Your Funny Sounds
Nothing so disturbs the gathering as much,
or sets apart your child from the rest so much,
as to hear strange laughter or funny sounds
coming from your Loved One.
He.she is entertaining him.herself,
and is not too concerned about your reactions.
Someday he.she might become aware,
if you teach him.her via Real World Training,
to enter the Real World and observe peoples’ responses.
Our young lad now observes peoples’ responses all the time
and your Child can learn to do so more often too.
If you have really immersed yourself in this
“You Experience” exercise,and have entered your Own World
to have some fun, you will now appreciate
why it is in fact important to let your
Loved One make these sounds and actions,
and NOT keep continually correcting..!
Your comments are warmly welcomed!
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2 replies to "Topic 7: “YOUR Funny Sounds” – your comments?"
Hi Pete,
I found your website whilst searching for information on Autism.
My son Bill is 16 months old and we were called into by his Nursery last Wednesday as they had some concerns about his development.
After some research last week we realised that his ‘QUIRKY’ little ways were actually Red Flags for Autism.
My wife and I are trying to get our head around things currently.
We have visited the GP who has referred us to a Paediatrician but apparently the waiting list is around 6 months here in the UK currently.
I am unsure why I am messaging you this as I appreciate it’s probably a bit early, but we have not spoke to anyone else regarding it at the moment and I needed to actually express to someone our situation as I feel like I am about to implode with worry.
We have seen a regression in him over the past few months and it is heart breaking to see. Eye contact has become less and less and he retreats into his own world more and more as every day go by.
We feel like we are losing him a little more as time goes on and we currently feel helpless to stop it.
We can sometimes get his attention with a nice game of peek-a-boo and we had some great success with his last night at bath time with my daughter peek-a-booing in the doorway. We all shared some great eye contact with him and lots of giggles. That felt better than winning the lottery….not that I have. 🙂
I want to rescue my son and show him that the real world here with his loving family is a great place to be,
and help or advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated
Hi Adrian,
The amount of care you and your family obviously put in
will see Bill through in the end.
I attach my two early-diagnosis leaflets which are also available
via the site, specifically created for parents like you who have to
wait 6 months before the system kicks in..!
If you like the First Steps Checklist you might forward
a copy to your GP: not only is it finally something he/she and others like him/her
can give to anxious parents awaiting diagnosis, but it also
offers insights for him/her too, which was not part of their medical training
This may not provide much solace,
but I would have been so pleased
if my son had been able to play peek-a-boo at 16 months,
he was about 7 before he could do that,
being more profoundly autistic than yours appears to be.
Now however he is in mainstream high school with a number of friends,
doing very well in some subjects, and is a happy chap:
which is why I put in the first paragraph in the Time and Energy leaflet.
Peek-a-boo is the kind of game-playing upon which Real World Training
is based.
You are working it out yourself, as we had to do, and it really
makes a difference in the end, so keep it up..!
Best Regards from Peter.