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Sports

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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 11 year old son likes going out on his bike and swimming too. He also enjoys football in theory, but whenever he tries to join in at school he gets a bit frustrated if people 'cheat', so that doesn't last long....! he's not the most co-ordinated boy in the world, but i'm proud to say he was riding his bike without stabilizers when he was 3 and a half. purely because my friends daughter did (she was 5), so if he wanted to play on her bike when we were there he had to learn! He swims like a fish, and i think he enjoys it because he's confident in the water, and he can feel involved with others without looking out of place. he tends to snorkle most of the time. :)

    i must say it's lovely to be able to do something as a family that we all enjoy - we all love swimming and bike riding is great in the nearby forest. it's two of the very few things my 2 sons agree on doing! (because my other son isn't interested in his brothers other 'things'!)

    he also did tennis lessons and karate, but lost interest when he found it too difficult. i think the best idea is to show your son lots of different things and see if any take his interest, then give it a go and see what happens.

     

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  • Hi,

    my 11 year old son likes going out on his bike and swimming too. He also enjoys football in theory, but whenever he tries to join in at school he gets a bit frustrated if people 'cheat', so that doesn't last long....! he's not the most co-ordinated boy in the world, but i'm proud to say he was riding his bike without stabilizers when he was 3 and a half. purely because my friends daughter did (she was 5), so if he wanted to play on her bike when we were there he had to learn! He swims like a fish, and i think he enjoys it because he's confident in the water, and he can feel involved with others without looking out of place. he tends to snorkle most of the time. :)

    i must say it's lovely to be able to do something as a family that we all enjoy - we all love swimming and bike riding is great in the nearby forest. it's two of the very few things my 2 sons agree on doing! (because my other son isn't interested in his brothers other 'things'!)

    he also did tennis lessons and karate, but lost interest when he found it too difficult. i think the best idea is to show your son lots of different things and see if any take his interest, then give it a go and see what happens.

     

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