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Originally Posted by miniGranis
He was born with it, is't some sort of "glich" right at the making..
Here in Sweden about 4-5 kids each year gets the diagnose.
Seems to be a rather big difference on how "severe" it gets, some pepole develop sever autism and ADHD (is that a US term as well ?) others has a lower IQ 45-60. Also oversensitive hearing (reacts on load noices) is a problem as well as they gets VERY scared of harmless things.
Our son as a HUGH problem with the icecream van, but he loves icecream (who doesnt..) Also WS children need loads and loads of repetion to learn stuff.
Now its just a matter for us to understand how we can help him in the best possible way, and take one small step at the time and also enjoy the things he can do and not only focus on the "problem areas".
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Yes, Autism, ADHD and ADD are all included. You might think they are not paying attetion, but they are. The doctor thought she had a hearing problem, but she hears better then me LOL. When she did the hearing test, we got into the booth together. They had a sound coming out of the speaker and it kept getting lowered each time she looked at the speaker. So when I couldn't here the sound she would turn towards the speaker and she heard it. She had that problem with loud noises too, but I worked with her so now she doesn't get scared anymore. It is all in how we can train them to know what is going on. One advice is to not let him think he has a problem at all. Don't allow him to get away with anything that he does wrong. I know it is tough, but they need to learn right from wrong just like all of us. My daughter used to hit a lot of kids, no matter how big they were. I worked with her to let her know that is wrong and she did get put in time out a lot. I can also say that Autism has it's benefits. She is extremely intelligent and has a great memory, also photographic memory as well. She can hide anything and a few months later know exactly where it is. Here is the USA, one out of 150 or 160 kids are diagnosed with Autism and if you add the numbers, it is staggering.