Autism Question

I am a child advocate that is very knowledable in this subject and from all the workshops I have been to, all the parents beleive Autism is from the 2yr shots. I firmly beleive that also. Most all the parents said they child was normal and even potty train and after the 2 yrs old shots everything went down hill. They had to start potty training all over again and they stop talking, however some Autism children do talk. If I was a new mother I would not allow all those shots to be given at one time. They need to be spaced out over several weeks.
Yes your child actions are normal, each child is different, maybe one will not even leave the house if the socks are not just right on his feet or pulled up just a certain way. They are also social disfuntioned.
A support group is so very helpful, just listening to them and also how they deal with the school system. By the way the school has to by law give therapy etc. to your child from birth for handicapped children, the younger the better.

Sometimes it can be. In my personal experience with Autism the behaviors get better as the communications get better. Sometimes my son would act out simply because he had no other way to say "I'm tired" "I'm bored" etc etc. The best thing I can tell you is ask your doctor to show you what a safety hold is. When the child starts acting in a way to hurt themself or others hold them in this safe mode until they calm down talking softly and explaining why we don't hurt people. ALot of the time with this diagnosis the children have no empathy. They don't realize them hitting and pinching hurts. They just do it.

Hello M.-

I have a 6 year old son who is on the autism spectrum and a 4 year old daughter who is not. My daughter went through a hitting and scratching phase when she was younger but my son never really did. My daughter would lash out when she was upset but also in the middle of a perfectly pleasant game would do it out of the blue. In her case, I think she just got overly excited when playing and didn't yet understand that these actions hurt the other person.

So in your case I don't think the hitting and scratching is a part of the autism, I think her frustration is probably causing her to react this way and her autism may make it more difficult to get her to understand that it is not an appropriate action.

Is your daughter receiving any therapy? You may want to look into ABA therapy to help with this an other behavioral issues that may arise. There is a school in The Woodlands/Spring area called Shape of Behavior that provides ABA. I have not been to the school and have not tried ABA with my son because his issues seem to be limited to his social skills and he is receiving speech therapy, occupational therapy and social skills training elsewhere. If you have any questions or just need someone to talk to feel free to send me a message. I'm always happy to help.

Good Luck,
K.

My 6 year old nephew has a mild case of Autism also but never hits and scratches. He is more on the shy side and does not like social interaction. Could the hitting and scratching be because she cannot communicate verbally. I know that with my 14 month old she gets aggressive when she wants something but we don't know what it is. We have started doing sigh language with her and we have seen major improvements in her behavior. She can now tell us when she is thirsty, hungry, wants more, is tired, or wants to go outside. Also, has your baby been seen by a behavioral theropist? They do amazing things. They might be abe to give you some techniques that will help out.

Hi M.!
I have an 8-yr old non-verbal child on the Autism Spectrum, who is very bright and naturally good-natured, along with a 12-yr old "typical" child.

When my 8-yr old was about 3, she grew increasingly frustrated with her sibling due to lack of ability to communicate with her. Occasionally she would pull hair, bite, or hit her sister - behaviors she did not exhibit with others. However, my youngest and I were communicating using sign language (being learned through her private speech therapist), pictures and board books. Hitting, biting, scratching are NOT part of the autism, per se; it's a sign of frustration for lack of communication. When a child can't communicate their needs/wants or "stop" or "leave me alone" for example, and their defenses are up, they will do what comes naturally - bite, hit, scratch.

Once she started a PPCD class, and also after giving some basic sign language to our older daughter to communicate with her sister, our youngest stopped biting and hitting! Once the communication factor is addressed, then any inappropriate behavior with consequences can be handled as with any typical child. Hope this helps. Feel free to contact me at ____@____.com.

I just saw this video and it sent chills up my spine. Please watch it and I have found that there are ways to undo heavy metal poisoning such as keelation. I even saw some at the Peoples Pharmacy. Mercury is at such a toxic level in ONE vaccine for an infant. Example they say that water is contaminated at 2 parts per billion however in ONE vaccine for an infant there is 50,000 parts per billion. And hell if they were to drop the vial it would be a bio hazard yet they are injecting it into our kids. Taking something that would be bennifncial and turning it into a killing machine. Just another tid bit of info. The same people who market and sell the mercury or what it is more known as Thermosil(sp?) are the same people who are manufacturing the meds for the children with ADHD and Autism.

http://pnacitizen.org/pnac_health_medicine_documentaries.php

Hi M.,

I saw Jenny McCarthy on Larry King the other night. She discussed her son having autism and how she healed him. She talked about all the medicines her son was given and how he reacted to them. She even took the medicines herself to see how it made her feel. She could not believe it. Anyway she wrote this book and talks about it and how she keeps him on a certain diet. Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism By Jenny McCarthy
I hope this helps.