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Butti

Snaggles wrote: »

Sadly there is VERY little help for, or even willingness to diagnose, adults on the autism spectrum (and also almost no help for those that live with them) Sammy. And I have found from experience that the 'help' tends to be sporadic and inflexible...not to mention the hoops you have to jump through to get it.

Don't you think this is true of a lot of things Snaggles. There's a lot of focus on literacy and numeracy for children but if you haven't cracked it by 16 a. you have to admit it b. you have to try and get some help.

B

bookseller1980

I went to the dentist for a check-up. I knew i needed a filling doing cos I cancelled it last time. Because it was 6 months ago I had to start again by having another check up. New dentist. She filled it there and then and she was brilliant! Didn't even feel the injection and it's barely numb now and she told me what she was doing as we went along too. Hope she stays.

sallyx

It must be very hard to live with Sammy when he is on his next illness....I can sort of relate to him now though after my slightly crazy moment! Im sure you know that its stress and anxiety that makes him start thinking about these things, making him chill out though is another matter though hey!

Snaggles

I think you are probably right Butti, although I only have experience of ASC issues (my 9 year son is on the autism spectrum - he has Aspergers Syndrome).

So many children fall through the net - it's very sad. Often the children that need the help have parents who struggle to fight for that help for one reason or another.

Sammy, another thing I was going to say is that stress symptoms and autism traits mirror each other quite closely (and anxiety increases the frequency/intensity of the autism behaviours), so if you can help/encourage him to tackle the stress and anxiety, you will almost certainly find his behaviour is less autistic-y.

sammy115

bookseller1980 wrote: »

I went to the dentist for a check-up. I knew i needed a filling doing cos I cancelled it last time. Because it was 6 months ago I had to start again by having another check up. New dentist. She filled it there and then and she was brilliant! Didn't even feel the injection and it's barely numb now and she told me what she was doing as we went along too. Hope she stays.

Well done....:D

Gemmzie

Snags, has Ryan read the curious incident of the dog in the night-time? Apparently it's a really good insight to how people on the spectrum think and feel but it's also a great fictional book.

sammy115

Snaggles wrote: »

Sammy, another thing I was going to say is that stress symptoms and autism traits mirror each other quite closely, so if you can help/encourage him to tackle the stress and anxiety, you will almost certainly find he behaves less autistic-y.

I find that if I can control his anxiety his symptoms do get less...however since he has been working away its so up and down, I seem to spend all weekend soothing his anxiety (maybe I am enabling him :eek:).

We are quite polar opposites but it seems to work well most of the time....some times well I just want to deck him...

Snaggles

Gemmzie wrote: »

Snags, has Ryan read the curious incident of the dog in the night-time? Apparently it's a really good insight to how people on the spectrum think and feel but it's also a great fictional book.

Yes, we've both read it - it's a good book. The main character is actually quite different to Ryan, but it's still an interesting insight.

sammy115

sallyx wrote: »

It must be very hard to live with Sammy when he is on his next illness....I can sort of relate to him now though after my slightly crazy moment! Im sure you know that its stress and anxiety that makes him start thinking about these things, making him chill out though is another matter though hey!

I could sympathise with how you were feeling though cos stress does make you think strange things....

Ames

I've heard a lot of people with experience of ASD's think that Curious Incident is a bit cliched and concentrates on what people assume them to be like. I can't think of the word I'm looking for, but like the scene on the train is just typical of what people think of when they think of someone with autism.