
Autism / Autism Spectrum Support Group
Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers.

Olismom
Dear DS friends,
Yesterday I added another 5 hours of ARD meetings to not resolve the problems we have with securing FAPE for Oliver. I beseech any of you who have a story to tell about how your child behaves well in school but explodes with behaviors after school and is defient to go to school using very aggressive communication. I was in ARD yesterday with the who's who in a very large city and the one person who is the head of the ENTIRE speech and OT made a statement that was put into the IEP "she had never see or known of a child that could hold his distress from a situation for several hours until he could express it 4-5 hours later in the form of a meltdown..." Since she spends endless days in ARDs denying appropriate services, she needs to have information. PLEASE tell you story of how your kid can be good in school and have school related stress behaviors outside or resistance to attend school. This will help , please, every bit will give Oli a voice tot he highly paid person denying him speech and ot sufficient to meet his needs!
Thanks for your support!
Yesterday I added another 5 hours of ARD meetings to not resolve the problems we have with securing FAPE for Oliver. I beseech any of you who have a story to tell about how your child behaves well in school but explodes with behaviors after school and is defient to go to school using very aggressive communication. I was in ARD yesterday with the who's who in a very large city and the one person who is the head of the ENTIRE speech and OT made a statement that was put into the IEP "she had never see or known of a child that could hold his distress from a situation for several hours until he could express it 4-5 hours later in the form of a meltdown..." Since she spends endless days in ARDs denying appropriate services, she needs to have information. PLEASE tell you story of how your kid can be good in school and have school related stress behaviors outside or resistance to attend school. This will help , please, every bit will give Oli a voice tot he highly paid person denying him speech and ot sufficient to meet his needs!
Thanks for your support!
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These people sound like they don't have the first clue.
Also remember federal law in on your side.
Another great resource is http://www.wrightslaw.com/
Jan
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HELP!! I need to show that high functioning ASD folks can maintain then explode later. Do you have feedback? Please respond!! Thanks!
I need feedback please!!
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These kids aren't stupid. Everyone else in the world suffers stress and anxiety at work or school, and they release it later with a stiff drink, or calling a friend, or going to the gym. It's just that these kids can't resolve their issues the way the rest of us do.
Unfortunately, this means us mums cop regular meltdowns because of things we may not even know about.
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