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Recent content by Marissa's Mom

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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    Thank you for providing your insight. I agree we have to do everything to discover her talent, and she seems very smart. My hope is that if we do therapy now, she may be able to escape from these social skills classes etc., when she is old enough to go to elementary school, and she's no longer...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    I think a big reason why you (and many other adults) weren't diagnosed is because they weren't diagnosing HFA/asperger's until the late 80's. Now, the internet provides all the red flags for parents, and babycenter.com keeps sending all the symptoms even if you aren't comparing your child with...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    I really hope I can learn to accept entirely who my daughter is. I think I'm getting much better lately, and I really love little things my daughter does differently than other kids. At the same time, the most difficult time for me is to join a play date or a class (music, dance etc.) with other...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    Anthoskate, yes, I'm pretty sure about this. But, what I'm wondering is that if she receives therapy to "normalize" her behavior before she even notices them, she may struggle less when she's older.. I'm not entirely sure how early ABA works, but just as an example, if she's taught to look at...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    Thesaurusrex, it's good to know you could grow up to have a set of friends even if you don't try to be more typical. My concern was that she'd be an easy target for bullying unless we address her difference while she's very young. I've read of many studies that claims that ABA is effective...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    AsheSkyler, it sounds like social skills you are talking about can be taught after she's much older like 5 or 6.. Based on what you described, it seems very hard for parents to teach that. For example, we would not know that she's looking at someone's feet rather than the whole person when she's...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    Thank you. THis reminds me of thinking of whether or not we disclose the dx to anyone other than school teachers. My instinct is telling me not to because there are many people who assume negative things about ppl with autism. Also, we don't know what her prognosis will be. Any advice on that?
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    Yes please sass. That would be very helpful. I really hate it when we have to talk to therapists and doctors in front of our daughter.
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    But that being said, does anyone feel they wanted to learn how to act typically as a very young toddler so you could blend in easily growing up?
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    You guys are really opening my eyes to see new perspectives.the diagnosis does help me accept her for who she is and try to understand how she expresses her love and happiness with us. I was worried about potential negative effects of Aba too. I was really offended when the doctor asked us if...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    Thanks for the advice! Sass, do you use any other parenting training techniques for high functioning autistic children? Any recommendations on resources for us to read? Also, I'm curious if this is how typically autism is diagnosed (just going over he dsm criteria with parents).It kinda feels...
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    Diagnosis of HFA at 2.5 year old: How does this affect my child?

    Hi there. My daughter (2.5 years old) was just diagnosed with mild HFA at a university hospital after waiting for the appointment for 6 months. After hearing our descriptions on her behavior, the doctor simply diagnosed her by checking check boxes of DSM 5 without interacting with her or...
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