Peeling back the veneer of autism

Dolphin Mom wrote in front of the words – the specific case basically revolves around the analysis of the growth of the little dolphin, indirectly perhaps adding the analysis of some unnamed A children around. I know this is a big topic, the last six months have been hidden in my heart to say something, afraid that I have not read special education professional, confusing thoughts to some parents who trust me wrong understanding. First of all, I would like to say responsibly that every word here is some of my experience in child intervention, perhaps in a fragmented way, perhaps in a bittersweet way, but not professionally comparable, please refer to some of the methods of child intervention in the heart and brain to know very clearly the specific situation of your child! The time span of this series of articles is bound to be long, and there may be conflicting and tangled ideas about different directions as the intervention progresses. Once a child is labeled as autistic, it means that he is on a road paved with thorns from now on, it means that parents still feel that the road ahead is dark and long even though they have tried their best, it means that parents’ moods are tied up with the progress of their children, it means that …….. Even if you are accidentally winning the bid is not ready to be a mother, but you must unconditionally force yourself to speed method to do 24 filial piety all-round: mom + nutritionist + early childhood teacher + child development expert + trainer + playmate + social expert + emotional behavior expert + psychologist + driver. If you add the word “severe” in front of your child’s autism label, the difficulty factor should be at least *2. Little Dolphin got the severe autism report at 20 months. When we got the report, of course, my father and I were teary-eyed, talking and crying together, driving in the car, listening to my child hissing in the back seat for more than an hour, and thinking about stepping on the gas and rushing off the overpass for a second or two…we wanted to escape, but there was no door or window. We were pushed by the label of “severe autism” and ignorantly entered the primary stage of autistic parenting – denying it to death. The third time I saw the doctor (the normal process here for autism is to see a doctor three times), I asked if you wanted to get a diagnosis now or after the age of 3. (We don’t need a diagnosis until age 3 in our state. Paper insurance governs intervention services, whether you’re developmentally slow or autistic or whatever.)—My dad and I had a rare heart-to-heart and shook our heads in unison and said don’t give me a diagnosis. One word in mind – delay! What if my child is too young to be a slow developer? What if my child will be fine on his own in a couple of years? What if my child doesn’t need intervention at all and it’s a misdiagnosis, yes a misdiagnosis! (With selective amnesia, we don’t even want to remember that this is the third doctor we’ve seen.) There was another emotion that filled my heart – hate! God what did I do wrong, do you want to punish me, come punish me! He’s so cute, why did you give him this weird disease! It’s not fair!!! Bara bara more drama, is what all the feelings … life is like a play, I sang the ugly role was also thrown a lot of melon shells banana peel … at that time the belly is still carrying a small, month almost 8 months still think: do not want to take the high risk of giving birth to her, so that she came to the world to suffer. (What a dark idea, deserves to be thrown banana peels.) I came back from the third doctor. After I came back from the third doctor, I started to have a very regular job – searching the internet for information from morning to night, comparing and crying to the little dolphins. Let me think about my intermittent episodes of crying here, what is the little dolphin doing? 1, like to be alone with his head down and read the words. Let’s say he loves to think about it, mouth obsessed with repeatedly chanting, more than 100 times a day true love, 100% true love – 26 letters (song). Go to a friend’s party or someone to the house, some corner of the little boy with his head down thinking is him. 2, can not be touched. From a child who is loved by everyone to only allow mom to touch and hold, others including dad so want to touch what will happen? Screaming with all his strength, hysterical screaming! 3, he also has a secret weapon – crying! At that time do not understand ah, when the mother is not educated really terrible, do not know that this is an emotional breakdown can not control. I feel that I have never seen such a crying child! A few times a day, it’s like eating at regular intervals for 1-2 hours, so long that I’m worried he won’t “cry his heart out”. 4, any machine from any sound are afraid, screaming. Including the TV, refrigerator, doorbell, microwave oven “ding”, strangers talking, OK this is not a machine. 5, do not speak, in addition to the letters of the alphabet every day fixed pronunciation “meow”. I privately believe that this is my name. Mom became “meow” quite loving, know he will not be mute, or anxious anxious anxious anxious … 6, no eyesight, I do not know whether it will be with “meow” eyesight, there is no home can not be tested. 7, will not refer. Not to mention communication, sharing these advanced words. 8, obsessed with sound and light toys, looking at the toy on the unchanging light eyes do not turn for an hour not too tired of panic. The monotonous music on the toy repeatedly listen to the ears also do not get calluses. 9, excessive attention to detail. For example, the door does not look at the door lock door touch, the carpet pattern does not look at the small circles small squares on it, a good art wall, he only to the socket board affection, sit in the elevator only focus on pressing the button …. 10, anything to his hands are into the queue state, the order is absolutely not allowed to disrupt (including the route home from a place where you have been) …. On this point I actually often have to disturb and do not want to disrupt his world, I think one day he can not use this specialty to do restaurant waiter it? The table and chairs do not need to be clean and tidy a little not messy? Well, I admit, he took the elevator to press the button that I also searched for where the elevator also needs staff? 111213….. He will do not do things, quite a lot. Just so while summarizing the comparison, each item on the number of heavy immediately let out a cry … anyway, crying point is very much ….. But one day, a tendon in the head suddenly came through: how do I have time to cry? Not to seize the time to learn to do intervention for the little dolphin. I should be too busy to cry! (Once again, this person proves that he has a talent for drama, and all the lines that come out of his head are melodramatic!) (Once again, this person has a flair for the dramatic, and all the random lines that come out of his head are melodramatic!) The tube of philosophy to argue, is not the simple answer often has to go through a complex up and down psychological process of sensationalism. I had a long talk with my dolphin dad, and today I remember only one sentence of his words clearly: “Trust God’s power and guidance wholeheartedly while we give 100% of our efforts.” —When he said these shocking words to me, I was afraid to be greedy, but I only had one question in my heart that I didn’t dare to ask: “So, is it possible to make the “heavy” go away! “