tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post5193856015270632404..comments2023-09-17T04:34:33.856-07:00Comments on My ASD Child: Kids on the Autism Spectrum and Their "Special Interests": A Good or Bad Trait?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-35139762505507488672017-11-19T07:13:24.158-08:002017-11-19T07:13:24.158-08:00Hi Atlas! Have you tried telling your parents this...Hi Atlas! Have you tried telling your parents this in a respectful way of course? It sounds like they need educated. You could maybe even show them this article. If you still don’t get support from them, don’t give up. Hopefully you can find someone at school to talk to like a guidance counselor or someone at a church. Older people are sometimes good listeners. If all else fails, God is a great listener. He is always there for you. And the best way for you to hear Him is to read His words. The Bible is his gift to us for many of life’s hard problems like yours. I will be praying for you. God bless you! Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423132582930312997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-25571339352104514192017-11-01T10:17:20.926-07:002017-11-01T10:17:20.926-07:00Please help.
I really don't know what to do a...Please help.<br /><br />I really don't know what to do about this. I'm an Aspie and I need some advice I don't know if I'd get.<br /><br />My primary interests are basically all related to creative digital media. Games, films, comics, ect. and mostly the making the making of them. I love learning new things. Especially in those fields and I love analyzing them. The problem is I'm not allowed to express this.<br /><br /> At all.<br /><br />Whenever these topics come up my perents always take to criticising them or bringing me down about them. As if I'm not allowed to like anything. No talking about it. Not even a reference. No making anything related it. No watching anything about it. None of this unless its alone, hidden in your room and then you end up feeling like you're doing something terribly wrong like murder or stealing. They don't allow us (I have a slightly younger sister) show any kind of interest in anything they don't have interest in themselves. If they do, they still guilt trip us about it and we're still not allowed to show that we like it. I'd understand if its monstrous mindless horror where people die the whole time with all kinds of explicit scenes and all that, but we are talking about stuff like Night rider (yes the original), The mentalist, youtube videos on writing, music game design and devolopment and film documentries. Just a few examples. They let us watch stuff like deadpool, dread, IT and Aliens vs Predators, but they have a problem against Mob Psycho (literally a japanese cartoon about a silghtly socially oblivious kid with superpowers who also happens to never, ever actualy fight. The worst scene in that cartoon is litteraly a temper tantrum.)<br /><br />My perents told me that I had Asperger's syndrom when I was 9. Just dropped it out of the blue, as if it wasn't a big deal. It was for me. It helped me explain a lot about why I'm the way I am and why I can't interact with people the way I wish I could. It's pretty obvious my perents never actually did their research on Asperger's, if any. They probably just know what little the doctor told them.<br /><br />The thing that hurts me the most about this is the fact that next year these interests will become a key part in my life. I'll be majoring in them and I keep wondering: Will I ever be able to tell them about my day? About the new game I'm developing or about the problem we faced or the idea I got? <br /><br />I love my family and I love my perents, but I hate feeling like I've been stabbed through the heart every time I even think of something that makes me happy.<br /><br />What should I do? I really wish there was a book, or a video that could tell me the answers, but there isn't so you're my best bet.Atlashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402078980036874791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-21783602514118813352017-11-01T09:29:50.474-07:002017-11-01T09:29:50.474-07:00I honestly don't know what to do about this. I...I honestly don't know what to do about this. I'm an Aspie and I need some advise I really don't know if I'd get.<br /><br /> My interests are basicly based around the making of most creative media, mostly games, comics, films and so on. There is a single problem though that always seems to come through in the house when it comes to these things. My perents dismis them. Any and all interests, likes, insperations or otherwise may not be discussed or shown. <br /><br />Ever. <br /><br />Whenever any topic reguarding anything I, or my little sister likes, comes up they immediately criticise it or tell us to shut up about it and find something else to talk about. And its not like we talk about what we like non stop either! We aren't allowed to buy anything related to what we like or tell them about them(even though its with our own hard earned money). If we are watching Tv or playing games, it always feels as if we have to do it in secret. They'd pull these dispaproving faces I've come to know too well.<br /><br /> My perents told me that I was an aspie when I was 9 and to be honest, its pretty obvious that they never actually did any real research on the topic of Aspergers, if any. I wouldn't be surprised if the only knowledge they have on it is what the doctor told them. The thing that hurts the most about this is the fact that next year those topics will become part of what I'll be doing (hopefully) for the rest of my life. Will I never be able to tell them about my work? Even when making films and games is an integral part of my life.<br /><br />I don't understand this and worse, I don't know how to deal with it. I love my family and I love my perents, but I hate when a happy conversation turns into a stake through my heart in a split second. <br /><br />What should I do?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660285262959621798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-90154967967361112442015-09-16T19:19:39.646-07:002015-09-16T19:19:39.646-07:00My brother loves drawing road and road signs too. ...My brother loves drawing road and road signs too. He wouldn't sleep in the car when we are on a long journey and he even remembers every single sign too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083254681591345518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-69464987314072400962011-09-20T09:48:41.587-07:002011-09-20T09:48:41.587-07:00Our child has no comprehension of what he is in th...Our child has no comprehension of what he is in this mode and by doing this if effects those around him. When we talk to him about his misbehaviour he apologises but the next day it is the same situation. hitting out, been rude and vulgar, fighting with his brother, shouting and this self injury/harm has only recently surfaced in the last few weeks. He also lies quite easily and acts out pretend crying and upset very easily which he can turn on instantly..<br /><br /><br />How can we get a message across to him that he fully understands and remembers before this gets out of control as he is aware, when we are talking to him that he has been bold but, as I mention earlier, the next day it is as if we never talked to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-88652926493987304172011-09-05T06:47:46.331-07:002011-09-05T06:47:46.331-07:00Parents, watch your children for points of focus &...Parents, watch your children for points of focus & allow/help them develop these at their own speed & in their own direction. Use these positively in all ares of education & socialization. It will not only eliminate a lot of stress, but it will help you see God's purpose. Our son says Aspergers gives him "blinders" to distractions. He focuses on a subject to the absolute elimination of anything else, concentrating solely on the work at hand. We educated him at home & belonged to a couple of home-education support groups, both of which had special needs children. He is now 29 years old, happily & successfully married, & a missionary in Romania to young people. He still makes amazing Lego creations. He is & always has been a truly wonderfully amazing extraordinary gift from God.<br />17 hours ago · LikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-77123256950181651742011-09-03T14:51:49.767-07:002011-09-03T14:51:49.767-07:00Yes, my 9 year old son has been drawing detailed m...Yes, my 9 year old son has been drawing detailed maps since he was 5 1/2 years old. He loves making roads in the dirt as well. He creates his own towns with roads, rivers, landmarks, etc. Only downside is that the dirt inevitably gets 'messed' up... He is bothered by the lack of permanence of his creations.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998930128397074113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-69005209125768604862011-09-02T11:25:00.387-07:002011-09-02T11:25:00.387-07:00Hi an interesting article. My son's special in...Hi an interesting article. My son's special interest is roads and road signs. He is 5. When we drive he observes everything. He is great at directions. He can tell me the direction if I am lost. He could spend ages drawing roads and road signs. His phycologist said his drawings are beyond his years as they have such depth. His ABA tutors was to discourage this interest. However he thought himself numbers from drawing road signs etc. I do believe we should encourage his interest. Just wandering if you have known other kids interested in roads and road signs? ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-48111742719613588112011-09-02T11:19:54.138-07:002011-09-02T11:19:54.138-07:00Hilary Ann Baird yes its a good thing we are obses...Hilary Ann Baird yes its a good thing we are obsessed with certain things bc its been wired to do that so we can invent something, this world if left to neurotypicals wouldnt have the inventions it does today bc most inventors have some typ of autism, autism is the new genius and im not interested in a cureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-27563136212543835892011-09-02T10:21:01.387-07:002011-09-02T10:21:01.387-07:00My son's area of interest is Dinosaurs (first)...My son's area of interest is Dinosaurs (first) and marine life - whales, sharks, fish etc.(second). He is 9 years old, and has had a strong connection to these two topics since about age 2. Now that he is in 4th grade, it is becoming more difficult to find reading material that he is interested in, that he hasn't read already because he only wants to read factual books about dinosaurs and sharks. He has read his "dinopedias" cover to cover. He really does amaze people though- he can name every fish, dinosaur, shark just by looking at it. He can tell you what it eats, where it lives, what the predators are, what it's scientific name is, what period it lived in, etc. etc. I mean, he knows it all! He says he wants to be a paleontologist...I guess we will see. He gets so much joy from discussing it...I feel like I'm a dinosaur/shark/fish expert now too! lolDarcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696794697420656171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-74535194557554850852011-09-02T09:29:39.875-07:002011-09-02T09:29:39.875-07:00I thoroughly enjoy listening to my son's daily...I thoroughly enjoy listening to my son's daily "fact reports". Remembering just one or two of the hundreds he knows makes me look smarter than I really am!Julie Bantanoreply@blogger.com