Guest guest Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 _http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php_ (http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Maybe the world would be a better place if we were autistic; in believing and trusting everyone at face value. http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.phpGet a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Maybe. Maybe not. My 3 autistic boys who are slowly recovering LOCKED ME OUT OF THE HOUSE ON PURPOSE!!! They thought they were real funny. They even locked the bar lock up on top which we used to have for THEM!!! I had my cell phone with me; stuck my head through the crack, told them to open up now I'm calling their father they are in so much trouble etc. etc. I will never tell them, but this is a huge developmental milestone. They had to conspire together to do this and agree to (giggle, giggle) not answer my cries. Then the eldest finally came and said, " Oh, we forgot you were outside. " Talk about " exiting nirvana " . Forget problems with theory of mind. He LIED. Hooray!!!! >From: blessingsx10@... >Reply-EOHarm >EOHarm >Subject: Re: The Honesty of Autism >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:40:26 EDT > >Maybe the world would be a better place if we were autistic; in believing >and trusting everyone at face value. > >_http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php_ >(http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php) > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL >at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _________________________________________________________________ http://liveearth.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 A friend was telling me today that she felt so guilty the first time she told her previously non-verbal daughter to hush. Autism has really shown me appreciation of things we so readily can take for granted. Debi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 LOL. The other day at chelation I actually said this phrase to my son: " we are not having this conversation anymore " . He kept saying how we were going to be done in 10 minutes and I was trying to explain to him it wasn't timed, but whenever the bag was done- he was done. We've been doing it for almost a year, but recently added a new bag- which I think threw him off a little. > > A friend was telling me today that she felt so guilty the first time > she told her previously non-verbal daughter to hush. Autism has really > shown me appreciation of things we so readily can take for granted. > > Debi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Awesome Following OT story... One day when I was taking my daughter to preschool, my middle son decided to pitch a fit about something... Screaming, yelling, etc... So, I get out of the car to drag his butt into the school when he locks me out of the car (of course the keys are sitting in the front seat). After a few minutes of trying to coerce him into letting me in... he wasn't budging. Of course I had the baby sitting in his car seat who starts screaming as well. In an effort to try to convince my middle guy to open the door, I point at the baby and try to explain to him (through the window) how sad the baby was without mommy. Instead of letting me in, he unbuckles the baby and lifts him out of his seat and plops (and I mean plops) him on the back seat. Baby rolls of the backseat and onto the floor of the backseat - face down (screaming like a madman). Thankfully (although I did fear being arrested), there was a police officer directing traffic nearby. I called him over. As soon as the middle guy sees the officer, he unlocks the door... Poor officer, he couldn't have been much older than 21. I'm sure he didn't have kids. He had no clue what was going on. All he asked me was... " Was that baby in his car seat when you were driving " ? To which, I start crying and said... " Yes, of course " ... To which, he said, " Ok, have a great day Ma'am " .... That sucked... > > Maybe. Maybe not. My 3 autistic boys who are slowly recovering LOCKED ME > OUT OF THE HOUSE ON PURPOSE!!! They thought they were real funny. They > even locked the bar lock up on top which we used to have for THEM!!! I had > my cell phone with me; stuck my head through the crack, told them to open up > now I'm calling their father they are in so much trouble etc. etc. > > I will never tell them, but this is a huge developmental milestone. They > had to conspire together to do this and agree to (giggle, giggle) not answer > my cries. Then the eldest finally came and said, " Oh, we forgot you were > outside. " Talk about " exiting nirvana " . Forget problems with theory of > mind. He LIED. Hooray!!!! > > > >From: blessingsx10@... > >Reply-EOHarm > >EOHarm > >Subject: Re: The Honesty of Autism > >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:40:26 EDT > > > >Maybe the world would be a better place if we were autistic; in believing > >and trusting everyone at face value. > > > >_http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php_ > >(http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php) > > > > > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > >at > >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://liveearth.msn.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I love these stories! These are things that all NT kids do, but often, ASD kids cannot. When they finally show such behaviors that would get their peers in trouble, we find ourselves rejoicing...and why not, it's what we have been working for! Since beginning Actos and oxytocin nasal spray, my 6 yo grandson went from little interest in joining group acyivities, to participatng in a community play, T-ball, swim lessons & swim team (even though he walked across the pool at his first meet...lol). He watched his sibs as one tried to teach the other to dive, and he tried it too. He asks his brother to shoot hoops with him, and even asked me to take him golfing! Now he wants to join the cross country team with his older brother in the fall. He still cannot " lie " successfully and I suppose that's a good thing, but he can now tell little fibs such as " I didn't do it " or " It's MacKenzie's fault " . He is even beginning to " tease " appropriately. The other day, he snuck his sister's shorts from under her towel and tossed them into the pool, giggling devilishly. He did the same a few days later, with her goggles. Crazy, but I have found myself becoming irritated with his brother for doing the same things, just a few years go. Now we are ALL cheering him on, because it is another step forward. It's sad in a way, that it takes diet, supplements, chelation, etc., to help our kids to fib, tease and manipulate. But then, it was lies, deceit and manipulation by our trusted pharma guys, gov't puppets and misinformed Doctors that caused most of these kids to become autistc in the fist place! ......Gee, is my bitterness coming out again???? -Trish > > Maybe the world would be a better place if we were autistic; in believing > and trusting everyone at face value. > > _http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php_ > (http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2007/07/the_honesty_of_autism.php) > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all- new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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