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The joys of having a child with ASD

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SallyBear · 15/04/2012 10:06

It's the small things that mean SO much. Like;
Giving me a kiss (new development)
Giving a hug
Climbing up onto my lap to snuggle while watching Tangled.
He is a joy in so many ways. smile

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glitch · 15/04/2012 10:15

The small things that make him laugh - mummy there is a shoe on that chair, giggle, giggle, giggle, what's a shoe doing on a chair, giggle, giggle.

cwtch4967 · 15/04/2012 10:16

I agree - it makes you appreciate the small things much more. DS has been using much more vocabulary recently and it's really making me smile.
Yesterday I gave him a biscuit and he said " dee doo mummy" (his first attempt at thank you)

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SallyBear · 15/04/2012 10:23

Dee doo! Oh I heart that! So cute!!! DS4 has the most infectious laugh. Probably why he doesn't get told off that much

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2006hildy · 15/04/2012 14:53

Agree with all of the above it's been happening to us too. DS HF ASD 5years old delayed expressive language.

Today he made the male/female association with mummy and upsydaisy and daddy and igglepiggle.

I could just maul him with kisses.

Not so good when he blocks the toilet with all of the toilet paper or floods every space he can!

insanityscratching · 15/04/2012 15:19

Mine's probably that ds is 17 and doesn't have any of the teen arrogance, doesn't crave Superdry or any of the trends, isn't permanently attached to his phone and still likes simple stuff like a walk on the beach or a night in front of the telly.
Dd is just so innocent, isn't bitchy, is genuinely thrilled by other's good fortune, still believes passionately in fairies and Santa Claus and everybody who meets her always comments on just how lovely she is because she finds joy everywhere.

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SallyBear · 15/04/2012 15:38

Ahhh! Amen to the not interested in Superdry or Holister! My DS1 has an indifferent attitude to clothes, so wears anything that I buy! Phew! My nephew 14 is obsessed with clothes, hair and his iPhone! I know what I'd rather have!

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EllenJaneisnotmyname · 15/04/2012 16:45

Other children just read Captain Underpants and laugh. DS2 gets sachets of tomato ketchup, folds them and places them under the toilet seat in cafés. Whenever there are ketchup sachets. Squishies they are called. Very bad but very funny.

flyingmum · 15/04/2012 17:03

Insanity - have we got the same 17 year old boy? mine hoovers and mows the lawn and will load and unload the dishwasher without being asked. He's also a dab hand at the shredding and you should see what he has done in the garden - amazing - chopped down trees and took down an entire ancient overgrown greenhouse. Still, eats his weight in food though!!!

sazale · 16/04/2012 00:22

My dd 13 never says a nasty word about anyone. She believes that one of the members of One Direction is short because he was raised by leprechauns (as that's what the song says) and refers to the teen girls that wear the really thick make up as those foundation girls! She says beep instead of swearing and growls like a platapus when angry!

justaboutisnowakiwi · 16/04/2012 06:16

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signandsmile · 16/04/2012 07:37

at all your posts, I love being able to see the way ds's mind works, the way it is kind of at a right angle to everyone elses, IYSWIM...

I also love the way there are no lies, DS "mummy go way" Me; "No, do you want me to go away so you can do something naughty?" DS (after consideration) "yes".

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SallyBear · 16/04/2012 08:07

Hilarious Sign!

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ouryve · 16/04/2012 14:03

DS2 has been doing lots of little jigsaws (brand new skill, though he still needs help with some of them) and dancing like Iggle Piggle!

We've had a tough few weeks with DS1but he's pretty engrossed in his lego, right now, building all sorts of weird and wonderful things. I found some "spelling tests" he had made up, earlier, complete with the most scathing "teacher's comments" imaginable! I think he's still exorcising his year 2 teacher!

appropriatelyemployed · 16/04/2012 14:14

I love the absolute sense of victory I feel when I get DS (9 and Aspie) to try new food - it might just be a new type of pasta but I feel like I am on top of the world when he says he likes it.

Or when I persuade him to buy something new. He wears the same clothes all the time but yesterday, we were at the seaside and it was cold and I saw a lovely warm hoodie and he agreed to wear it if I bought it. Yippee - he has a sweater!! I can't tell you how that makes me feel.

Or when he can tell me which Star Wars character came from which episode (including the Clone Wars) and can write the ENTIRE script of the film out - or would if I'd let him.

The honesty too - 'DS1 did you punch DS2?' Reply 'yes because he was annoying me'

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