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Autism badge - any help?

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LunarRose · 20/08/2011 12:52

Looking for a simple "I have autism badge" for a 4 year old boy, but can't find anything I like

don't want anything apologetic, mentioning naughty or asking for patience, something that just lets people know.

nearest I've found is "I am someone with autism" (ok but slightly oddly worded and I am autistic which would be fine except for the weird infinity signs!!!

Can anyone help???

xxx

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MrsShrekTheThird · 21/08/2011 19:10

PS to previous post...another afterthought
DS1 wears his medic alert because he is unable to remember essential stuff like where he lives, our phone number,postcode, anything like that, and he struggles with his own date of birth. He has food allergies but can't read the packaging to see whether his particular allergens are in food. Hence the medic-alert is there, and everywhere he goes, such as scouts, sport clubs and so on, he can say "I don't know my phone number but it's here" if he needed to. It's not only for SOS situations in his case, iyswim.

Triggles · 21/08/2011 19:28

Thank you for that. DS2 is just 5yo, so we'll just have to wait a bit.

insanityscatching · 21/08/2011 20:54

Ds "knows" he has autism. He been drip fed information for the last eight years. He doesn't accept it,he doesn't acknowledge it and he doesn't want to talk about it. He would feel embarrassed and humiliated to wear a badge or a bracelet advertising his difficulties and it's the reason why when people stare I'm more likely to point out their ignorance rather than give them the reason why ds does as he does.
Dd doesn't know that she has autism because she has never questioned that she is any different to anybody else and in fact it's not very obvious that she has autism anyway.
She knows that ds is "special" (her words) because he makes noises (stims) and she knows that he needs a lot of help. There aren't any real similarities between the two of them so she doesn't relate to the autism tbh.
I'm not sure when I'll discuss autism with dd.Her self esteem is high because she is very able and she is surrounded by people who adore her.For now I want her to enjoy that and not focus on her difficulties.
I suppose for me I feel it isn't my place to discuss with all and sundry their diagnoses and instead choose to protect their right to privacy.

Triggles · 21/08/2011 21:01

DS2 doesn't realise he is any different from anyone else either. He is still quite young to realise it anyway, to be fair. I don't want to bring it to his attention.

Marne · 21/08/2011 22:35

Dd1 knows she has AS (she's 7), we are open with dd2 about her ASD but her understanding is poor anyway (she's 5), dd2 wears a badge which has my mobile number on the back if we go anywhere busy where she might run off, it also says she has Autisim and she can't talk on the front, we have found it very useful when people aproach her and try to talk to her. I'm not sure if she will be wearing it as she gets older though, dd1 doesn't wear a badge but she has got a tiny pin badge which says 'autistic childre rock' which she will sometimes put on her back pack (her choice).

Marne · 21/08/2011 22:36

children not 'childre'

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LunarRose · 22/08/2011 17:43

hmmm.... Seems I opened a whole can of worms!

Thank you for the info all, in the end I've gone for a custom, "hi I have autism" with a copy of his favourite cartoon character. spot on for when I just need people to know. I like the medi-alert bracelet alot but bit on the pricey side and people have to get very close to make use of it.

Marne - I saw that badge! that was definately on the shortlist!

Triggles - I would start drip feeding info as early as possible, even if it's not totally understood, have you had a look at the National autistic soc's online bookshop? there's bound to be a good one!

sneezecakesmum - not sure the rainman one works on DS, autism-wise he actually does bear a lot of similarities (i cried when I first saw it), we're just going to have to wait and see whether he has extremely calculating genius

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Davros · 22/08/2011 17:48

Sorry, haven't read all of this. The "I love someone with autism" was very prevalent and popular at one time but I really wanted one that said "someone with autism loves me" as it was true and far more significant imo.

Marne · 22/08/2011 18:18

We have this one mainly because its pink, a lot of the badges seemed to be aimed at boys so i was excited to find a girly one

And this which is great if we are going somewhere where she's likely to run off.

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