Autism Stuff :P

Aug 14, 2009 19:33

This probably won't interest anyone else, but I'm spending the weekend at an autism conference and I just need to get this stuff out of my head....

The Conference Info )

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mickeym August 15 2009, 06:39:13 UTC
Wow. MY head feels explode-y just from reading through your post! *g*

I went to an autism conference/convention a number of years ago... I want to say I went in 2003. Temple Grandin spoke there, too. She's pretty awesome, definitely. I'm glad your husband got to go with you. There's so much information given, I think it takes at least two people (per household, that is) to get it all.

:)

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hunters_retreat August 16 2009, 01:23:30 UTC
LOL! Today wasn't as bad but there will be another brain de-tox post later :P

She was definitely amazing. Today's keynote speaker was also... so i'm really glad I went two days.

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lunadragonx August 15 2009, 21:52:06 UTC
My 4yr old son has Autism and I found this post really interesting. I can relate to most of it. Especially about the Hungry Cat. I have learnt to be incredibly literal with my son for that reason.

I hope you post more. : )

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hunters_retreat August 16 2009, 01:25:56 UTC
Yeah for another Mom!!! :P Glad you liked what I posted. More should be following for today's portion of the conference.

It was really interesting to look at speech in that light though, the idea that we need to be really careful of what we say, both in how literal we are and in what we infer in our words. Which they also touched on today was the body language aspect which our kids have trouble getting too. So... yeah. Loads of information :P

tee hee hee.. we need an autism moms for SPN comm :P Tee hee hee

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you are amazing duna_a August 17 2009, 23:17:16 UTC
my 13 year old little brother has autism as well, and i really did find your post quite interesting, probably because my mom when we were growing up was just like you in the sense of wanting to know more and more about this to help her learn to raise her son in a non-supportive enviorment to the best of her abilities and i know how hard it is being a mother to an autistic child, making every normal day to day task seem a thousand times harder and more difficult, so i really do have great respect for you, when i know that here in israel, twenty years ago parent used to sent their kids to mental institutes, and they still send their kids away just to make their lives easier. a parent who sticks it out, and still hugs and kisses their kid at the end of the day and tell them they love them despite whatever trouble they cooked up that day, and whatever it is they did to make their lives harder ( ... )

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Re: you are amazing hunters_retreat August 17 2009, 23:45:08 UTC
Thank you! I'm glad you're here for the fics and i'm glad you wanted to talk as well :P The more friends the merrier!

It is a hard road (which is why I wrote What Happens To Us because I wanted people to see the parental side of autism at least a little). It's an amazing journey though. The conference was great because it also reminded us of how far we've come. In the US it used to be believed that autism was caused by cold, uncaring mothers. The treatment was to take the child away from their parents and make the mother go through psychotherapy before allowing the child to return home. It wasn't all that long ago. I'm just thankful that there has come a realization that we can help our children so much better now, that there is so much they have to offer us and the world!

Thank you!

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