throughout the room, watch tv, play video games, ect.

I started a FB page to keep track of what I am learning because sometimes blogging is so much work.

Today the focus is on scheduling. Auspie kids need a schedule that is not deviated upon unless the child has been informed a head of time. Lachy's Schedule is simple since he is really the social age of 3 rather than 5. No wonder he and Ben are best friends. I don't even come close to having it all together--I am still trying to understand the disorder. It is said that if you meet one Apsie child you have met ONE aspie child. There is not much consistency and although there are basics that are across the board, each child has to be treated differently. The trick is finding out what works and that is what I am doing. I am inundated with information and won't feel I have it under control ever.

I just found this book to download and now I am about to read it. Thoughts will follow I am sure but right now I have to pick E and T up from Saturday school. So I will return to delve deeper inot the aspects of this disorder. Note that te DSMV4 is no longer in effect and THE DSMV5 diagnosis requirements have changed. I will add that to when I get back.....


https://s3.amazonaws.com/autismsparks/Resources/AS-ebook.pdf