Children with autism may seem rude and
not able to behave kids, but they can't help it. Something inside of them
is bothering them and they have to let it out. It's very hard to
discipline an autistic child. In my opinion, you should avoid disciplining
an autistic (or related disorder) child.
Children with autism are not spoiled brats. Spanking
an autistic child doesn't usually help, because they don't know why their in
trouble or what they've done wrong.
Order David Kirby's book "Evidence of Harm" about the chilling possibility that
a vaccine additive may be fueling an apparent epidemic of autism, ADD, speech
delay and other disorders in children
The
symptoms of autism and mercury poisoning are very close. I recommend
all parents to test for mercury and heavy metals. Check the
DAN list
on the Autism
Research Institute website to find a doctor near you. If you have a
child with ADHD/ADD, Speech Delays, Developmental Delays, Learning Disability,
Behavior Problems, Special Needs, Epilepsy, or if you're just curious, it won't
hurt to contact a
DAN
doctor or order a hair test from
BodyBalance,
Great Plains Laboratory,
Doctor's Data Inc., or other lab.
Most parents of children with autism noticed the symptoms
after receiving vaccinations. Parents can show
their child on video tape and photos of their child acting normal before their
vaccines. Babies would cry or scream for no reason after receiving each
vaccination. Toxic metals, especially mercury, are a known cause of
neurological problems. No amount of any toxic metal is safe, especially
for babies.
If you vaccinate your child, It's important to make sure
their child receives mercury free and Thimerosal free vaccines. You'll
have to ask your doctor or pediatrician, but not all doctors know, so ask for
the packaging insert of the vaccine. Click here
to read more about the vaccines, mercury, and autism issue.
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I sometimes seem to have an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(OCD) and also unable to stay on a task or finish a project.
I daydream too much! I like pushing
numbers on a calculator.
My bright side of autism is being good on the computer
(I'm a computer wizard!) and math, it was my favorite subject in school, but I'm
never as good as Rain Main! Click here
to read a little about the computer certificates I
earned. That page also includes the TV shows
I like and few other interests.
I read people with autism may be able to use the computer
better then other people and may understand programming language better.
I may have a good sense of humor and laugh quite a bit, or
even laugh at things that are not funny, or things that other people don't see
as funny. I may also laugh at the wrong time, such as during a serious
time, I may be laughing at the seriousness, or am think about something all
together different in my head, and can't control the laugher during the serious
moment.
I may appear to be lazy and not do what I'm suppose to do,
or what needs to be done. I may sleep 12 hours some nights, mostly
sleeping in very late on Saturday mornings. I remember times of going to
bed at 10 p.m. Friday night and sleeping in till 12 noon, but I don't do that
anymore. I would say most of the time now I would try not to sleep more
then 10 hours.
My mother just reminded me of having night terrors,
sometimes 2 or 3 times in one night, and several nights, she even tape recorded
a few. She told me I was having them over "Scooby-do", which I find oddly,
but I think I was.
Autistic people always think of things differently then a
normal person. They may appear to be weird or act weird, but they don't
mean to. The brains of people with autism see things in weird ways that a
normal person doesn't see or understand what the autistic person sees. The
disorder takes away their verbal speaking and makes communicating in verbal
words and sentences harder for them. I was developmental delayed as a
child and needed special help from my teachers and was in resource or special ed
classes. I probably wouldn't been able to do this website if I never
started the dairy & wheat free diet. Check out
this page for more info! Autistic kids often are sensitive to foods
that can cause their behaviors.
People with autism process and respond to information in
unique ways. I read 30% may develop a seizure pattern at some period
during life. People with autism may have difficulties in concentration,
processing, or anxiety. Individuals with more severe challenges may
require intensive support to manage the basic tasks and needs of living day to
day. Autistic kids may be mentally challenged. Autistic kids or
adults don't like to be told what to do. That will make them mad.
Another symptom is sometimes not knowing or be bothered by
what's hot and what's cold. Sometimes when it's cold outside, I'll be out
there with no coat and not seem to care because my mind doesn't feel that it's
cold. I remember I'll be out there putting up Christmas lights on the
trees when it's cold and sometimes dark cause I want to get those lights up.
Same goes with hot! I've read that autistic kids can touch a hot stove and
NOT jump back and say ouch or anything. They don't feel it. But
that's not true for me.
I wasn't officially diagnosed with autism until I was 14
years old when I was in the 7th grade in middle school because I was getting
into too much trouble. The principal wanted me to see a psychiatrist that
diagnosed me with autism. I was considered a "trouble maker" in middle
school and also elementary school.
But I have had autism all my life because of my previous
behaviors since Kindergarten. I've seen and read in a evaluation report
from the school psychologist when I was 4 years old that I was not only global
developmental delay, but imply some autistic-like behaviors. Figures! (Of
course I don't remember that or anything from my earlier years of life.)
As my parents told me, I didn't start talking until I was
5 years old. At first I thought this was normal because I've heard on one
of the old Andy Griffith shows that "Goober Pyle" didn't start talking until he
was 5 years old too. It was the color show where "Aunt Bee" was taking
care of a baby for a week and every time she tried to hold the baby, the baby
cried. Anyway, Goober came over one day with some toys for the baby to
play with and he mentioned in these words: "I didn't start talking until I was 5
years old, I guess I didn't have anything to say." Those were his exact
words from the show. I've seen those shows so many times.
I have some type of mild autism so the kids with more
severe autism would sadly start talking later or even never. I seen a movie (not
thinking about Rain Man) about an autistic child that was 12 or 13 and he
couldn't talk and the mother had to shout at him, it's not that he wasn't
listening, it's that he couldn't hear her because he was in his own world and
it's not that he didn't want to listen or refuse to listen, that's just the way
autism is. I read some persons with autism may appear to have mental
retardation, a behavior disorder, problems with hearing, or odd behavior.
Here's my opinion of people with autism or related
disorder:
There is a bad connection between the brain and the mouth
in autistic children. I want to communicate and talk, but that's a
challenge for me. I have things to say sometimes, but don't say them,
that's the bad connection between the autistic brain and mouth in autistic
children. The proof of that is I can communicate on the internet by using
e-mail, or instant message because I'm just typing on the keyboard and not
having to speak. It's like autistic people may seem deaf.
Other symptoms I have of an autistic adult or teenager is
pacing back and forth (hyperactive) and sleeping in too late on Saturday
mornings, but being hyper and having too much on my mind at night! Autistic
persons seems to worry about every little thing and ask too many questions. I
remember when I was a teenager when I was excited about something really bad and
would pace back and forth in my room and actually pee in my pants, lol (laughing
out loud). I pace in my room when I can't sleep, like when I was a baby and
couldn't sleep I cried and woke everybody up and wanted to play, but now I pace
in my room quietly, lol.
Also I have trouble at spelling, slow at reading and I
still am, had trouble learning in school, trouble with homework, not getting
good grades, in school before I started the diet I got C's mostly - after I
started the diet I got B's and some A's. I remember in school I would
write short sentences, but that has changed now as you can see from this
website. My mom said she couldn't believe how much I can do now that I
couldn't do when I was in grade and middle school (she had to help me a lot or
even do my homework!), I guaranteed dairy poisoned my brain! I felt
several months after I started the diet my brain felt bigger!
Life is a struggle for people who suffer from any type of
brain disorder. In my experiences, I was bothered and picked on in school
by the other students and I never liked that. I always had to get that
student back (like for example, if somebody threw a paper wad at me, I'll pick
it up and throw it back), but most of the time when I was in middle school (7th
grade) I was ALWAYS the one that got caught by the teacher and NOT the other
student. I also never liked
being called names, annoying names, etc.
Check out my personal story page
or visit http://autism.atspace.com
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