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Recent content by chillimom

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    Could use some answers from aspie experts about my spectrummy kid

    "pacing" the sounds - I like that. While we're on my rambling full of questions thread: any tips on getting her to stop chewing and sucking her toes? She bites her toe nails and chews the skin around them (fingernails are chewed also, but less intensely). They get inflamed, and she's chewed...
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    Could use some answers from aspie experts about my spectrummy kid

    Can you explain what you mean about the emotion on the other side being sentimentality? I do believe my son loves us, to the extent that he is capable of it. He shows concern for his sisters, he worries about them being hurt, he smiles when talking about them if they're not there, he says he...
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    Could use some answers from aspie experts about my spectrummy kid

    that's a good idea asking her what's going on in her head. I'll try that thanks!
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    Could use some answers from aspie experts about my spectrummy kid

    Ugh, I know :( I think I didn't drop it because I didn't get why she was lying about it. I still don't understand why. And she's been lying a ton lately about things where I don't see the motivation. I think she's experimenting with the fact that she *can* lie, that she's realizing we don't...
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    Could use some answers from aspie experts about my spectrummy kid

    Thank you SO much for the replies! To clarify, I absolutely do not say her brother is mean because he's autistic - I don't even *think* that. He behaves meanly because he has complex mental health issues and a trauma background, including attachment disorder. We adopted him from foster care...
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    Could use some answers from aspie experts about my spectrummy kid

    Hi! I am mother to an amazing and brilliant 5-year-old girl who is not dx with an asd, but probably falls somewhere on the aspie end of the spectrum. My daughter is very bright, likely gifted. She started talking at 7 months, has always been 1-2 years ahead for speech & language. She's ahead...
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    "Hi" from a mom of spectrummy kid

    Hello :) I'm going to go post over in the parenting forum, but wanted to introduce myself here first. I'm not dx with any asd, but am a bit spectrummy myself - sensory issues, add, hyperlexic, a lot of social difficulty as a kid and teen. Anyway, my 5-year-old is *maybe* on the spectrum? She...
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