Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I cried thru the whole thing and still have tears streaming down my face. What a wonderful young lady you have. Pennie Abby's Mom **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 That sounds like a good plan . We had one of those doctors as well. When Abby graduates high school at the top of her class, I will make sure that the doctor gets an invite. Pennie Abby's Mom **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Bill Stillman always says (and I firmly agree) " Presume intellect. " sure showed them- good for her (and you!). What a gift! Karin In a message dated 3/21/2008 8:58:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, btoak@... writes: Dispatch it there post haste!!!!! IQ of 40..... yeah. right. the girl writes far more eloquently than I do, and she's EIGHT. > > Thanks for the nice feedback, guys. I'll tell you one place I'm > going to send it... to the district psychologist who told me is > profoundly retarded and probably has an IQ of less than 40. Right. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Sondra, Do you ever think of finding an OT who is certified in Sensory Integration (SI)? A specialist in that field might be able to work with you on a few techniques to assist you with sensory issues. I am trying to get my aunt (she's 59!) to go to an OT to learn a few ways to deal with her sensory overflow at work that doesn't disrupt her co-workers (like bouncing huge balls on her cubicle walls, etc). She keeps saying that she doesn't want to go weekly but I think that since she is 59 and not 7 like my daughter she can go once or twice, learn a few alternative techniques, and take some good notes. This way she can continue to work in corporate environments AND find ways to blow off steam during her workday while making nice with her co-workers. What do you think of that-or does it seem silly to do these things as an adult? Karin In a message dated 3/21/2008 9:21:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hfa2@... writes: more and more with spectrum are opening up if they find the outlet to express the profoundness we have inside of us but is locked there until we find the outlet to get it out. Many with autism are of profound thinkers and think about life way beyond most and you little one is of just demonstrating it. she shares much of what I to be of shared but did not have the words or understand of this until much into my age of 30's todays kids on spectrum are getting it out sooner, Carley's daughter is of doing this too and the show of her appearing profoundly autistic and non verbal clearly is of showing the world the real truth of autism. Like erin I too be to feel things in odd ways out of the way NT senses are to be suppose to work. overly happy can causes me to build up in agitations quickly because of not having a clue how to regulate of the strong surging emotion that to me is of too powerful for me to manage and it then becomes painful and hurts. I too be to shared much about sensing things like a baby can but not being of able to interpret it or understand why the triggered senses seem to take over all emotions and cause them to surge into the fight or flight responses or to feel calm among the person and connect to them. It is as she shared like all mixed up and not functioning in the ways NT reflect for me it is of different and this makes learning things hard because it makes no sense when some might say happy feels good when happy surges too strong and causes me agitation and so thus does not feel good it feels painful at times to me. Or some will say certain foods are of too hot spicey but to me feels good in my mouth to make my gums vibrate and feel numb and tingle. Anyways this is of a good piece and should be of shared more to those around 's world. she is of a powerful writer person and gifted in many aspects of her life. Sondra **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 To hear her speak as valedictorian! In a message dated 3/21/2008 9:22:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Ploveabby@... writes: That sounds like a good plan . We had one of those doctors as well. When Abby graduates high school at the top of her class, I will make sure that the doctor gets an invite. Pennie Abby's Mom ************************<WBR>**Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the Home. (_http://home.http://home.http://home.<WBRhttp://home.<Whttp://hohttp://home.< WBRhttp://ho_ (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) ) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the Kleenex: " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else sees, but I feel them differently. What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it with anger. I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, and I am then asked to determine what fits where. From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that surrounds me. Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes from the heart. You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is not through power or command that we push each other. It is through our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? I am truly blown away...seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the Kleenex: " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else sees, but I feel them differently. What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it with anger. I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, and I am then asked to determine what fits where. From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that surrounds me. Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes from the heart. You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is not through power or command that we push each other. It is through our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? I am truly blown away...seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Oh . To get this.... so all of a sudden.... what she had been thinking and feeling all along. What a beautiful, perceptive, intelligent, talented, amazing girl you have. I'm blown away. What a spirit she has, and what a beautiful writer she is... all of it. I feel really honored to get to read her words. > Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the > Kleenex: > > " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I > feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, > the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. > > My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else > sees, but I feel them differently. > > What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel > everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle > breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. > A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it > with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows > when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it > with anger. > > I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is > spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow > them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of > my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months > of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the > lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been > established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I > feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, > and I am then asked to determine what fits where. > > >From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out > information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would > distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and > restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel > safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as > it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every > noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my > body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of > the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that > surrounds me. > > Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would > expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when > others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open > their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive > is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for > life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes > from the heart. > > You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother > because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with > me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to > be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is > not through power or command that we push each other. It is through > our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the > soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly > longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, > close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your > questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the > chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " > > Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? > I am truly blown away...seriously. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Oh . To get this.... so all of a sudden.... what she had been thinking and feeling all along. What a beautiful, perceptive, intelligent, talented, amazing girl you have. I'm blown away. What a spirit she has, and what a beautiful writer she is... all of it. I feel really honored to get to read her words. > Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the > Kleenex: > > " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I > feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, > the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. > > My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else > sees, but I feel them differently. > > What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel > everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle > breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. > A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it > with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows > when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it > with anger. > > I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is > spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow > them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of > my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months > of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the > lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been > established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I > feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, > and I am then asked to determine what fits where. > > >From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out > information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would > distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and > restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel > safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as > it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every > noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my > body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of > the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that > surrounds me. > > Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would > expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when > others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open > their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive > is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for > life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes > from the heart. > > You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother > because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with > me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to > be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is > not through power or command that we push each other. It is through > our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the > soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly > longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, > close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your > questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the > chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " > > Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? > I am truly blown away...seriously. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Oh . To get this.... so all of a sudden.... what she had been thinking and feeling all along. What a beautiful, perceptive, intelligent, talented, amazing girl you have. I'm blown away. What a spirit she has, and what a beautiful writer she is... all of it. I feel really honored to get to read her words. > Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the > Kleenex: > > " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I > feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, > the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. > > My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else > sees, but I feel them differently. > > What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel > everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle > breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. > A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it > with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows > when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it > with anger. > > I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is > spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow > them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of > my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months > of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the > lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been > established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I > feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, > and I am then asked to determine what fits where. > > >From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out > information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would > distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and > restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel > safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as > it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every > noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my > body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of > the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that > surrounds me. > > Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would > expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when > others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open > their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive > is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for > life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes > from the heart. > > You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother > because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with > me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to > be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is > not through power or command that we push each other. It is through > our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the > soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly > longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, > close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your > questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the > chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " > > Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? > I am truly blown away...seriously. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 that was absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. You should send this in somewhere, I don't know where...but it needs to be shared with the world! Lynn Shoop Novato Mothers Club Co-Director www.mycmsite.com/lynnshoop In a message dated 03/21/08 16:55:09 Pacific Daylight Time, cathybuckley@... writes: Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the Kleenex: " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else sees, but I feel them differently. What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it with anger. I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, and I am then asked to determine what fits where. From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that surrounds me. Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes from the heart. You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is not through power or command that we push each other. It is through our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? I am truly blown away...seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Thanks for the nice feedback, guys. I'll tell you one place I'm going to send it... to the district psychologist who told me is profoundly retarded and probably has an IQ of less than 40. Right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Dispatch it there post haste!!!!! IQ of 40..... yeah. right. the girl writes far more eloquently than I do, and she's EIGHT. > > Thanks for the nice feedback, guys. I'll tell you one place I'm > going to send it... to the district psychologist who told me is > profoundly retarded and probably has an IQ of less than 40. Right. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Dispatch it there post haste!!!!! IQ of 40..... yeah. right. the girl writes far more eloquently than I do, and she's EIGHT. > > Thanks for the nice feedback, guys. I'll tell you one place I'm > going to send it... to the district psychologist who told me is > profoundly retarded and probably has an IQ of less than 40. Right. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 What an asshole! Excuse my French....that makes me so angry! Lynn Shoop Novato Mothers Club Co-Director www.mycmsite.com/lynnshoop In a message dated 03/21/08 17:53:29 Pacific Daylight Time, cathybuckley@... writes: Thanks for the nice feedback, guys. I'll tell you one place I'm going to send it... to the district psychologist who told me is profoundly retarded and probably has an IQ of less than 40. Right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 What an asshole! Excuse my French....that makes me so angry! Lynn Shoop Novato Mothers Club Co-Director www.mycmsite.com/lynnshoop In a message dated 03/21/08 17:53:29 Pacific Daylight Time, cathybuckley@... writes: Thanks for the nice feedback, guys. I'll tell you one place I'm going to send it... to the district psychologist who told me is profoundly retarded and probably has an IQ of less than 40. Right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 more and more with spectrum are opening up if they find the outlet to express the profoundness we have inside of us but is locked there until we find the outlet to get it out. Many with autism are of profound thinkers and think about life way beyond most and you little one is of just demonstrating it. she shares much of what I to be of shared but did not have the words or understand of this until much into my age of 30's todays kids on spectrum are getting it out sooner, Carley's daughter is of doing this too and the show of her appearing profoundly autistic and non verbal clearly is of showing the world the real truth of autism. Like erin I too be to feel things in odd ways out of the way NT senses are to be suppose to work. overly happy can causes me to build up in agitations quickly because of not having a clue how to regulate of the strong surging emotion that to me is of too powerful for me to manage and it then becomes painful and hurts. I too be to shared much about sensing things like a baby can but not being of able to interpret it or understand why the triggered senses seem to take over all emotions and cause them to surge into the fight or flight responses or to feel calm among the person and connect to them. It is as she shared like all mixed up and not functioning in the ways NT reflect for me it is of different and this makes learning things hard because it makes no sense when some might say happy feels good when happy surges too strong and causes me agitation and so thus does not feel good it feels painful at times to me. Or some will say certain foods are of too hot spicey but to me feels good in my mouth to make my gums vibrate and feel numb and tingle. Anyways this is of a good piece and should be of shared more to those around 's world. she is of a powerful writer person and gifted in many aspects of her life. Sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 for me the insurance will not cover of it and it is of hard to find an angency that will treat adults on the spectrum. it is of hard to for me to try of new things and so without support to go to a place and seek of support to learn of how to cope and or read when my body is of escalating and learning how to read that it in good timing to adpat and self regulate will be of hard for me to transfer of the lesrning to new situations always. But yes often felt wish could have of OT support. Sondra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 She is an amazing girl! I don't know may 8 year olds with language anywhere close to that! You are one lucky mama Amnesty > > Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the Kleenex: > > " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I > feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, > the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. > > My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else > sees, but I feel them differently. > > What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel > everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle > breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. > A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it > with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows > when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it > with anger. > > I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is > spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow > them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of > my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months > of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the > lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been > established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I > feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, > and I am then asked to determine what fits where. > > From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out > information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would > distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and > restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel > safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as > it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every > noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my > body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of > the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that > surrounds me. > > Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would > expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when > others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open > their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive > is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for > life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes > from the heart. > > You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother > because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with > me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to > be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is > not through power or command that we push each other. It is through > our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the > soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly > longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, > close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your > questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the > chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " > > Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? > I am truly blown away...seriously. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 , can I forward this? Before I read this, I was imagining writing a few sentences, which would have been great since she doesn't seem to have written much before. Then when I read this & crying, I was flabbergasted & thinking " did write this or did translate it " & at the end realized these are 's words. Blown away doesn't even describe the true depths of ANYONE being able to write like this! Not even close to this, but I have always wanted to hear Kim's thoughts in some way & was hoping that someday she will be able to tell us something. This gives me hope that someday I will be able to hear from Kim too. I would frame her original writing! Marie > Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the Kleenex: > > " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I feel your love. I > feel so much more than you know. It's difficult being the stranger, > the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am here. > > My world is different. I see the same things that everyone else > sees, but I feel them differently. > > What can I tell you without words? Words are not mine. I feel > everything from the heart. I am like a tree that feels the subtle > breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little bit differently. > A tree may not understand when a person comes along and speaks to it > with words, but it feels the vibration of those words. A tree knows > when someone speaks to it with love and when someone speaks to it > with anger. > > I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the energy of what is > spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the senses and allow > them to interpret across the lines. I process information with all of > my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the first few months > of life, who is on sensory overload, as information is crossing the > lines of the senses because those lines have not yet been > established. My sensory lines have never established. What I smell, I > feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes crashing into my brain, > and I am then asked to determine what fits where. > > From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to tune out > information. It was so much, that it hurt. The vibrations would > distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and fear and > restlessness. I did not know where or how I could relax or feel > safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave inside my head, as > it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my skin. Every > noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can feel enter my > body. There are very thin walls that separate me from the rest of > the world. The borders of my body easily merge with the world that > surrounds me. > > Though I cannot communicate with others in a way that they would > expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and I feel when > others open their heart to me. Many people do not know how to open > their heart. Life begins within the heart. What drives us to survive > is not merely the desire to live, but also the original passion for > life that brought the soul to life in the first place. This comes > from the heart. > > You are being transformed along with me. I chose you as my mother > because I could see that you were capable of taking this journey with > me, though your heart and your spirit. You have always pushed me to > be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be more. But it is > not through power or command that we push each other. It is through > our compassionate understanding of one another. We know that the > soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to where it truly > longs to be. So when there seems to be no connection between us, > close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer to your > questions will be there. Every truth is already written in the > chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and begin to know it. " > > Wow. are there any words that can describe how it felt to read this? > I am truly blown away...seriously. > > > > > > ======================================================================== > Groups related to Autism_in_Girls > ======================================================================== > > GFCFKids (198 common members) > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GFCFKids?v=1 & t=ipt & ch=email & pub=groups & slk=aftr0 & s\ ec=recg > Diseases and Conditions/Autism: This list is unmoderated and unrestricted. > The pri... > > Autism-Mercury (191 common members) > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury?v=1 & t=ipt & ch=email & pub=groups & slk=a\ ftr1 & sec=recg > Diseases and Conditions/Autism: To discuss current issues related to the > increasin... > > EnzymesandAutism (162 common members) > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnzymesandAutism?v=1 & t=ipt & ch=email & pub=groups & slk\ =aftr2 & sec=recg > Diseases and Conditions/Autism: The Enzymes and Autism forum is for the > discussion... > > abmd (129 common members) > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abmd?v=1 & t=ipt & ch=email & pub=groups & slk=aftr3 & sec=r\ ecg > Diseases and Conditions/Autism: The Autism Biomedical Discussion group has > been cr... > > autism-awareness-action (124 common members) > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autism-awareness-action?v=1 & t=ipt & ch=email & pub=gro\ ups & slk=aftr4 & sec=recg > Diseases and Conditions/Autism: This list is an Autism informational list > to share... > > > ------------------------------------ > > Autism_in_Girls-subscribe > ------------------------ > Autism_in_Girls-unsubscribe@...! 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Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 I am completely in awe of this. What a gifted child, and what a gift you have given us, , by sharing this. My daughter is verbal but struggles greatly with identifying and expressing her feelings and insights. It is her top goal, " advocating for herself " , and she is working hard on it. I know she does communicate a lot but in ways that are hard for most to understand. Because she is verbal many assume she can say what she feels, what she needs, etc but words the way most of the " natives " on this planet use them is a tough medium for her. Your 's incredible message is a beacon of light. I am going to share it with my daughter at some point too. Does know you are sharing that message? If so please tell her we are moved and filled with love for her and thank her. I know that God puts people together for the most important reasons, that we have work to do here for ourselves and each other ( ultimately the same things), but this that you have shared just reinforces my knowing. You and are here working together for the food of all. What a blessing. Melinda **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 In a message dated 3/22/2008 7:44:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EbuyerMTC writes: working together for the food of all Oops, of course meant for the good of all **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Oh , I am crying too right now. That is probably one of the most beautiful things that I have ever read. It is exactly how I feel other than the fact that I can use words, and yet somehow no one can still really understand me and I can't seem to get across what I mean. I have never had anything sound so familiar to me. I am so amazed that while she can not verbally communicate this to you, she has so perfectly mastered being able to write such descriptive annalogies and use such advanced writing for an 8 year old. I read it to my husband just now and we both cried together. It is so wonderful that the two of you have such a wonderful love for one another, even if it is not spoken. I once wrote a college paper entitled Music is the Language of the Heart. While it was a so so paper, I still firmly believe that that is true a lot and am glad that while may be unable to verbalize her feelings, that she is able to express them in such a wonderful way (through music). I wish that I could learn how to play something so that I could express my heart better. But I am so thankful that others like your daughter can, so that when I hear a song, I can say, " That is how I feel " and this splendid letter that she wrote to me, sounds like a song. I am so very moved by it and so very proud of her for taking the time to write this for you. Please tell her thank you for her words and that they really helped me be able to see in words What I feel too. What a blessed mom you are and what a blessed daughter that she is to have chosen you. Esther --- cathylynn2 wrote: > Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, > get out the Kleenex: > > " Please, please, don't think that I am alone. I > feel your love. I > feel so much more than you know. It's difficult > being the stranger, > the alien on a foreign planet, but I know why I am > here. > > My world is different. I see the same things that > everyone else > sees, but I feel them differently. > > What can I tell you without words? Words are not > mine. I feel > everything from the heart. I am like a tree that > feels the subtle > breezes upon every leaf, and upon each leaf a little > bit differently. > A tree may not understand when a person comes along > and speaks to it > with words, but it feels the vibration of those > words. A tree knows > when someone speaks to it with love and when someone > speaks to it > with anger. > > I don't talk, but I listen. My body hears the > energy of what is > spoken to me. All it requires is to slow down the > senses and allow > them to interpret across the lines. I process > information with all of > my senses simultaneously. It is like a baby in the > first few months > of life, who is on sensory overload, as information > is crossing the > lines of the senses because those lines have not yet > been > established. My sensory lines have never > established. What I smell, I > feel, and what I taste, I hear. It all comes > crashing into my brain, > and I am then asked to determine what fits where. > > From the time I was a baby, I came up with ways to > tune out > information. It was so much, that it hurt. The > vibrations would > distress me and keep me in a state of confusion and > fear and > restlessness. I did not know where or how I could > relax or feel > safe. Even the slightest noise was a crashing wave > inside my head, as > it entered my ears, but also my eyes, my nose and my > skin. Every > noise causes my skin to vibrate. Every sight I can > feel enter my > body. There are very thin walls that separate me > from the rest of > the world. The borders of my body easily merge with > the world that > surrounds me. > > Though I cannot communicate with others in a way > that they would > expect from me, I can communicate with my heart, and > I feel when > others open their heart to me. Many people do not > know how to open > their heart. Life begins within the heart. What > drives us to survive > is not merely the desire to live, but also the > original passion for > life that brought the soul to life in the first > place. This comes > from the heart. > > You are being transformed along with me. I chose > you as my mother > because I could see that you were capable of taking > this journey with > me, though your heart and your spirit. You have > always pushed me to > be more, and know that I am also pushing you to be > more. But it is > not through power or command that we push each > other. It is through > our compassionate understanding of one another. We > know that the > soul sometimes needs to be pushed to progress to > where it truly > longs to be. So when there seems to be no > connection between us, > close your eyes feel me within you, and every answer > to your > questions will be there. Every truth is already > written in the > chambers of your heart. Go within your heart, and > begin to know it. " > > Wow. are there any words that can describe how it > felt to read this? > I am truly blown away...seriously. > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 what depth and maturity. I know your very proud and full of love for this little girl and she knows it and returns it abbys dad **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030\ 000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 OH WOW, ! and GO ERIN! Does she have a keyboard or AT device, , something that would make it easier for her to get her words out? Penny > > Here is 's message....if you're at all like me, get out the Kleenex: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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