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Autistic Spectrum

Jazzmin

Hi, my sister's kid has been diagnosed in the autistic Spectrum. He's 8 years old, and doesn't speak naturally. He only talks bits and pieces of repeated continuously or rhymes (2 lines) from his school. She has enrolled him in speech therapy for last 2 years and still he's not showing any progress. 

Welcoming any tips, advices and guidance on how to help him speak and behave normally. He's very active in sports like swimming but socially awkward, claps continuously and cannot sit in one place. 

Please support, appreciate. 

  • Dear Jazzmin,

    Just to add to the very helpful advice you have been offered here.I agree, a conversation with the school SENCo could be very useful. 

    We have some advice and guidance pages which may help too. Here is a broad section on education:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/school-education

    This section may offer some advice about autism:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism

    Some ideas here for strategies

    www.autism.org.uk/.../support-strategies-and-interventions

    I hope there is something there to help you.

    Best wishes, 

    Anna Mod

  • Trying to get him to behave 'normally' will go against the way he's wired.  You may find this with his speech too.  My daughter has issues sitting still too but what you could try is a cushion with rubber spikes in the top as this is known to help.  Other than that, fidget toys can assist in focus and that can reduce the fidgeting while trying to sit still.

    As an example, I've two autistic daughters and they both will fidget/blether away while trying to sit still and a fidget toy helps calm them and provide some focus.

  • The schools SENCO representative (Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator) would be the person to start this discussion with, along with the kids GP.

    If they are using speech therapy that is not tailored for autistic children then I doubt it will be effective - our brains are wired differently so conventional approaches are not as effective.

    If the budget allows then I would think a child psychologist with a track record of helping autistic children would be a good option. From what I have heard on this site over the last 4 years, the SENCOs at school are not always educated about autism to the level that they really need to be so sometimes you have to call in specialists.

    That would be what I would do in this situation.