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Sports

parentsofasad

Being parent of an autistic son, we are willing to know which sports most of the children prefer to participate in. I know it depends on individual person but just want to know the experiences of indivual persons and/or their parents. My son is 4 years old and love swimming and cycling.

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  • Hi

    My son is 9 has a diagnosis of HFA and loves golf.  He became quite able at it (and the rules of course) very quickly.  He started getting interested via a Tiger Woods Wii game when he was about 7.  No team to have to cope with and he has good co-ordination in that situation.  He likes tennis and badminton but he can become fixated with the rules and forget the fun element, focussing on the aim of winning.  This has lessened as he has got older and we coach him on not worrying about the rules so much etc.

    He is not big on swimming on a regular basis or the lessons, too many echoey noises, fuss getting changed, nothing solid to stand on etc.  but does love the speed of the flumes.  He does however love cycling and was good at Lacrosse (as long as he had a nice team).  Unfortunately we moved and they do not do Lacrosse here.  He is pretty good at ski-ing too as and when we get the chance, but we have to go when it is not too busy and he does need an adult close by incase something crops up that might unsettle him and he may behave more erratically then.  A great skill to have though and he is proud of it.

    Golf, Cycling and Ski-ing are our focus.  Although he is ok at football he won't play due to the nature of the contact, shouting and so on  as he just ends up upset.

    Food for thought?

     

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  • Hi

    My son is 9 has a diagnosis of HFA and loves golf.  He became quite able at it (and the rules of course) very quickly.  He started getting interested via a Tiger Woods Wii game when he was about 7.  No team to have to cope with and he has good co-ordination in that situation.  He likes tennis and badminton but he can become fixated with the rules and forget the fun element, focussing on the aim of winning.  This has lessened as he has got older and we coach him on not worrying about the rules so much etc.

    He is not big on swimming on a regular basis or the lessons, too many echoey noises, fuss getting changed, nothing solid to stand on etc.  but does love the speed of the flumes.  He does however love cycling and was good at Lacrosse (as long as he had a nice team).  Unfortunately we moved and they do not do Lacrosse here.  He is pretty good at ski-ing too as and when we get the chance, but we have to go when it is not too busy and he does need an adult close by incase something crops up that might unsettle him and he may behave more erratically then.  A great skill to have though and he is proud of it.

    Golf, Cycling and Ski-ing are our focus.  Although he is ok at football he won't play due to the nature of the contact, shouting and so on  as he just ends up upset.

    Food for thought?

     

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