Communicating With Autistic Siblings
May 3rd, 2010
Autism communication:
Astonishingly up to 50 percent of autistic children will never develop speech, whilst the others will develop some form of early communication skills.
However, kids with autism rarely engage in effective communication.
When we think of speech – language; we are referring to a body of words, the formations of sounds, as well as the structures and forms used to construct speech.
Communication on the other hand can occur either verbally through speech or non-verbally through the use of spoken words, gestures, signs, or by pointing to printed words or symbols.
Thus communicating with autistic siblings effectively, we must firstly be able to understand why we need to communicate with others, have the desire to communicate, have somebody to communicate with, have something to communicate about, and have a means of expressing ourselves.
As children develop, they begin to explore their environment and start to understand the cause and effect around them. For example when they are thirsty they can point to the fridge or a cup…When they are wanting a cuddle or are tired they may raise both hands to picked up.
With autistic children – autism communication, sometimes this inquisitiveness is missing, the lack of interest in their surroundings and the lack of effective eye contact make learning communication very difficult.
By the time a non-verbal autistic child starts school, they may already have seen a speech therapist to establish a program to aid with the development of effective communication. The speech therapist will need to determine some appropriate objectives and goals, a base level of communication will be established by carefully observing the child within the school setting.
In certain cases it may be necessary for the autistic child to learn a new form of communication. For example the child may cry or scream when they need something and this is their form of communication. But this is not going to be effective in a classroom full of children. There fore new forms of communication will need to be established.
Social skills stories can be used as a form of autism communication…for communicating with autistic siblings.
Autism social stories are short but descriptive pieces of text with appropriate pictures and images to support the story – or instruction. So for example if the new skill is to help the autistic child understand the need for quiet reading at school, the appropriate autism social story would be selected and implemented.
The autistic social skills story will pictorially show as well as the text the reason why the children are expected to be silent, who is expecting them to be silent and why also the consequence of not being quiet and the consequent or reward for being quiet.
Autistic children tend to be visual learners, which is why studies have shown that autism social stories are an excellent aid in developing good foundations for behavior and social skills for autistic children and adults.
As well as excellent tools for helping develop communication skills.
To obtain appropriate autistic social skills stories that will aid with the problem of communicating with autistic siblings please visit us NOW at:www.autismsocialstories.com
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May 3rd, 2010 at 12:13 am
Can some autistic parents help me with a survey?
I need some info for a school assignment….its on the functionality of a family with an autistic child. Primary info is needed. If you could, could you answer these questions in an email and send them to me? These will not be viewed by anyone but me. if you need my email it is timbo_alpha@yahoo.ca. I will thank you very much if you could. Here are the q’s:
1) How old is your autistic child?
How does having an autistic child affect your day-to-day life?
2)How do you communicate with your autistic child (example, verbally, though actions, picture cards ect.)
3)Does your autistic child have any siblings? If so, how does your child’s disability affect their siblings?
4)Are you married? Is so, how does autism affect your relationship with your spouse?
5) How does your autistic child affect your social life?
6) How often does your child have an autistic meltdown?
7) What was your reaction to the initial diagnosis?
9)How does having an autistic child affect your entertainment life (example, seeing movies, playing games, getting out of the house, ect.)
10) If you could, would you cure your child’s autism? Why or why not?
Thank you very much.
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:15 am
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May 3rd, 2010 at 5:17 am
How ’bout I answer them here:
1. 5
2. Verbally.
3. No.
4. Yes. It definately puts a strain on our relationship. But at the same time, it’s brought us closer.
5. He doesn’t really affect my social life. My husband and I both are lucky enough to have parents that can watch him anytime we need to get out.
6. Everyday. Although it has gotten loads better since we started him on a strict herb/mineral/vitamin regimen.
7. I cried. Although I already knew it from just doing research on it myself. I cried all day.
8. Day-to-day is hectic. It takes twice and sometimes triple the time to get him ready to go to school in the morning. Thankfully, I have the best boss in the world, so if I need to take off to do something for/with my son, I can.
9. I think this is the same as question 5.
10. If I could cure it and he still be the same personality, definately! If it means it will turn him into a zombie, no. I don’t want a boring child!
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May 3rd, 2010 at 5:19 am
1) 7 years old
Daily routines can be time consuming. Much of our time revolves around preparing for school and getting ready for bed.
2) Verbally
3) No
4) Divorced. I think the difficulties in raising our child contributed.
5) Meeting people has become easier and more interesting– confrontational in some cases. Now that I know what’s going on with my child, I’m more willing to go out and seek help and advice instead of hiding and fearing how people might react to my child. Some people are very sympathetic and curious to know more about autism when I mention it. Others are dismissive and claim that much of it is voodoo science.
6) Once or twice a week prior to medication.
7) Relief. The diagnosis explained a lot about his behavior. It made me feel better about myself as a parent and realized that parts of my child’s behavior were beyond his control.
9) Mixed. We’ve only seen a couple of movies at the theater. Outside games can be unsettling when being around kids who don’t understand why my child seems different or weird to them.
10) Absolutely. I think my child’s overall personality is wonderful and magnetic, but his condition gets in the way of letting others see just how great he is, too.
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