Wow. It has been quite some time since I have blogged on my page. Many reasons for this absence, but I will spare you all with the mundane daily excuses that we all live and have. Tired. Overwhelmed. Disorganized. Tired. There it is in a nutshell. Moving forward.
Since the start of First grade Seth has come a long way. His school and I are still in the works for his 504 and IEP. Hoping to have the final details next week. With that said, the last two months have been a pretty smooth ride in our household for him (finding the closest piece of wood to knock). I can only guess that this is due to many factors. His medication and dosage are right on, he is in routine with school-class-teacher, Rescare, his doctor, football season, wrestling season, maturing, slowly learning to control his emotions/tantrums, finally allowing us to help him and he is slowly recognizing and understanding how to help himself or at least he is seeing the difference when he is "doing better".
And BEST OF ALL.. He now LOVES and ACCEPTS when I hug and kiss him!!!!! Nothing beats that... NOTHING!
Along with his football and wrestling, skateboarding and surfing are still if not more then ever a huge "release" for him. He is like a work horse or working dog. I can not even begin to imagine what is happening in the "inside" of his brain when he is literally bouncing off the walls and speaking so fast with excess saliva. Always on the go and needs to be in constant motion. Though his body and muscles are quite rigid and not extremely flexible along with being semi clumsy and not always aware of his surroundings... he goes full force into whatever has his focus at that moment. Still to this day trying to teach him the correct stance on a skateboard, he wont have it. Will not listen. He knows all. Of coarse he does, he is 6 after all. Ha! His stubbornness and determination is a double edge sword. One edge makes a lot of chaos for him, loved ones and his surroundings which have led to countless meltdowns and hurt. On the other edge, he is not a quitter. Does not give up. This can pertain to school work, sports, cleaning, ect. He tends to give it his all until he gets it right or at least what he thinks is "right".
Whatever is "right" in Seth's world at the moment, is well... right. At least as he sees it. No use arguing, convincing, debating, proving him otherwise... his brain will not accept it. Period. (If I have learned anything in my 6 years with my son, it is the above.)
LOUDNESS, chaos, silly, quirky, angry, loving, destructive, kindness, frustrated, irritated, sweetness and a pinch of Autism. Motherhood and a son's journey living on the Spectrum. Welcome to our mix.
Showing posts with label Autistic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autistic. Show all posts
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Ear plugs please
Ear drums are a very special tool that we all take for granted most of the time.
Every so often, one is reminded of the ear drum. Perhaps when one is flying, took a dive in the pool or even went too far with the softness of a Q-Tip. There are remedies for all the activities above. Such as gum chewing, ear drops and the rapid removal of the cotton swab.
Now lets talk Autistic eardrums and family members too.
Some Autistic children, from what I have read, are very LOUD. Seth would fall in this category head first. He is loud, heavy footed with ungraceful movements and overall noisy. I can handle all of this BUT the loudness! It is extremely hard on the ears. And all the while, he has taught his sister Keana, a high pitched shrill voice. So besides Seth and his bag of alphabet soup of loudness we have 2 year old Keana running around the house belting out her best Daryl Hannah imitation from the movie Splash. You know, where DH plays a mermaid then at one point in the movie she "trys" to talk and all she makes is a very loud shrilling/shrieking noise. Yup, thats what we have in our mix. My bag contains ear plugs.
On the flip side, Seth cannot always tolerate lots of different loud noises. For example: when he is watching the television, he cannot handle other people talking in the same room as him or in the next room over. I suppose this would fall under the sensory overload category. Add that to his bag.
* Oddly enough, Seth is not even phased one bit by his own loudness. God sure does have a funny sense of humor at times.
Perfectly in tune.
We may not always enjoy the sounds others make while eating, sleeping, drinking, toilet time... you get the idea, but at least we know it will all end in a matter of a few swallows, gulps, a flush or two, a pillow over the face or an elbow jab to your partner's side. Not me though, my sidekick Seth will most likely always be on the loud side and out of tune. With that said, my ear plugs are always close by.
Every so often, one is reminded of the ear drum. Perhaps when one is flying, took a dive in the pool or even went too far with the softness of a Q-Tip. There are remedies for all the activities above. Such as gum chewing, ear drops and the rapid removal of the cotton swab.
Now lets talk Autistic eardrums and family members too.
Some Autistic children, from what I have read, are very LOUD. Seth would fall in this category head first. He is loud, heavy footed with ungraceful movements and overall noisy. I can handle all of this BUT the loudness! It is extremely hard on the ears. And all the while, he has taught his sister Keana, a high pitched shrill voice. So besides Seth and his bag of alphabet soup of loudness we have 2 year old Keana running around the house belting out her best Daryl Hannah imitation from the movie Splash. You know, where DH plays a mermaid then at one point in the movie she "trys" to talk and all she makes is a very loud shrilling/shrieking noise. Yup, thats what we have in our mix. My bag contains ear plugs.
On the flip side, Seth cannot always tolerate lots of different loud noises. For example: when he is watching the television, he cannot handle other people talking in the same room as him or in the next room over. I suppose this would fall under the sensory overload category. Add that to his bag.
* Oddly enough, Seth is not even phased one bit by his own loudness. God sure does have a funny sense of humor at times.
Perfectly in tune.
We may not always enjoy the sounds others make while eating, sleeping, drinking, toilet time... you get the idea, but at least we know it will all end in a matter of a few swallows, gulps, a flush or two, a pillow over the face or an elbow jab to your partner's side. Not me though, my sidekick Seth will most likely always be on the loud side and out of tune. With that said, my ear plugs are always close by.
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