DISQUS

Patrick · 1 year ago

Halloween was a bit of a challenge for our son Josh who has PDD-NOS(an Autism Spectrum Disorder). The school cafeteria was extra noisy that day and the guys who man it were using the microphone to make scary noises. Most of the kids loved it, but Josh did not and he had a bad day the rest of that day.

Most of the time, though, he is fine at school. He had an awesome day yesterday(see post at www.fightinggale.vox.com)

Thanx

Patrick in Tennessee

kari · 8 months ago

Totally agree with your post, I know my apraxia child is scared of masks that just her other siblings put on and they all laugh about how scared the 4 yr old apraxia child is but to me I feel she needs not be scared i try to put away masks and decor that scares her and she is scared of other costumes as well, she also most days will scream at the top of her lungs she doesnt want me touching her hair, gets me up at least 3x a night for a drink, has temper tantrums throws things, doesnt want other kids to sit in chairs pulls them out and screams throws something if they dont do it. I try to explain to her but she cannot talk that well so again all frustration and stress for us parents with the apraxia now i have a slp that after 2x seeing my daughter states she doesnt have it i didnt sit threw a 4 hour dr appt with a speciality clinic that diagnosed her having this as well as some types of autism with fits and rages and not doing motor stuff correctly for a slp to tell me she doesnt have this disorder she now is starting to sign like moves hand to mouth for drink, this is hard for us parents as im sure you know also.