Jan 10
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My son is 2 and is autistic and can not speak, but communicate by drawing the hand toward what he wants.?
When I need advice, my son watches Thomas tank engine DVD, the beginning and he loves the songs in the DVD, but if you leave the DVD to play, it keeps your hand and pulling the TV every time, every two minutes if you say no, he continues to cry, I do not know what he wants, if you take the DVD out or change it to something else outside of trains, he cries, the fact that he wants me to keep rewinding the same bit at the Start, it makes us mad, someone Has having a child with autism who did the same thing? or advice, my e-mail is normal hawk.man @ ntlworld.com or dirk_diggler33333@hotmail.co.uk on msn if you want to Add me, I need advice, should I just let him cry or turn off the TV completely, im in the United Kingdom Oxford
It is possible it's just a compulsive behavior (rewind the same bit of video). Unfortunately, there is no simple solution. Your son has the skills play base? Many children with autism do not. We could reduce compulsive behaviors, if your son has learned other options for reading. I have two children with autism. Despite what many uninformed doctors and insurance companies may say, autism is treatable. My first rule is not to blindly accept what the "experts" say. The research yourself. Furthermore, caring for an autistic person is a marathon, not a sprint. By far the most effective single treatment for my children was ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis). This has a confusing title, but it is essentially a method of teaching different skills. You can take any activity – talking, dressing, play, social interaction, toileting, etc. – and break it down into a series of techniques that are taught one by one. There are many books on the subject. For starters, I recommend strongly "Let me hear your voice" by Catherine Maurice. The most effective treatment for my second child was the so-called "biomedical". Whatever the cause, most people with autism have common underlying medical problems that can be processed. A wealth of information is provided by the Autism Research Institute in http://www.autism.com/
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