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daughter with classi autism

hazelmarie

Hiya my daughter is in the process of being diagnosed with autism shes 3 in may.She doesnt speak at all just makes noises,but she knows her colours,shapes and has known the numbers 1-10 for the past 6 months.This is one of her obsessions she'll go threw her numbers over and over again countless times a day.She has terrible tantrums over anything and everything which is hard to deal with especially as she doesnt talk so i dont know why shes getting upset.She has no sense of danger at all she wasnt to cross the road wen cars are coming 2wards her.Shes spins around and runs from 1 side of the room to the other numerous times a day and it can last for 20mins sometimes,she hates change.One of the issues im having with her at the minute is changing her from long sleeved tops to short sleeved tops and she only wants to wear the same red winter coat all the time-its very hard dealing with this.Its also hard taking her out to places,noises dont seem to bother her but its the crowds of other ppl there,she seems to be ok for about 30mins then she starts kicking off and you cant do owt with her.Does any1 have any advice about this issue?

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  • Hello hazelmarie,

    Your daughter sounds very much like my son! He has very similar traits; very limited communication, quite noisy, no sense of danger and loves running back and forth.

    I'm afraid I don't have any magical solutions for you, but one thing we have found is that distraction rather than confrontation is quite effective. If you can move her on to another favoured activity rather than trying to simply stop something you usually get more success. Picking the things you want to change is another thing; does it matter about the clothes she wears? In the long run you might find she actually loses interest in the favoured clothes or finds something new she likes.

    Alex started special school last September which has really brought him on in leaps and bounds and they have helped us with a lot of things. His speech has improved immensely. Sorry that's all a bit vague, but I really do think it depends a lot on the child. We have attended a few different groups and have found all autistic children to be very unique!

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  • Hello hazelmarie,

    Your daughter sounds very much like my son! He has very similar traits; very limited communication, quite noisy, no sense of danger and loves running back and forth.

    I'm afraid I don't have any magical solutions for you, but one thing we have found is that distraction rather than confrontation is quite effective. If you can move her on to another favoured activity rather than trying to simply stop something you usually get more success. Picking the things you want to change is another thing; does it matter about the clothes she wears? In the long run you might find she actually loses interest in the favoured clothes or finds something new she likes.

    Alex started special school last September which has really brought him on in leaps and bounds and they have helped us with a lot of things. His speech has improved immensely. Sorry that's all a bit vague, but I really do think it depends a lot on the child. We have attended a few different groups and have found all autistic children to be very unique!

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