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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4722  
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When my daughter, who has special needs was very young and unable to talk she had a rather novel way of communicating her needs. I would get a sudden flash of light behind my eyes, an excruciating pain in my head followed by an image of the object or thing she wanted. This could be a book, a teddybear or a cup with a drink in it. I would turn to look at her and she would be staring directly at me. The flash would be blinding and the pain excruciating, like an explosion in my head. Seems she only communicated in this manner with me. Thankfully once the words came the flash, painful headache and mental images went. To this day she can use the Puma remote to unlock/lock the Puma at a much greater range than either my wife or myself. Yep life is strange but wonderful.
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17th Jul 2014 5:21pm |
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| mrd1990 Member Since: 16 Aug 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 600  
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Maybe she watched this? &hd=1
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17th Jul 2014 7:50pm |
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| lukev01 Member Since: 24 Mar 2012 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 412  
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Perhaps.....but having worked with autistic people over many years I have seen too many instances of extraordinary flashes of genius to dismiss them, it is just so tragic that so many are unable to articulate this.
Also sobering to remember that the vast majority of autistic people cannot communicate effectively and do not all exhibit savant tendencies but have a lifelong disability. 1970 Series 2A 88" |
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17th Jul 2014 8:00pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443 
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My eldest boy is autistic, he's now 17 and has very little language. He will never lead a'normal' life as he still needs help with toileting, washing, dressing and many of the day to day things that we all take for granted. He needs prompting to do things like go to the toilet at appropriate times, if left to his own devices, the urge to go and the proximity of a convenience are not allways compatible. It can be overpoweringly embarrasing if I've forgotton to prompt/remind him to go when we go anywhere. As with the majority of autistic people he will try to do things by 'routine', I put this in inverted commas because it is not so much a routine but more of a following a familiar pattern that he feels comfortable with.
I do find it a little tiresome when you meet people who are genuinely interested in Josh's autism but are so deeply mindset that all autistic people are like Dustin Hoffman in the film The Rain Man. No Josh can't remember all the phone numbers in the West Midlands area along with dialling codes, he can't look at a city skyline for 10 minutes then draw it perfectly a week later, he has a job holding a pen let alone follow dots on a piece of paper that spell out his name. He is the major reason I'm divorced, my wife is still my best friend but four years ago the stress of two boys, one with special needs the other younger one, bright as a button and thus demanding in other ways, pushed her over the edge from coping, the Post Natal Depression still caused problems and with me working away from home and long hours to keep the finances going prompted her to try to take a step back and try getting away from us all. She got caught up in other problems with finances which pushed us further apart. She will be the first to admit that even now she knows that she wouldn't be able to cope. I don't hold any animosity towards her, we all have to cope with what life deals us, some can cope others can't, we all have to be big enough to know our limits, she spends most of her life beating herself up because she feels that she is a failure as she is their mother and should cope. It is hard living with a child with special needs, dealing with it on your own is bloody hard and often with autism the rewards are very few as a major trait is that those with autism aren't able to 'read' other peoples feelings, they are completely ignorant of the consequences of their actions. I feel that there is a bit of autism in all of us, we all have odd traces of being OCD, sometimes we don't care too much on what our actions do to others and don't forget, we're all obsessed with Land Rovers! Sorry for the long diatribe, but I do feel that a lot of autistic people have developed other ways of communication, my boy seems to have ESP, he can sense things are about to occour and he can definately read peoples minds, whether he uses the information or completely ignores it stays solely his decision |
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17th Jul 2014 10:39pm |
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| lukev01 Member Since: 24 Mar 2012 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 412
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Agree totally, JWL, and extremely we'll put.
Although I am still married I know exactly the situation. Divorce rates for those of us with kids who have special needs are much higher than the average. You are doing an amazing job, I know how hard it is with two of us.... 
We have had to "Keep calm and carry on" a lot longer than the phrase became ubiquitous! 1970 Series 2A 88" |
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18th Jul 2014 6:41am |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2295  
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Hello spudfan / All
Two things I believe to be true... 1. Some people who have a sense or mental processing ability impaired, often develop other faculties to a heightened level, to compensate for or even surpass what is judged to be normal. 2. You can increase the working distance of your puma remote control by activating it on the side of your head... SKIP https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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18th Jul 2014 8:17am |
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