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It's important 4 parents 2 know that just because you have child with autism doesn't mean you give into everything & allow them 2 do whatever they want outta fear of upsetting them & having 2 deal with it. That's the worst thing you can do, you can still teach your kids right from wrong & how 2 use manners or follow directions.
@@7Aheadfamily I have Autism myself, so I can say that my parents raised me never to let it hold me back. I was treated no differently than my classmates or brother
@@7AheadfamilyI chew on things and when it comes to school I hate change I go in to my seat that's my seat in that class if the seat changes I get frustrated il sit in that seat and don't want ut to be changed when it's changed il hyperventilate for a few minutes I've eaven started tearing up before I don't know why. I am sensitive to noise and have difficulty at school and if I get quite sensitive when I ask for help and the teacher does nothing I get angry easily and cannot control my emotions that well in one class which is quite noisy I wear earmuffs because it's a place with machines that earmuffs may be needed because it gets Loud if I do have autism then I might have had meltdowns I remember once I was overstimulated by too much noise nose can set me off at times and I can't control my emotions well so il just lose it and when I'm overstimulated il get mad or somthing i will be mad and then just il be a mess I remember one day a kid was staring at me I can't handle eye contact so I was looking away they wouldn't stop and I was getting overwhelmed then the noise and then everything set me off for the rest of the day the teacher even recommended going home but I wanted to do a lesson that teacher is nice they are the same teacher that I Loy it when they wouldn't help but 1 teacher 20 kids it's alot for the teacher but she said nothing so I lost it and then somthing I do is bash my head againstvthings I also at times run flapping my hands I used to pace the hallway on my toes at 2 am flapping my hands glad I broke out of that habit but I have some sensitivity and difficulty I've never been asked if I have autism apart from one kid who dosnt even know what autism is he just said it to be mean but I've been asked if I have adhd 2 times which has some similar symtoms I do get restless so I think I may have adhd autism or both or some kind of sensory processing disorder but either way I'm doing better then 2 years ago I struggle to focus I struggle to sit still at times I fidget and im restless at times but others I can focus and I forget what else is going on I struggle with learning and work
Your kids are so lucky to have such amazing parents! I love watching your interactions with your kids and I can tell that you love them whole heartedly, disabilities and all. I love watching the journey of figuring out what works and how Ezra functions. ❤❤❤
Another sign I've noticed in autism videos that I also do (forgot if it was mentionned or not already) is pointing at things without necessarely wanting to get that thing. For example, when I stim in public, I will usually start to point at things randomly (not sure why) even though I may not want that. I often also say a simple one-word description like "Blue!" or ""Square!" but, the words aren't always there. My friend has had to learn to differentiate when I'm pointing to get his attention and when I'm pointing as a stim.
I had a number of autism/sensory meltdowns as a result of auditory sensitivities when I was growing up. This mostly happened in large grocery stores (like the Big Y), stores like Marshall’s (due to the sound of the Air Conditioning/Ventilation system) and in some shopping malls. My sensory meltdowns were virtually always interpreted as temper tantrums and/or attention-seeking behavior and punished accordingly. This was back in the 1980s and 1990s when no one (including doctors) knew what autism meltdowns or sensory meltdowns were.
The way I ended up learning in class, I did my assignment on one side of my desk, the other I worked on whatever I wanted. I hated classrooms that wouldn't let me do that. Because of that strategy, my grades went up until I got my diploma. (ADHD/Autism).
Regression can also occur with neurotypical children but it tends to be more short-term and usually occurs in response to moving into a new house, going to a new school, a divorce or breakup, or the birth of a new sibling.
I'm technically a neurotypical adult but when I was 6 I contracted viral encephalitis which caused an acquired brain damage. As a result I had complete personality change, overnight I went from bubbly child to withdrawn. I had trouble sleeping , I was extremely uncoordinated (still to lesser extent) and until I was about 9 I couldn't read and write as I couldn't make sense of the syllables and letters. Since I recovered from my illness I present some autistic traits; I'm easily overwhelmed by crowds and sounds, loud noises cause me to panic, can't deal with certain fabric textures or being touched. Sometimes touch can cause me physical pain as if my skin was slashed or stabbed. I remember trying so hard to stay in the present moment without drifting off. There was no rehabilitation (Poland in the 80's) and it took me years to learn how to function with it. It's a really hard work.
This was a great video covering a topic which is very close to my heart as an autistic person and former early childhood educator. During my teacher training many years ago, we were only taught to recognize the signs of "severe" autism. Looking back, now that I know I myself am autistic, I can pinpoint a number of children I taught over the years who were probably autistic too, but I didn't recognize it at the time (nor did their parents). Some of these children experienced genuine confusion or embarrassment because of their literal thinking, and I also remember thinking to myself at the time that it made perfect sense why they were confused -- I could easily see why the rules etc. were unclear to them! I wish the more subtle signs were more well known, and I hope that these kids, some of whom are probably in high school by now, got recognized eventually and are getting the support they need.
0:26 I saw a video clip of Holly tying Ezra’s shoes for church (I think, as his outfit looked super formal). I didn’t learn how to tie my shoes until first/second grade. My work shoes have been modified to where I don’t have to tie them and I can slip them on.
Yes, we were a a formal dinner at that time and that was over a year ago. I hated having to tie those shoes. They zipped up the side though. So technically they were ones designed so you didn’t have to tie them every time you put them on. When I bought them, I thought they would be easier. I didn’t realize how often the tie would get untied anyway.
I like how you mentioned that the red flag of “lining things up” can actually look differently. My youngest son never lined his stuff up, he’s more of a messy hoarder but doesn’t want anything moved from where he has it. He sleeps with around 30 stuffed animals and 6 blankets all over his bed but would be very upset if anyone tried organizing or removing any of them.
Change in direction when in the car, Like if there is a detour! And you make some amazing points about all of this!! Coming from ABA behavior technician!
I actually didn’t speak until age 5 so I was in kindergarten because I was a late talker .I also had lot of speech therapy and support from my teachers to encourage me to speak and I am fluent in English. but I do college now at a community college and it went well .
Good for you. College can be challenging. That’s awesome that you are attending college now. Our son Ezra is still nonverbal, but our son Simon is speaking now I hope one day to hear Ezra‘s voice.
Same too I think eventually people will speak but I heard one of my old program that I graduated last year the other class Trip teaches is mostly nonverbal students but they all have talents and abilities like art or dancing .I danced last year and actually I did cheerleading in high school before and was so good and talented in that sport it was such a fabulous experience.
You are a brave one. I've had my ups and downs as a kid. My biggest down is a teacher in 1986. A standup witch. I spend nearly 10 years in group homes. 8 of them in California. I hated those 10 years. After it was over, I never wanted to go back.
I covered my ears a lot like Ezra does when I was growing up. Sometimes it was because of sensory sensitivities. Other times it was due to pain from ear infections and/or sinus infections. Occasionally it was one or more (or even all) of the above.
Seeing how Simon reacts to things shows how mild autism is so near normal. My son has virtual autism and he is much like Simon. He is my first child. How I wish he had an elder sibling to care!
Whenever i go to family events either on moms side or dads side i always seem to hang around 1 person. And it is usually the same person from each side
When I was in elementary school I was once spinning the way that Ezra was in this video except I was holding a plastic hockey stick by the plastic tip on the end. It came off and the hockey stick hit the opposite wall of the gym. Luckily no one was injured. That was also the day I learned what centrifugal force was. This shows that spinning is not always a safe way to stim and that alternatives sometimes need to be found.
I have autism and, just to give an example, I'm top 2 in my all of my classes in College and I'll graduate with honors (80+% overall average) or, most possibly, Dean's honors (90+% overall average). I also struggle a LOT with socialising. I find it easier to socialise with adults who have experience or training on autism instead of socialising with classmates or colleagues that are my age. I've been fighting regression a lot lately too. I've been working on one specific skill for the past 2 years and it seems like every time I start being good at it, I regress after 1 week to 1 month. There's another skill (doing the dishes) that I've also been working on for 2 years and I haven't been able to make much progress with it so, I finally bought myself a dishwasher to help with that skill since I know that I can do it with a dishwasher but not by hand. With that one though, I know the problem. It takes all of my sensory "energy"/"quota" for the day just to spend 15 minutes doing the dishes so, I can't do it if I have to go outside at any point during the day and I have to keep in mind that I won't be able to do anything afterwards (I get so drained that even eating can sometimes be too much sensory input after doing the dishes). It's important to realise that, no matter where you are on the spectrum, you won't be able to achieve everything because even people who aren't on the spectrum can't do that and that's okay. I usually try everything and, if after a reasonable amount of time (chosen by my educator and I) I don't improve in any way shape or form, even after trying different ways, then, I can try to find a machine/human to do it for me or to help me (like, a dishwasher for the dishes or paying someone to do the cleaning I can't seem to manage to do every week or 2). These are not failures on me, they are my limits and I have to respect them. Some limits can be pushed bit by bit but, others are set in stone and you have to adapt to them.
Well said. You think things through. Self awareness extraordinarily high. An epiphany occurred as I was reading you. I love to cook; Im an excellent home chef. Ina Garten good! But the sensory input of creating these wonderful meals is so overwhelming that I cannot eat what I prepare for others. I have to wait a bit, till things calm down. Not a bad thing. I seldom overeat. The results of that have been disastrous 😂
I’m 23. My mom said my siblings cried when they were babies, but I never did, I was quiet, slept all day, and never asked for food. When I was 5, everyone was interacting in school I played a bit and had some speech delays but from preschool-highschool I was still mostly alone. 99.9% of people at school behaved typically even the introvert/shy kids, but not me. i was diagnosed with adhd i think my sibs have it too, but im the only hyper and sensory seeking one for some reason. I couldn’t accept my dx bc i hate being different as it’s scarring. psychologists told me to get tested for autism. I dont like jumping to conclusions, can I tell if lack of social skills or not? bc it seems others were born with abilities that I can’t have. should i worry? Thanks for ur content!
Hey this is an awesome video. I really like how you show the different sides of autism. My mom keeps asking me and I can’t put it into words, what’s the difference between autism masking and neurotypical masking. Or what’s the difference between autistic stimming and regular stimming. Also on your site for your group had some red flags. The red flashing arrow is a red flag and limited is spelled “limmited” at the bottom. My dad is the lead IT guy at a boat company and taught me to look for stuff like that.
Thank you, yes, the ASD cub is legitimate. Thank you for the spelling correction. That was our mistake. 😊 here’s another video about stimming that might be helpful, but yes, the main difference between autistic and typical stimming is the duration of time spent stimming, and how repetitive and unusual it is. I’ve never really heard of Neurotypical masking. I’ve just heard of an autistic person masking to look neurotypical. I hope that makes sense. 12 Examples of Autism Stimming th-cam.com/video/DYVI8YxEL0k/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the reply! That’s what I told her, was that I stim for longer. For Neurotypical masking, she used the example of someone having to go to work and mask to act professional. I just couldn’t figure out the words to explain autistic masking and help protect her feelings. Sorry about the website comment. I think that you guys are doing a great thing. I think it’s great for autistic people to be able to get in the same room and talk 🙂
I have a question. For those autistic adults whose autism was overlooked as children because they appeared to function normally, what sort of support should they have been given by parents or teachers as kids? If they were able to function in a traditional school setting for example- what is there to do on the school’s part to support them?
I seem to remember that I was somewhere between fifth and seventh grade (age eleven to thirteen) before I was able to regulate my voice and say please as well as Simon did (even when someone reminded me) in the Thanksgiving video (whenever I was as emotional as Simon was there). I guess that’s one of the differences between level one (like what Simon has) and level two (like when I was growing up).
Fantastic video thank you, I think I’d like to add that with girls the signs may be more hidden and/or different. For example the interest that Autistic girls have tends to be more in line with typical children, but it’s the way they focus on those interest or the WAY they ‘play’. For instance I had many dolls as a child, I really liked them, but I never played mums and dads or babies with them. I dressed them up and created scenes with them, I’d arrange them like they where having ‘afternoon tea’ and then just leave them that way, and no one was allowed to more them. Also it may appear that the Autistic girl is being social but watch closer and you will see that she is not really interacting but is simply copying what her peers are doing. It’s hard to put into words often the difference is subtle at the first glance, you have to watch to pick the autism up in girls, particularly if there is no additional learning disability, even from an early age we are good at appearing to ‘fit in’ Thank you for a great video. You have a fantastic way of explaining things.
Absolutely spot on. As an autistic woman who used to be an early childhood education teacher, I feel a bit disappointed in myself that I never recognized the signs in my girl students. I taught so many children over the years that it's statistically impossible that there weren't at least a couple of low support needs autistic girls among them. But looking back, all the children I suspected of being on the spectrum were all boys. We really need a lot more research and awareness about autistic girls.
Thank you for your wonderful channel. You are such an amazing parents guys and your kids are so lucky to have parents like you. But some things you talk about in your videos, I’ve noticed, are not necessary a sign of Autism but rather sensory seeking (butting and chewing on everything is one example- that’s just a seeking proprioceptive input) . Now all kids with Autism have sensory issues, however, not all kids with Sensory processing disorders have autism. The reason I know it is I actually took my own child to multiple specialist thinking ASD, but except sensory challenges, he didn’t meet any other criteria. And multiple specialist explained to me that, like I already mentioned, all autistic children have Sensory issues. However, not all sensory kids have autism. They made it very clear to me. Anyway, thank you for your work and your channel :)
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I did get noticed but my parents were very uncomfortable and unreceptive to the extra help for me at school. I honestly don't understand what they were thinking, they say they something like the school wanted more money, or they didn't want me to get bullied, or they just didn't agree with their outlook. I was noticed in kindergarten, 2nd grade, and in 6th grade, I was given a teachers aid multiple times to sit with me and for a short time given the chance to take behavioral classes in school. They pulled me out of school several times, but I realized I needed to do something about social problems and I told them I needed to go to high school. I am having a very hard time trying to understand what went wrong, I love my parents but its hard for me to not experience this wound as selfish. Its taken me such a long time to get things straight, and my life has been delayed because of my fumbling. I know what I can do but I'm 31 and I just feel confused about how to have a meaningful life, I have a really good chance even in this situation. I've learned so much and I am very eager to work and participate, so I have that.
I do feel like fundamentally I can't even bridge the gap and people selectively see or unsee my differences when it suits their agenda. I don't really trust people in a reciprocal way, it seems like I need to conceal and live vicariously more often than not in order to get by. I had to hack dresscode to feel right and I never expected it. Its been incredibly difficult parsing the world and myself while still being upfront and authentic with people. It feels like my show is cancelled but I have to loaf around and never fall out of the lines, so I try to prep and redo things around the main events of my day, its exhausting and I can't seem to make the appropriate space for me. I did really good but I quit my job because I was getting made fun of and I had an episode when my mind just blurred things out in a way I can generally avoid but I allowed myself to break my rules to try and get more hours. All I wanted was 5 mins to just be in the freezer and get back to finishing all my work. I have so much I can do but there is always a disconnect that grows over time because maybe someone did understand but they change departments. I think I'm really past the quitting part of my life, its so humiliating because I'm not a quitter or obsessed with clothes. I told this to a therapist that was supposed to be an expert but he really just told me I am lazy millennial. All you can do is believe me or not, I'm not sure what the point even is to posting but I hope this can help someone eventually.
I never want to claim something that isn't true or even hurts people by making light of the condition, but I have real problems and everyone in my life seems to make light of it. Its not 100% against me at all, but for some reason its like a cruel joke that no one can see me. I don't blame other people at all, its not their fault for any of it. I just need to be honest and take the right steps.
I'm going to try blue collar electrical work, or maybe roofing. I want to work with a small team that can understand me enough to get by. I don't even need much, one main thing is just letting me say things that sound superficially stupid or naive until it makes sense. I don't need anyone to accept what I say, but I hate getting shut down when people actually don't understand. Simple conversations are all I need and I don't have to get my way
one thing that really tipped me off and helped, a manager one time pulled me aside to explain I was black balled at work and I wasn't going to get a promotion into a new dept at work or more hours. They thought I was weird but he thought they were wrong. I am so grateful he told me the truth and was willing to have that difficult conversation with me. I honestly didn't know much of what I know now, and a lot of that came after this event. I really worked hard and I did extra work all around that I could find, I can see some ways I may have been taken as not serious, I liked to sometimes sit alone at the edge of the parking lot to watch when it was very slow and everything was already done. I never hid from work and I have always been eager to help, but I liked finishing my tasks fast to make time to sit and think at the end, or to fish shopping carts out of the pond across the way. No one ever seemed to notice or appreciate the drive I have.
When my sister (she’s level one, and probably always has been) was in one of her preschools (they didn’t have autism preschools back then in the 1970s) she once stood on a table and threw sunflower seeds during an arts and crafts project. I wasn’t there to witness it and I was no more than a year old at the time so I have no way of knowing whether it was an autism meltdown, a temper tantrum, or attention-seeking behavior. It could have been any of the above. If she remembers it only she knows for sure which one it is.
@@7Aheadfamily They were pretty upset. From what my parents told me she had to change preschools after that. After preschool she went into a private catholic school for a while (I think about a year or two). It was not a good fit and she had some regression. The nuns at that school thought her behavior was nothing more than attention-seeking and tantrums. It took her longer than it did with me for her to get a proper diagnosis. Her initial diagnosis was childhood schizophrenia (which didn’t really fit). She was diagnosed with that because she had a tendency to wander off and needed a toddler leash even at age five or six almost everywhere. She sometimes needed one even as late as age seven or eight. In addition she liked to flap her hands, spin,and rip up paper because these activities calmed her. Back in the 1970s and into the early 80s these were seen as a symptoms of catatonic schizophrenia (or something similar). She was finally diagnosed as having autism and hyperlexia when I was nine or ten years old (she was thirteen or fourteen at the time). By comparison I was first diagnosed with autism and right hemisphere damage for the first time at age two shortly after my two year checkup. Even though I was diagnosed about as early as Simon was (if not slightly earlier) it had little to no practical effect for me before I started school. Early intervention technically existed back in the late 1970s but it was only available in certain cities like Boston, Chicago, and New York and it was not possible (for various reasons) for my parents to move at the time. Therefore any services I did have (such as speech therapy) began at age seven when I was in first grade.
In my class, I make my noises I make certain movements I jump I spin I get distracted quite a lot I have to stand up a lot on my desk. If my teacher tells me to sit down I just can’t stay in one spot for a really long time and these are the conditions I have autism dyspraxia dyslexia ADHD and I think that’s it so from Leeds that I have in my classroom and at home, I think I do at home or at school things I don’t do at home I do at school or at school. I don’t home mood on what day is and stuff. Let me know if getting distracted is a part of autism
I have a pair of ears offenders because I find noise hard at school like in the classroom or even in the in the lunch hall, and if people are too close to me, I’ll push them I don’t like certain smells. I like to feel textures some noises. I like to listen to so comforting to me like listening to pick up some leaves and crunch them next to my ear. I like that sound. Some people might think it’s weird, but I like that sound and it makes me comfortable
@@7Aheadfamily you are welcome you may me share a little bit about my life, a little bit about autism, ADHD and my other conditions. I know I do is talk about them but I never know I could stress them to TH-camrs and you guys made me aware what I can do, and what other people can do me and so many people probably feel a lot more better. Now we shared about our life shared about our conditions and you guys made that so much more easier for me and probably others. Simon and Ezra has autism. Ezra has ADHD but to me, I don’t look at conditions, I look at them and think no way they can’t have special needs as a yes he is non-verbal non-verbal doesn’t mean he has autism. I just look at them who they are who have this off if I have a tricky time well they’ll figure this house out, and I having a hard time and I hope everyone will be listening to me. Hope everyone no one will be the same no one will be there will be sure everyone should have each other’s back hard times, or no hard times, only if you do it therefore people share what you have share house of Eden share how much you hurt inside how much what you love how much do you want to borrow some maths shells other people that’s fine with human that’s what we are gonna post to have
In grades one through five (ages seven to eleven) in my first special education class there was a cubicle for each student in order to minimize visual distractions. By grade six in my second special education class they were using desks instead of cubicles.
@@7Aheadfamily I usually preferred the cubicles but sometimes when my claustrophobia (which I seem to have inherited from both sides of the family) was acting up I would have preferred a desk or even a table instead.
@@VikramS-l4g Given that I have my own apartment, balance my own checkbook, file and pay my own taxes, and have three close friends now (up from the only one I had in college) I would say level 1 (especially since I can now read some body language and understand some sarcasm and some figures of speech with effort). It does go up and down, though. Earlier this year when I was in the hospital with a kidney stone (with loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and some dehydration) my autism symptoms were more like level two. For example I was communicating a bit but on my first full day there I was told later that day that a couple of doctors came in the day before and called my name and tried to talk to me but I didn’t notice that they were there. At the time I was too involved in watching an episode of Hamster and Gretel on the Disney Channel to notice that they came in. When one of the doctors came in later and mentioned this I mentioned my autism diagnosis and I was told that it was a good thing that I mentioned it because before that they thought I might have catatonic schizophrenia, early onset dementia, or mild cognitive impairment. As soon as that misunderstanding was cleared up I was able to be discharged and returned to my apartment the next day.
Number 13, I guess? Shoving items in a careless manner into an organizer/backpack to the point they are crumpled/torn up. The individual is able to differentiate which item is which despite the condition it’s in. In third grade, my teacher had organizers on the back of our chairs that were meant to store school assignments and other things. Mine was shoved to the maximum capacity it could hold.
(an example of stimming that most people don't know about) when I would read a passage, usually on paper, I would move my pencil in front of my eyes as I read. I don't need to do this with shorter passages though, or digital passages, that require scrolling down, to see the rest of it.
When i was 12 and i saw my cousin had a dinky car of the General Lee i put it in my pocket and took it home. I am a big dukes of hazzard person just like Simon with Cars. Eventually they found out i had the car. But i didnt ask figuring they say no.
When I was in middle school (in the late 1980s) I was interested in Microsoft Flight Simulator to the point where I wouldn’t talk or write about much else. In the special education class that I was in during sixth and seventh grade I would write about this in my journal assignments whenever I was allowed to select my own topic. After about two to three weeks of this the teacher wrote in red ink on one of the pages that I need to start writing about something else because all of this reading about loops, the split-s, and the aileron roll are making him (the teacher) airsick. I think at this point in time my social and communication skills were still at level two most of the time. Now I seem to be level one. I think it took four years of college and a year of graduate school before I really reached that point, though (back in the late 1990s to early 2000s).
When I was in class once, there was a kid (with autism) having a meltdown so we weren’t allowed in the classroom, but I had put my stuff down, and wasn’t allowed to go get my notebook So when we were told to do work, I just sat and refused to do anything or listen to everyone and for some reason started crying? Idk what happened there Also the interactions between the siblings are adorable I can’t even ✨✨✨💖
This is so interesting. My 21 year old son was just like Simon. So much. He loved Thomas Tank Engine and then switched to Pokemon when he was older. He is a Pokemon savant. He will walk around the island in our kitchen every evening even though he acts neurotypical at his job at Walgreens. When he is in the comfort of his own home he stims. The thing he finally has accepted is change. He would have melt downs in school and home where he would bang his head and it was attention seeking too. The interesting thing is that he never spun in circles or flapped his hands. He has ADHD like Ezra. I hated putting him on medication but since giving him Focalin he went from Special Education to General Education This was for ADHD not Autism.. My son started intervention at age 2.
"Regression" is such a broad term. It seems to be used both for a significant, long-lasting downturn in late infancy / toddlerhood where skills present at that time are regained very slowly, if at all, and for shorter term losses of skills later in life. The latter may well be related to what adult verbal autists call shutdown and burnout states. Do you have a good handle on Ezra's long term stress levels?
My sister has more tactile sensitivities than I do even though her symptoms are usually more mild than mine. I don’t like wearing shirts with tags on them but my sister absolutely will not wear any shirts that have tags.
My sister and I both struggled with changes in routine while growing up and the relatives on both sides of the family attributed it to being selfish,self-centered, and spoiled.
Please do a video on loosing teeth. I see that Ezra has his big boy teeth . What was that Experience like ? Did you guys do the whole tooth fairy thing for him
Question and movie idea. 😊 yeah, with Ezra we didn’t really ever know when he lost a tooth except for when we noticed it after the fact. There was one time when we did pull one of Ezra‘s teeth, but that was because it was very evident in the very front. It will be interesting however, with Simon on this process. Simon will communicate stuff like that to us, I am sure. 😊
Whenever I regressed in terms of temporarily not being able to say “please” or “thank you” it was always interpreted as “giving the silent treatment” or attention seeking. It was usually interpreted as attention-seeking behavior because my sister also did this sometimes. Therefore (even though my sister and I are both diagnosed as being on the spectrum) my parents often dismissed this as me copying my sister’s behavior to get some of the attention that she was getting at the time. This was back during the 1980s.
Sadly I hear about that all the time. I think it’s because Neurotypical kids are usually attention seeking and so that is what most people think is the motive for all children.
Exam season is especially difficult for me because the year eleven's are doing revision or doing speaking exam which close of part of a floor so you have to go the other way around to get the rest of the floor so we don't mess up with the audio passing by the classrooms it is difficult for me because there is so many room changes and covers so i always check before school so i can go straight to the new classroom instead of not knowing and then panicking because i have a 2 minute movement pass because of the large crowds around school i struggle with so i start panicking when i am at the wrong classroom and have to move with everyone else and getting overwhelmed sometime the room changes mess with my mind and i go to the wrong classroom because i thought i had a ifferent lesson a reasent example of this i i had a room change for geography in the maths building and my geography classroom is close to my science classroom but it was a room change so i thought i jad maths next but i had science on the other side of the school and thst was really hard i am 13 now and on the waiting list for my autism diagnosis i have dyslexia but i was only diagnosed 2 years ago I've always been good in classrooms and academically smart especially in maths. English is my weak subject i just don't get it.
Because of my difficulties with reading social cues I was always marked down in gym class (even in high school) for “not being a team player”. One time in high school gym class I was playing hockey and I hit the puck into the wrong goal. As you might imagine it was assumed that I did this deliberately and betrayed my team. After that I was always picked last.
I actually had a hard time in school, especially I was in regular school since I didn't get diagnosed back then, I have difficulty with socialize and sometimes I would not understand what did they say
I struggle with physical touch if I'm not seeking that input so every other half term in school in pe we do ruby with a perfectional coach i struggle in it as we do tackling more often as it is with a perfectional so recently its getting worse I'm not back at school yet so I'm starting to panic i have learned to it is my beginning stage of a meltdown so i am not able to to it so i need to be able to tell my new teacher in the next year that i can't do it otherwise i will have a meltdown later on that day because it is also mixed with everything else around school with the around over 1000 kids in the school
Skipping or jump clapping? Forgetting the task at hand? Talking to yourself? Fixating on object or item? Sensory/Auditory? Certain food texture preferences? Speech or tone of voice? Eloping? (These are some signs of someone with a learning challenge in my opinion) *Nice sign-> Regression Holly! (I didn’t even now that) 29 yrs old with Autism.
One sign of autism in the classroom I have is repetitively kicking my desk. I do it cause I like the sound, the kicking motion, and the vibration, so my teacher added an elastic band on my desk for me to kick instead. I'm homeschooled now, so now I don't have to be forced to sit in a chair for a long time.
Regression in adults can manifest in various ways, such as mood swings, a longing for childhood activities, or difficulty coping with adult responsibilities. It’s important to explore these feelings and seek support if needed. Our ASD Club is a great place to hang out if needed. :)
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@@7Aheadfamily It is. Fortunately he has two reading teachers now and they are pretty optimistic that he will start making progress with his reading soon.
one thing i do in school is I regulate my legs while class and I don't really look at teacher I look around the classroom or board and I can think rlly fast
Lovely boys ❤ At what age simon got his receptive language ? And is it possible that a child learn let's say 100 words and regress at a later stage like at 4 or 5 years of age?
Simon‘s language just recently started improving in the last few months. Yes I assume that is possible, although I think if they have that many words, they probably wouldn’t regress that much on language.
I'm worried my son age 3 has autism. I'm thinking level 1 . He has a hard time communicating. He knows thousands of words but he just doesn't talk normal. He will use one word or a few word sentences. Sometimes he gets stuck on singing nurse songs . He knows several ABC songs like one song a for apple and next b for ball . He remembers the exact order of each ABC song and get mad If you don't follow the exact order of the song he chooses.he follows orders very well for his age. He makes good eye contact or atleast he will look at your face when your talking. He does not do well with puzzles. He lines everything up but he don't mind if u mess the lines up.
My son has extreme sensitivity to smells. He will throw up immediately if he smells something he doesn't like or if he sees food he hates. He can not stand to get stuff on his skin he doesn't want. He is fine with mud , dirt grass ect but if yogurt or food gets on his skin he will freak out. He bangs his head on the wall soft ... he will say owwe and try to get kiss n hugs. If I leave the house he will scream for 1 to 2 hours
Ok. You have shared some pretty specific signs of autism, but the only way to know for sure is to get him assessed by a professional. If you are living in the USA, you can go to your pediatrician and voice your concerns with him or her. And you can get a referral to a specialist. Only a specialist that is board-certified can diagnose autism. Whether that is an MD, or a pediatric clinical psychologist. if I were you, I would get him on the waiting list. Sometimes waiting lists can be very long and you can always take him off if your concerns are no longer relevant. Good luck with everything. Thank you so much for sharing your story and your son sounds amazing and very talented and intelligent. 😊
From my own INFJ opinion Sign 6 Difficulty with changes. Don't ever promise something that is fix. Just promise something surprises. Always provide backup plan due to the condition or promises that you ever give. Does telling will or lets go means promises at the first place? Sign 7 Spinning jumping running constantly means enjoying it due to no noise, due to the surrounding is moving. Does he like to watch outside the car window while the car moving? We named people learning disabilities when all learning comes from the sound of the mouth. If comes from musical instruments, I bet your son can get to communicate easier due to it is the sound that carries sound without such meaning or meaning behind the sound like languages sound. Sign 8 Hard time communicate probably mostly means speaking and social with speaking. I am not so sure if using hand telling words is much more easier for autism to express themselves. Sign languages might be useful if parents are willing to learn with the son together since there is no pre 'expectations' or pre analyse or pre judgemental to the son. The world become much silence. Sign 9 Sensitive to sensory. Yeap, repeative sound like alarm clock, sound that are too loud or not nice, smell that is stinky, in this area, it means sensitive, the smell or sound that is easier and faster to be identified than typical people. In other words people might choose to ignore it, hahah that's the difference. Sign 10. Collecting unusual thing. As mentioned sign 4 in my previous comment, whenever it is set 9f something or a set of categorized object, it is a collection whether we see it usual or unusual. Sign 11 Interact difficulty, well, if we name it as autism, it is interacting thing as most learning and communicate comes from mouth movement. Sign 12 Regression is just in the eye of the non autism definition. Just pick something that is non verbal stuff, you might be surprise. The world has the other side or many side for each individual. Try to learn new stuff everyday. I like to learn both side of the story, hope this helps guys. 👍 Closing...
Those are some great thoughts. Thanks so much for putting so much time and effort into this comment. I’m sure it can help lots of people who read it including us 😊
@@7Aheadfamily thanks for reply. I myself being an INFJ also got sensitive at times from people action non verbally and verbally while having the whole brain working non stop. Anyhow if anything unclear I would try my best to assist from my observation. Thanks. 😀
As a substitute teacher, who normally works in the primary grades, regression has plenty of causes, such as a strong emotional experience. I am going to say the obvious but look for other signs that may be causing the regression. It is easy to get tunnel vision.
Another one I just couldn't keep up due to delayed processing. The quality was good and comparable to the other kids I just was completing 1/3 the work. Rushing me only makes it worse.
In adulthood, haircuts tend to be an executive function thing for me, not a sensory thing: I just never get around to getting them. As a child, I didn't have a huge problem with them beyond the usual "I could be playing right now! This is boring!". And then there was the time, age 5, that I decided to be my own barber...
@@7Aheadfamily keep routines as consistent as possible, and taking deep breaths helps to regulate. My friend had to explain to me why leaving the stressful environment did more good than harm when I threw a fit, realizing I didn’t have the graded assignments back for Spanish class (this was right before our benchmark exam) btw the friend in question is male, and he graduated this year, and is now in university as a business major
@@7Aheadfamily I had a dream where I was doing a competition for future health professionals as part of HOSA (in real life I’m also a member). The first round took place at school. So this is the dream: last year, I completed 60 computerized medical math problems in the school library. Afterwards, I was so tired that I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Thus, I laid my head on the desk and fell asleep. Two young men from the table across from me came to me. One of them, named Brian, said, “class ended, the bell rang.” I didn’t respond. The librarian saw this, and asked the second young man, named Dakota, to check if I was feverish. He said, “She doesn’t seem warm, but it’s so unlike her to sleep in class.” The librarian then looked at us with concern, and said, “It really isn’t like Anna to be this tired; that’s why I’m afraid she’s sick.” He then started shaking me, saying, “hey Anna, wake up, the bell rang.” I slowly pried my head off the desk, confused. “Boys, what happened?” I asked, my voice still heavy with tiredness. “You fell asleep, that’s all,” said Dakota. “How long was I asleep?”I asked, bewildered. “20 minutes,” said both men in unison. Realising that I was going to be late to class, I stood up abruptly, but fell from dizziness. Brian helped me stand up. “You ok, Anna? Need me to get the nurse?”he asked, eyes wide with concern. I said, “I’m just tired and have a headache, that’s all.” I then drank some water, realizing how dehydrated I was. “I’ll walk Anna to class; she looks fine, just a little pale,” offered Dakota. I gratefully squeezed Dakota’s hand. He squeezed back, and asked, as we headed to class, “Did you stay up late preparing for that? When I talked to you right before, you sounded unwell.” “Yea, I kinda did, because I was nervous. I was just afraid of not making it to States,” I admitted, yawning. “Sorry,” I said, blushing. “It’s ok, you needn’t be ashamed of tiredness, Anna. I’m glad you had a good nap,” he replied. He then added gently, giving my hand another squeeze, “nervousness is natural. Trust me, I take AP calculus, and it’s exhausting sometimes.” “Well, the math I just did wasn’t calculus,” I said, laughing a bit. The math I did was 5th grade level at most, for the most part. He then let go of my hand, smiled down at me (he’s 6’, and I’m 5’2” with shoes on) and said, “Try to get some rest tonight, ok?” “I will,” I said. We then hugged, and then parted ways. In real life, I made it to the statewide competition, which was the next level after that. I know that lack of sleep hinders performance and emotional regulation
From my INFJ opinion, Sign 1. Repetitive hand movement = typical person is repetitive mouth movement due to speaking, speech, talking. Hahaha. Sign 2. Specific interest. Well for an adult, some people more to branded hand bag, branded cars, perfume or wine and the list goes on or goes crazy on idol star. I guess it is normal for he has the interest. For the shouting part to having the toy, it is normal if he could speak. But when he shout or yell or cry without expressing a word, it is just the verbal problem. For typical person, if u can't speak, and it is an urgent need, would you use your hand or just use the fxxk word loudly? Sign 3, For biting part, it is just an habit. Since he is not good at verbal or talking. For people who talks, you can not bite something while talking. Sign 4, Lining things up, or tidy things up or organize things up. This is how typical we see them. It is actually he sees things as a collection. Once he sees or identify something is a collection, he would like to put it in order either in horizontal vertical diagonal in fact in a interesting row for short. A pattern in colour or shape or size or whatever is deems to be as a category or collection just like collection of wine. If you have a collection, what do you do? About the clearing the ABC, it is how he learnt the ABC in order. If he not knowing any of the ABC, he might get over it with other more interesting object. What happen next is the case... Sign 5, Small things ruin, as a typical person, it seems small. We see it as dirt, but your son might sees it is a shit due to shape, or it happens word to be told your son need to clean or wash his hand before can do something else, could parents ever remember every words spoken to their son and daughter? In other terms, hand clean is much more important than the fishing, while others see fishing or new things is more interesting or important. To be continue...
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Gosh, what a family. If u guys already comes to a conclusion that matching ADHD with sign and AUTISM with sign as well as going in deep with the pro for the symptoms, or to get more signs and confirmation from the public. I hope you guys not stuck with the signs for many ahead when they become adult and turning you guys elderly. The most important issue does speech delay is an issue? If not then goes to another issue. Just focus one at a time for their improvement works best. Will provide some suggestions once I am ready. Tq.
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It's important 4 parents 2 know that just because you have child with autism doesn't mean you give into everything & allow them 2 do whatever they want outta fear of upsetting them & having 2 deal with it. That's the worst thing you can do, you can still teach your kids right from wrong & how 2 use manners or follow directions.
For sure ❤️
Autism is not an excuse
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@@7Aheadfamily I have Autism myself, so I can say that my parents raised me never to let it hold me back. I was treated no differently than my classmates or brother
I also got accepted to St Joes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (my top choice) to study pharmacology as a direct entry student
I’m constantly learning new stuff about my grandson who’s autistic,
Your vlog helps me so much ,
I’m so grateful to you & your family x
Thank you! ❤️ we are constantly learning too!
@@7AheadfamilyI chew on things and when it comes to school I hate change I go in to my seat that's my seat in that class if the seat changes I get frustrated il sit in that seat and don't want ut to be changed when it's changed il hyperventilate for a few minutes I've eaven started tearing up before I don't know why. I am sensitive to noise and have difficulty at school and if I get quite sensitive when I ask for help and the teacher does nothing I get angry easily and cannot control my emotions that well in one class which is quite noisy I wear earmuffs because it's a place with machines that earmuffs may be needed because it gets Loud if I do have autism then I might have had meltdowns I remember once I was overstimulated by too much noise nose can set me off at times and I can't control my emotions well so il just lose it and when I'm overstimulated il get mad or somthing i will be mad and then just il be a mess I remember one day a kid was staring at me I can't handle eye contact so I was looking away they wouldn't stop and I was getting overwhelmed then the noise and then everything set me off for the rest of the day the teacher even recommended going home but I wanted to do a lesson that teacher is nice they are the same teacher that I Loy it when they wouldn't help but 1 teacher 20 kids it's alot for the teacher but she said nothing so I lost it and then somthing I do is bash my head againstvthings I also at times run flapping my hands I used to pace the hallway on my toes at 2 am flapping my hands glad I broke out of that habit but I have some sensitivity and difficulty I've never been asked if I have autism apart from one kid who dosnt even know what autism is he just said it to be mean but I've been asked if I have adhd 2 times which has some similar symtoms I do get restless so I think I may have adhd autism or both or some kind of sensory processing disorder but either way I'm doing better then 2 years ago I struggle to focus I struggle to sit still at times I fidget and im restless at times but others I can focus and I forget what else is going on I struggle with learning and work
Short story short this video explains me alot
Thank you for sharing. ❤️
Your kids are so lucky to have such amazing parents! I love watching your interactions with your kids and I can tell that you love them whole heartedly, disabilities and all. I love watching the journey of figuring out what works and how Ezra functions. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! These means a lot! ❤️❤️❤️
Most of the things you talked about in this video I can totally relate to. I’m pretty glad that I got diagnosed at 5.
Thank you for sharing ❤️
Another sign I've noticed in autism videos that I also do (forgot if it was mentionned or not already) is pointing at things without necessarely wanting to get that thing. For example, when I stim in public, I will usually start to point at things randomly (not sure why) even though I may not want that. I often also say a simple one-word description like "Blue!" or ""Square!" but, the words aren't always there. My friend has had to learn to differentiate when I'm pointing to get his attention and when I'm pointing as a stim.
That is an interesting one, thank you for sharing ❤️
I had a number of autism/sensory meltdowns as a result of auditory sensitivities when I was growing up. This mostly happened in large grocery stores (like the Big Y), stores like Marshall’s (due to the sound of the Air Conditioning/Ventilation system) and in some shopping malls. My sensory meltdowns were virtually always interpreted as temper tantrums and/or attention-seeking behavior and punished accordingly. This was back in the 1980s and 1990s when no one (including doctors) knew what autism meltdowns or sensory meltdowns were.
Thank you so much for sharing, yes, we have come along ways, but there is still a long ways to go to. 😊
The way I ended up learning in class, I did my assignment on one side of my desk, the other I worked on whatever I wanted. I hated classrooms that wouldn't let me do that. Because of that strategy, my grades went up until I got my diploma. (ADHD/Autism).
That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing ❤️. I’m glad you found something that worked well. 😊
My mother and father were teachers in their active years. Now they are retired. Thank you for your compliments. 😊
Thank you too
Regression can also occur with neurotypical children but it tends to be more short-term and usually occurs in response to moving into a new house, going to a new school, a divorce or breakup, or the birth of a new sibling.
That’s true. When there is some sort of difficult situation in their life. Thank you for pointing that out.
I'm technically a neurotypical adult but when I was 6 I contracted viral encephalitis which caused an acquired brain damage. As a result I had complete personality change, overnight I went from bubbly child to withdrawn. I had trouble sleeping , I was extremely uncoordinated (still to lesser extent) and until I was about 9 I couldn't read and write as I couldn't make sense of the syllables and letters. Since I recovered from my illness I present some autistic traits; I'm easily overwhelmed by crowds and sounds, loud noises cause me to panic, can't deal with certain fabric textures or being touched. Sometimes touch can cause me physical pain as if my skin was slashed or stabbed. I remember trying so hard to stay in the present moment without drifting off. There was no rehabilitation (Poland in the 80's) and it took me years to learn how to function with it. It's a really hard work.
Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️
This was a great video covering a topic which is very close to my heart as an autistic person and former early childhood educator. During my teacher training many years ago, we were only taught to recognize the signs of "severe" autism. Looking back, now that I know I myself am autistic, I can pinpoint a number of children I taught over the years who were probably autistic too, but I didn't recognize it at the time (nor did their parents). Some of these children experienced genuine confusion or embarrassment because of their literal thinking, and I also remember thinking to myself at the time that it made perfect sense why they were confused -- I could easily see why the rules etc. were unclear to them! I wish the more subtle signs were more well known, and I hope that these kids, some of whom are probably in high school by now, got recognized eventually and are getting the support they need.
Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️💜❤️
Hello! You are a pro in this area. I appreciate your dedication and honesty. Thank you for all this.
Thank you for your support and comment!
Thanks for the information! Marie is such a great older sister, what a help she is in your family!!
Yes. Marie is such a good helper. We appreciate her so much
0:26 I saw a video clip of Holly tying Ezra’s shoes for church (I think, as his outfit looked super formal). I didn’t learn how to tie my shoes until first/second grade. My work shoes have been modified to where I don’t have to tie them and I can slip them on.
Yes, we were a a formal dinner at that time and that was over a year ago. I hated having to tie those shoes. They zipped up the side though. So technically they were ones designed so you didn’t have to tie them every time you put them on. When I bought them, I thought they would be easier. I didn’t realize how often the tie would get untied anyway.
Thank you for explaining the biting on things concepts🙏🏾
Glad it was helpful!
I like how you mentioned that the red flag of “lining things up” can actually look differently. My youngest son never lined his stuff up, he’s more of a messy hoarder but doesn’t want anything moved from where he has it. He sleeps with around 30 stuffed animals and 6 blankets all over his bed but would be very upset if anyone tried organizing or removing any of them.
Sounds familiar ❤️
Thank you for sharing
Change in direction when in the car, Like if there is a detour! And you make some amazing points about all of this!!
Coming from ABA behavior technician!
Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️
I actually didn’t speak until age 5 so I was in kindergarten because I was a late talker .I also had lot of speech therapy and support from my teachers to encourage me to speak and I am fluent in English. but I do college now at a community college and it went well .
Good for you. College can be challenging. That’s awesome that you are attending college now. Our son Ezra is still nonverbal, but our son Simon is speaking now I hope one day to hear Ezra‘s voice.
Same too I think eventually people will speak but I heard one of my old program that I graduated last year the other class Trip teaches is mostly nonverbal students but they all have talents and abilities like art or dancing .I danced last year and actually I did cheerleading in high school before and was so good and talented in that sport it was such a fabulous experience.
I am actually performing this Saturday at a different community college in Saratoga California
That’s awesome!
That’s amazing! Holly’s from Redding California originally. 😊
You are a brave one. I've had my ups and downs as a kid. My biggest down is a teacher in 1986. A standup witch. I spend nearly 10 years in group homes. 8 of them in California. I hated those 10 years. After it was over, I never wanted to go back.
Thank you for sharing. ❤️😊❤️
I covered my ears a lot like Ezra does when I was growing up. Sometimes it was because of sensory sensitivities. Other times it was due to pain from ear infections and/or sinus infections. Occasionally it was one or more (or even all) of the above.
I’m sorry you were in pain. That’s the worst
Yes i cover my ears when loud noises cant stand anything loud
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Seeing how Simon reacts to things shows how mild autism is so near normal.
My son has virtual autism and he is much like Simon. He is my first child. How I wish he had an elder sibling to care!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Whenever i go to family events either on moms side or dads side i always seem to hang around 1 person. And it is usually the same person from each side
Thank you for sharing!
Nice video any plans for Christmas for the kids any cool gift ideas do they get off for winter break soon
Yes, we do have some fun Christmas gift ideas, stay tuned for that video. 😊
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Thanks for watching
When I was in elementary school I was once spinning the way that Ezra was in this video except I was holding a plastic hockey stick by the plastic tip on the end. It came off and the hockey stick hit the opposite wall of the gym.
Luckily no one was injured. That was also the day I learned what centrifugal force was.
This shows that spinning is not always a safe way to stim and that alternatives sometimes need to be found.
True. That situation can be dangerous
I have autism and, just to give an example, I'm top 2 in my all of my classes in College and I'll graduate with honors (80+% overall average) or, most possibly, Dean's honors (90+% overall average). I also struggle a LOT with socialising. I find it easier to socialise with adults who have experience or training on autism instead of socialising with classmates or colleagues that are my age. I've been fighting regression a lot lately too. I've been working on one specific skill for the past 2 years and it seems like every time I start being good at it, I regress after 1 week to 1 month. There's another skill (doing the dishes) that I've also been working on for 2 years and I haven't been able to make much progress with it so, I finally bought myself a dishwasher to help with that skill since I know that I can do it with a dishwasher but not by hand. With that one though, I know the problem. It takes all of my sensory "energy"/"quota" for the day just to spend 15 minutes doing the dishes so, I can't do it if I have to go outside at any point during the day and I have to keep in mind that I won't be able to do anything afterwards (I get so drained that even eating can sometimes be too much sensory input after doing the dishes). It's important to realise that, no matter where you are on the spectrum, you won't be able to achieve everything because even people who aren't on the spectrum can't do that and that's okay. I usually try everything and, if after a reasonable amount of time (chosen by my educator and I) I don't improve in any way shape or form, even after trying different ways, then, I can try to find a machine/human to do it for me or to help me (like, a dishwasher for the dishes or paying someone to do the cleaning I can't seem to manage to do every week or 2). These are not failures on me, they are my limits and I have to respect them. Some limits can be pushed bit by bit but, others are set in stone and you have to adapt to them.
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing Nathan. That is so helpful to hear your experience and story ❤️.
Well said. You think things through. Self awareness extraordinarily high. An epiphany occurred as I was reading you. I love to cook; Im an excellent home chef. Ina Garten good! But the sensory input of creating these wonderful meals is so overwhelming that I cannot eat what I prepare for others. I have to wait a bit, till things calm down. Not a bad thing. I seldom overeat. The results of that have been disastrous 😂
I’m 23. My mom said my siblings cried when they were babies, but I never did, I was quiet, slept all day, and never asked for food. When I was 5, everyone was interacting in school I played a bit and had some speech delays but from preschool-highschool I was still mostly alone. 99.9% of people at school behaved typically even the introvert/shy kids, but not me. i was diagnosed with adhd i think my sibs have it too, but im the only hyper and sensory seeking one for some reason. I couldn’t accept my dx bc i hate being different as it’s scarring. psychologists told me to get tested for autism. I dont like jumping to conclusions, can I tell if lack of social skills or not? bc it seems others were born with abilities that I can’t have. should i worry? Thanks for ur content!
Thank you for sharing. ❤️😊❤️
Hey this is an awesome video. I really like how you show the different sides of autism. My mom keeps asking me and I can’t put it into words, what’s the difference between autism masking and neurotypical masking. Or what’s the difference between autistic stimming and regular stimming.
Also on your site for your group had some red flags. The red flashing arrow is a red flag and limited is spelled “limmited” at the bottom. My dad is the lead IT guy at a boat company and taught me to look for stuff like that.
Thank you, yes, the ASD cub is legitimate. Thank you for the spelling correction. That was our mistake. 😊 here’s another video about stimming that might be helpful, but yes, the main difference between autistic and typical stimming is the duration of time spent stimming, and how repetitive and unusual it is. I’ve never really heard of Neurotypical masking. I’ve just heard of an autistic person masking to look neurotypical. I hope that makes sense.
12 Examples of Autism Stimming
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Thanks for the reply! That’s what I told her, was that I stim for longer. For Neurotypical masking, she used the example of someone having to go to work and mask to act professional. I just couldn’t figure out the words to explain autistic masking and help protect her feelings.
Sorry about the website comment. I think that you guys are doing a great thing. I think it’s great for autistic people to be able to get in the same room and talk 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️
I have a question. For those autistic adults whose autism was overlooked as children because they appeared to function normally, what sort of support should they have been given by parents or teachers as kids? If they were able to function in a traditional school setting for example- what is there to do on the school’s part to support them?
I seem to remember that I was somewhere between fifth and seventh grade (age eleven to thirteen) before I was able to regulate my voice and say please as well as Simon did (even when someone reminded me) in the Thanksgiving video (whenever I was as emotional as Simon was there). I guess that’s one of the differences between level one (like what Simon has) and level two (like when I was growing up).
Agreed, thank you so much for sharing❤️
Fantastic video thank you, I think I’d like to add that with girls the signs may be more hidden and/or different. For example the interest that Autistic girls have tends to be more in line with typical children, but it’s the way they focus on those interest or the WAY they ‘play’. For instance I had many dolls as a child, I really liked them, but I never played mums and dads or babies with them. I dressed them up and created scenes with them, I’d arrange them like they where having ‘afternoon tea’ and then just leave them that way, and no one was allowed to more them.
Also it may appear that the Autistic girl is being social but watch closer and you will see that she is not really interacting but is simply copying what her peers are doing. It’s hard to put into words often the difference is subtle at the first glance, you have to watch to pick the autism up in girls, particularly if there is no additional learning disability, even from an early age we are good at appearing to ‘fit in’ Thank you for a great video. You have a fantastic way of explaining things.
Absolutely spot on. As an autistic woman who used to be an early childhood education teacher, I feel a bit disappointed in myself that I never recognized the signs in my girl students. I taught so many children over the years that it's statistically impossible that there weren't at least a couple of low support needs autistic girls among them. But looking back, all the children I suspected of being on the spectrum were all boys. We really need a lot more research and awareness about autistic girls.
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Thank you for your wonderful channel. You are such an amazing parents guys and your kids are so lucky to have parents like you. But some things you talk about in your videos, I’ve noticed, are not necessary a sign of Autism but rather sensory seeking (butting and chewing on everything is one example- that’s just a seeking proprioceptive input) . Now all kids with Autism have sensory issues, however, not all kids with Sensory processing disorders have autism. The reason I know it is I actually took my own child to multiple specialist thinking ASD, but except sensory challenges, he didn’t meet any other criteria. And multiple specialist explained to me that, like I already mentioned, all autistic children have Sensory issues. However, not all sensory kids have autism. They made it very clear to me. Anyway, thank you for your work and your channel :)
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I did get noticed but my parents were very uncomfortable and unreceptive to the extra help for me at school. I honestly don't understand what they were thinking, they say they something like the school wanted more money, or they didn't want me to get bullied, or they just didn't agree with their outlook. I was noticed in kindergarten, 2nd grade, and in 6th grade, I was given a teachers aid multiple times to sit with me and for a short time given the chance to take behavioral classes in school. They pulled me out of school several times, but I realized I needed to do something about social problems and I told them I needed to go to high school. I am having a very hard time trying to understand what went wrong, I love my parents but its hard for me to not experience this wound as selfish. Its taken me such a long time to get things straight, and my life has been delayed because of my fumbling. I know what I can do but I'm 31 and I just feel confused about how to have a meaningful life, I have a really good chance even in this situation. I've learned so much and I am very eager to work and participate, so I have that.
I do feel like fundamentally I can't even bridge the gap and people selectively see or unsee my differences when it suits their agenda. I don't really trust people in a reciprocal way, it seems like I need to conceal and live vicariously more often than not in order to get by. I had to hack dresscode to feel right and I never expected it. Its been incredibly difficult parsing the world and myself while still being upfront and authentic with people. It feels like my show is cancelled but I have to loaf around and never fall out of the lines, so I try to prep and redo things around the main events of my day, its exhausting and I can't seem to make the appropriate space for me. I did really good but I quit my job because I was getting made fun of and I had an episode when my mind just blurred things out in a way I can generally avoid but I allowed myself to break my rules to try and get more hours. All I wanted was 5 mins to just be in the freezer and get back to finishing all my work. I have so much I can do but there is always a disconnect that grows over time because maybe someone did understand but they change departments. I think I'm really past the quitting part of my life, its so humiliating because I'm not a quitter or obsessed with clothes. I told this to a therapist that was supposed to be an expert but he really just told me I am lazy millennial. All you can do is believe me or not, I'm not sure what the point even is to posting but I hope this can help someone eventually.
I never want to claim something that isn't true or even hurts people by making light of the condition, but I have real problems and everyone in my life seems to make light of it. Its not 100% against me at all, but for some reason its like a cruel joke that no one can see me. I don't blame other people at all, its not their fault for any of it. I just need to be honest and take the right steps.
I'm going to try blue collar electrical work, or maybe roofing. I want to work with a small team that can understand me enough to get by. I don't even need much, one main thing is just letting me say things that sound superficially stupid or naive until it makes sense. I don't need anyone to accept what I say, but I hate getting shut down when people actually don't understand. Simple conversations are all I need and I don't have to get my way
I know that if I work alone with a lot of responsibility and control I can perform very large amounts of precision work.
one thing that really tipped me off and helped, a manager one time pulled me aside to explain I was black balled at work and I wasn't going to get a promotion into a new dept at work or more hours. They thought I was weird but he thought they were wrong. I am so grateful he told me the truth and was willing to have that difficult conversation with me. I honestly didn't know much of what I know now, and a lot of that came after this event. I really worked hard and I did extra work all around that I could find, I can see some ways I may have been taken as not serious, I liked to sometimes sit alone at the edge of the parking lot to watch when it was very slow and everything was already done. I never hid from work and I have always been eager to help, but I liked finishing my tasks fast to make time to sit and think at the end, or to fish shopping carts out of the pond across the way. No one ever seemed to notice or appreciate the drive I have.
When my sister (she’s level one, and probably always has been) was in one of her preschools (they didn’t have autism preschools back then in the 1970s) she once stood on a table and threw sunflower seeds during an arts and crafts project. I wasn’t there to witness it and I was no more than a year old at the time so I have no way of knowing whether it was an autism meltdown, a temper tantrum, or attention-seeking behavior.
It could have been any of the above. If she remembers it only she knows for sure which one it is.
Thank you for sharing. I can only imagine how upset the teachers were. I bet that made a big mess ❤️
@@7Aheadfamily They were pretty upset. From what my parents told me she had to change preschools after that.
After preschool she went into a private catholic school for a while (I think about a year or two). It was not a good fit and she had some regression. The nuns at that school thought her behavior was nothing more than attention-seeking and tantrums.
It took her longer than it did with me for her to get a proper diagnosis. Her initial diagnosis was childhood schizophrenia (which didn’t really fit). She was diagnosed with that because she had a tendency to wander off and needed a toddler leash even at age five or six almost everywhere. She sometimes needed one even as late as age seven or eight. In addition she liked to flap her hands, spin,and rip up paper because these activities calmed her. Back in the 1970s and into the early 80s these were seen as a symptoms of catatonic schizophrenia (or something similar). She was finally diagnosed as having autism and hyperlexia when I was nine or ten years old (she was thirteen or fourteen at the time).
By comparison I was first diagnosed with autism and right hemisphere damage for the first time at age two shortly after my two year checkup. Even though I was diagnosed about as early as Simon was (if not slightly earlier) it had little to no practical effect for me before I started school. Early intervention technically existed back in the late 1970s but it was only available in certain cities like Boston, Chicago, and New York and it was not possible (for various reasons) for my parents to move at the time. Therefore any services I did have (such as speech therapy) began at age seven when I was in first grade.
Wow, yes, it’s interesting to think about how things could have been different.
In my class, I make my noises I make certain movements I jump I spin I get distracted quite a lot I have to stand up a lot on my desk. If my teacher tells me to sit down I just can’t stay in one spot for a really long time and these are the conditions I have autism dyspraxia dyslexia ADHD and I think that’s it so from Leeds that I have in my classroom and at home, I think I do at home or at school things I don’t do at home I do at school or at school. I don’t home mood on what day is and stuff. Let me know if getting distracted is a part of autism
Thank you so much for sharing.
I have a pair of ears offenders because I find noise hard at school like in the classroom or even in the in the lunch hall, and if people are too close to me, I’ll push them I don’t like certain smells. I like to feel textures some noises. I like to listen to so comforting to me like listening to pick up some leaves and crunch them next to my ear. I like that sound. Some people might think it’s weird, but I like that sound and it makes me comfortable
Thank you so much for sharing.
@@7Aheadfamily you are welcome you may me share a little bit about my life, a little bit about autism, ADHD and my other conditions. I know I do is talk about them but I never know I could stress them to TH-camrs and you guys made me aware what I can do, and what other people can do me and so many people probably feel a lot more better. Now we shared about our life shared about our conditions and you guys made that so much more easier for me and probably others. Simon and Ezra has autism. Ezra has ADHD but to me, I don’t look at conditions, I look at them and think no way they can’t have special needs as a yes he is non-verbal non-verbal doesn’t mean he has autism. I just look at them who they are who have this off if I have a tricky time well they’ll figure this house out, and I having a hard time and I hope everyone will be listening to me. Hope everyone no one will be the same no one will be there will be sure everyone should have each other’s back hard times, or no hard times, only if you do it therefore people share what you have share house of Eden share how much you hurt inside how much what you love how much do you want to borrow some maths shells other people that’s fine with human that’s what we are gonna post to have
Thank you so much for sharing. ♥️
And another thing I find difficult at home and at school photos, I do not like pictures taken of me
Thank you so much for sharing.
In grades one through five (ages seven to eleven) in my first special education class there was a cubicle for each student in order to minimize visual distractions. By grade six in my second special education class they were using desks instead of cubicles.
Interesting, what was your preference?
@@7Aheadfamily I usually preferred the cubicles but sometimes when my claustrophobia (which I seem to have inherited from both sides of the family) was acting up I would have preferred a desk or even a table instead.
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Do you mind telling us based on current autism diagnosis where do you place yourself on the spectrum (Level1, 2 or 3)?
@@VikramS-l4g Given that I have my own apartment, balance my own checkbook, file and pay my own taxes, and have three close friends now (up from the only one I had in college) I would say level 1 (especially since I can now read some body language and understand some sarcasm and some figures of speech with effort). It does go up and down, though.
Earlier this year when I was in the hospital with a kidney stone (with loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and some dehydration) my autism symptoms were more like level two. For example I was communicating a bit but on my first full day there I was told later that day that a couple of doctors came in the day before and called my name and tried to talk to me but I didn’t notice that they were there. At the time I was too involved in watching an episode of Hamster and Gretel on the Disney Channel to notice that they came in. When one of the doctors came in later and mentioned this I mentioned my autism diagnosis and I was told that it was a good thing that I mentioned it because before that they thought I might have catatonic schizophrenia, early onset dementia, or mild cognitive impairment. As soon as that misunderstanding was cleared up I was able to be discharged and returned to my apartment the next day.
Number 13, I guess?
Shoving items in a careless manner into an organizer/backpack to the point they are crumpled/torn up. The individual is able to differentiate which item is which despite the condition it’s in.
In third grade, my teacher had organizers on the back of our chairs that were meant to store school assignments and other things. Mine was shoved to the maximum capacity it could hold.
I see. That is a great one. Thanks for sharing
(an example of stimming that most people don't know about) when I would read a passage, usually on paper, I would move my pencil in front of my eyes as I read. I don't need to do this with shorter passages though, or digital passages, that require scrolling down, to see the rest of it.
Thank you for sharing, that’s a great one!
I noticed that though screens have severe negative effects on the typical group, they are a helpful tool for kids on spectrum.
Thank you so much for sharing.
When i was 12 and i saw my cousin had a dinky car of the General Lee i put it in my pocket and took it home. I am a big dukes of hazzard person just like Simon with Cars. Eventually they found out i had the car. But i didnt ask figuring they say no.
Thank you for sharing!
When I was in middle school (in the late 1980s) I was interested in Microsoft Flight Simulator to the point where I wouldn’t talk or write about much else. In the special education class that I was in during sixth and seventh grade I would write about this in my journal assignments whenever I was allowed to select my own topic.
After about two to three weeks of this the teacher wrote in red ink on one of the pages that I need to start writing about something else because all of this reading about loops, the split-s, and the aileron roll are making him (the teacher) airsick.
I think at this point in time my social and communication skills were still at level two most of the time. Now I seem to be level one. I think it took four years of college and a year of graduate school before I really reached that point, though (back in the late 1990s to early 2000s).
That’s awesome, thank you for sharing ❤️
When I was in class once, there was a kid (with autism) having a meltdown so we weren’t allowed in the classroom, but I had put my stuff down, and wasn’t allowed to go get my notebook
So when we were told to do work, I just sat and refused to do anything or listen to everyone and for some reason started crying? Idk what happened there
Also the interactions between the siblings are adorable I can’t even ✨✨✨💖
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Something wild I got in trouble at school for the stupidest thing
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This is so interesting. My 21 year old son was just like Simon. So much. He loved Thomas Tank Engine and then switched to Pokemon when he was older. He is a Pokemon savant. He will walk around the island in our kitchen every evening even though he acts neurotypical at his job at Walgreens. When he is in the comfort of his own home he stims. The thing he finally has accepted is change. He would have melt downs in school and home where he would bang his head and it was attention seeking too. The interesting thing is that he never spun in circles or flapped his hands. He has ADHD like Ezra. I hated putting him on medication but since giving him Focalin he went from Special Education to General Education This was for ADHD not Autism.. My son started intervention at age 2.
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"Regression" is such a broad term. It seems to be used both for a significant, long-lasting downturn in late infancy / toddlerhood where skills present at that time are regained very slowly, if at all, and for shorter term losses of skills later in life. The latter may well be related to what adult verbal autists call shutdown and burnout states. Do you have a good handle on Ezra's long term stress levels?
Somewhat, although lately, with all the changes, with School and other things, probably not doing all that hot. 😊
My sister has more tactile sensitivities than I do even though her symptoms are usually more mild than mine. I don’t like wearing shirts with tags on them but my sister absolutely will not wear any shirts that have tags.
I agree. I don’t like tags either. -Holly
Well said and explained ❤
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@@7Aheadfamily you’re welcome
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My sister and I both struggled with changes in routine while growing up and the relatives on both sides of the family attributed it to being selfish,self-centered, and spoiled.
Yeah, that can be difficult for sure.
yes i struggle with change to im spoiled to but i dont know any better people dont under stand i have special. Needs
Thank you so much for sharing. ♥️
Please do a video on loosing teeth. I see that Ezra has his big boy teeth . What was that Experience like ? Did you guys do the whole tooth fairy thing for him
Question and movie idea. 😊 yeah, with Ezra we didn’t really ever know when he lost a tooth except for when we noticed it after the fact. There was one time when we did pull one of Ezra‘s teeth, but that was because it was very evident in the very front. It will be interesting however, with Simon on this process. Simon will communicate stuff like that to us, I am sure. 😊
Whenever I regressed in terms of temporarily not being able to say “please” or “thank you” it was always interpreted as “giving the silent treatment” or attention seeking. It was usually interpreted as attention-seeking behavior because my sister also did this sometimes. Therefore (even though my sister and I are both diagnosed as being on the spectrum) my parents often dismissed this as me copying my sister’s behavior to get some of the attention that she was getting at the time. This was back during the 1980s.
Sadly I hear about that all the time. I think it’s because Neurotypical kids are usually attention seeking and so that is what most people think is the motive for all children.
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11:57 I can relate, but I’m more hyposensitive
Thank you for watching, commenting, and sharing your story. ❤️
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Exam season is especially difficult for me because the year eleven's are doing revision or doing speaking exam which close of part of a floor so you have to go the other way around to get the rest of the floor so we don't mess up with the audio passing by the classrooms it is difficult for me because there is so many room changes and covers so i always check before school so i can go straight to the new classroom instead of not knowing and then panicking because i have a 2 minute movement pass because of the large crowds around school i struggle with so i start panicking when i am at the wrong classroom and have to move with everyone else and getting overwhelmed sometime the room changes mess with my mind and i go to the wrong classroom because i thought i had a ifferent lesson a reasent example of this i i had a room change for geography in the maths building and my geography classroom is close to my science classroom but it was a room change so i thought i jad maths next but i had science on the other side of the school and thst was really hard i am 13 now and on the waiting list for my autism diagnosis i have dyslexia but i was only diagnosed 2 years ago I've always been good in classrooms and academically smart especially in maths. English is my weak subject i just don't get it.
Thank you for sharing❤
Because of my difficulties with reading social cues I was always marked down in gym class (even in high school) for “not being a team player”. One time in high school gym class I was playing hockey and I hit the puck into the wrong goal. As you might imagine it was assumed that I did this deliberately and betrayed my team. After that I was always picked last.
I’m sorry this happened. That would’ve been difficult to handle especially in high school.
I actually had a hard time in school, especially I was in regular school since I didn't get diagnosed back then, I have difficulty with socialize and sometimes I would not understand what did they say
Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
I had trrouble at school to i end up trouble for no reason at all I got blamed for a lot of things
Sorry to hear that 🙁
I struggle with physical touch if I'm not seeking that input so every other half term in school in pe we do ruby with a perfectional coach i struggle in it as we do tackling more often as it is with a perfectional so recently its getting worse I'm not back at school yet so I'm starting to panic i have learned to it is my beginning stage of a meltdown so i am not able to to it so i need to be able to tell my new teacher in the next year that i can't do it otherwise i will have a meltdown later on that day because it is also mixed with everything else around school with the around over 1000 kids in the school
Thank you so much for sharing!❤❤
Any videos or reviews on Ezra’s tablet how it works where you get it what software you use on it? Thanks
He uses it on an iPad and app is Proquolo2go. Hope this helps❤️
Skipping or jump clapping? Forgetting the task at hand? Talking to yourself? Fixating on object or item? Sensory/Auditory? Certain food texture preferences? Speech or tone of voice? Eloping?
(These are some signs of someone with a learning challenge in my opinion)
*Nice sign-> Regression Holly!
(I didn’t even now that)
29 yrs old with Autism.
Those are all great ones! Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️❤️ always appreciate your comments.
One sign of autism in the classroom I have is repetitively kicking my desk. I do it cause I like the sound, the kicking motion, and the vibration, so my teacher added an elastic band on my desk for me to kick instead. I'm homeschooled now, so now I don't have to be forced to sit in a chair for a long time.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Yes I done that not knowing what I was doing
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❤what does regression look like in an adult? Im self diagnosed age 49.
Regression in adults can manifest in various ways, such as mood swings, a longing for childhood activities, or difficulty coping with adult responsibilities. It’s important to explore these feelings and seek support if needed. Our ASD Club is a great place to hang out if needed. :)
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@@7Aheadfamily thank you!
You bet!
One of the grandsons of a friend of mine has both level one autism and dyslexia.
That must be challenging for them and for him
@@7Aheadfamily It is. Fortunately he has two reading teachers now and they are pretty optimistic that he will start making progress with his reading soon.
Awesome!
one thing i do in school is I regulate my legs while class and I don't really look at teacher I look around the classroom or board and I can think rlly fast
Thank you for sharing. ❤️😊❤️
Lovely boys ❤
At what age simon got his receptive language ?
And is it possible that a child learn let's say 100 words and regress at a later stage like at 4 or 5 years of age?
Simon‘s language just recently started improving in the last few months. Yes I assume that is possible, although I think if they have that many words, they probably wouldn’t regress that much on language.
That's great 👍. Simon is going great .My son is 2years and 2 months old still a long way to go but I am hopefull .great motivation 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️ We wish you guys the very best. 💜
Can colors trigger a sensory problem 😊
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great videos
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I have a hard time wearing headphones for a long time because they are often too tight and it is not comfortable when my ears start to sweat.
Yeah, Ezra doesn’t wear the headphones for very long
Yeah me to I have head phones to
Awesome!
I'm worried my son age 3 has autism. I'm thinking level 1 . He has a hard time communicating. He knows thousands of words but he just doesn't talk normal. He will use one word or a few word sentences. Sometimes he gets stuck on singing nurse songs . He knows several ABC songs like one song a for apple and next b for ball . He remembers the exact order of each ABC song and get mad If you don't follow the exact order of the song he chooses.he follows orders very well for his age. He makes good eye contact or atleast he will look at your face when your talking. He does not do well with puzzles. He lines everything up but he don't mind if u mess the lines up.
My son has extreme sensitivity to smells. He will throw up immediately if he smells something he doesn't like or if he sees food he hates. He can not stand to get stuff on his skin he doesn't want. He is fine with mud , dirt grass ect but if yogurt or food gets on his skin he will freak out. He bangs his head on the wall soft ... he will say owwe and try to get kiss n hugs. If I leave the house he will scream for 1 to 2 hours
Ok. You have shared some pretty specific signs of autism, but the only way to know for sure is to get him assessed by a professional. If you are living in the USA, you can go to your pediatrician and voice your concerns with him or her. And you can get a referral to a specialist. Only a specialist that is board-certified can diagnose autism. Whether that is an MD, or a pediatric clinical psychologist. if I were you, I would get him on the waiting list. Sometimes waiting lists can be very long and you can always take him off if your concerns are no longer relevant. Good luck with everything. Thank you so much for sharing your story and your son sounds amazing and very talented and intelligent. 😊
So is my 3year old. I am so helpless n stressed out
From my own INFJ opinion
Sign 6
Difficulty with changes. Don't ever promise something that is fix. Just promise something surprises. Always provide backup plan due to the condition or promises that you ever give. Does telling will or lets go means promises at the first place?
Sign 7
Spinning jumping running constantly means enjoying it due to no noise, due to the surrounding is moving. Does he like to watch outside the car window while the car moving?
We named people learning disabilities when all learning comes from the sound of the mouth. If comes from musical instruments, I bet your son can get to communicate easier due to it is the sound that carries sound without such meaning or meaning behind the sound like languages sound.
Sign 8
Hard time communicate probably mostly means speaking and social with speaking. I am not so sure if using hand telling words is much more easier for autism to express themselves. Sign languages might be useful if parents are willing to learn with the son together since there is no pre 'expectations' or pre analyse or pre judgemental to the son. The world become much silence.
Sign 9
Sensitive to sensory. Yeap, repeative sound like alarm clock, sound that are too loud or not nice, smell that is stinky, in this area, it means sensitive, the smell or sound that is easier and faster to be identified than typical people. In other words people might choose to ignore it, hahah that's the difference.
Sign 10.
Collecting unusual thing. As mentioned sign 4 in my previous comment, whenever it is set 9f something or a set of categorized object, it is a collection whether we see it usual or unusual.
Sign 11
Interact difficulty, well, if we name it as autism, it is interacting thing as most learning and communicate comes from mouth movement.
Sign 12
Regression is just in the eye of the non autism definition. Just pick something that is non verbal stuff, you might be surprise.
The world has the other side or many side for each individual. Try to learn new stuff everyday.
I like to learn both side of the story, hope this helps guys. 👍
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Those are some great thoughts. Thanks so much for putting so much time and effort into this comment. I’m sure it can help lots of people who read it including us 😊
@@7Aheadfamily thanks for reply. I myself being an INFJ also got sensitive at times from people action non verbally and verbally while having the whole brain working non stop.
Anyhow if anything unclear I would try my best to assist from my observation. Thanks. 😀
Thank you!
As a substitute teacher, who normally works in the primary grades, regression has plenty of causes, such as a strong emotional experience. I am going to say the obvious but look for other signs that may be causing the regression. It is easy to get tunnel vision.
Thank you for sharing❤
Another one I just couldn't keep up due to delayed processing. The quality was good and comparable to the other kids I just was completing 1/3 the work. Rushing me only makes it worse.
Very good point, thank you Nathan ❤️
@@7Aheadfamily I had a homework elective so I could catch up in school
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I can't forcer at schooland sometimes l can't sit still
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My will kick and scream. I can’t get it cut, he’s 7😢 I have to use a scissor and it takes veryyyy long
Yeah. Ezra is similar. It takes two of us. ❤️
I still don’t like getting haircuts even today. I usually wait until my hair is down to my eyebrows before I get a haircut.
lol! Haircuts are the worst
In adulthood, haircuts tend to be an executive function thing for me, not a sensory thing: I just never get around to getting them. As a child, I didn't have a huge problem with them beyond the usual "I could be playing right now! This is boring!". And then there was the time, age 5, that I decided to be my own barber...
That sounds like an awesome story. 😊
@@7Aheadfamily 30 years later, yeah.
For my poor mom, at the time that it happened, not so much.
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I’m autistic I thought level 3 was high functioning like me and 1 low functioning and 2 in the middle
Yeah, just actually the opposite. Here’s a video on that…
What is Autism? | Home Video | Doctor Explains
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My therspist told me that I may be on the spectrum and I feel very identified with it
Thank you for sharing. That’s great. ❤️💜❤️
My mom tells me I'm on the spectrum
Are you going to get a diagnosis do you think?
@@7Aheadfamily I got the diagnosis finally
Cool. ❤️
Getting upset with changes in routine/unusually long time calming down
So true!
What have you found to be most helpful with that?
@@7Aheadfamily keep routines as consistent as possible, and taking deep breaths helps to regulate. My friend had to explain to me why leaving the stressful environment did more good than harm when I threw a fit, realizing I didn’t have the graded assignments back for Spanish class (this was right before our benchmark exam) btw the friend in question is male, and he graduated this year, and is now in university as a business major
Thank you, great advice
@@7Aheadfamily I had a dream where I was doing a competition for future health professionals as part of HOSA (in real life I’m also a member). The first round took place at school. So this is the dream: last year, I completed 60 computerized medical math problems in the school library. Afterwards, I was so tired that I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Thus, I laid my head on the desk and fell asleep. Two young men from the table across from me came to me. One of them, named Brian, said, “class ended, the bell rang.” I didn’t respond. The librarian saw this, and asked the second young man, named Dakota, to check if I was feverish. He said, “She doesn’t seem warm, but it’s so unlike her to sleep in class.” The librarian then looked at us with concern, and said, “It really isn’t like Anna to be this tired; that’s why I’m afraid she’s sick.” He then started shaking me, saying, “hey Anna, wake up, the bell rang.” I slowly pried my head off the desk, confused. “Boys, what happened?” I asked, my voice still heavy with tiredness. “You fell asleep, that’s all,” said Dakota. “How long was I asleep?”I asked, bewildered. “20 minutes,” said both men in unison. Realising that I was going to be late to class, I stood up abruptly, but fell from dizziness. Brian helped me stand up. “You ok, Anna? Need me to get the nurse?”he asked, eyes wide with concern. I said, “I’m just tired and have a headache, that’s all.” I then drank some water, realizing how dehydrated I was. “I’ll walk Anna to class; she looks fine, just a little pale,” offered Dakota. I gratefully squeezed Dakota’s hand. He squeezed back, and asked, as we headed to class, “Did you stay up late preparing for that? When I talked to you right before, you sounded unwell.” “Yea, I kinda did, because I was nervous. I was just afraid of not making it to States,” I admitted, yawning. “Sorry,” I said, blushing. “It’s ok, you needn’t be ashamed of tiredness, Anna. I’m glad you had a good nap,” he replied. He then added gently, giving my hand another squeeze, “nervousness is natural. Trust me, I take AP calculus, and it’s exhausting sometimes.” “Well, the math I just did wasn’t calculus,” I said, laughing a bit. The math I did was 5th grade level at most, for the most part. He then let go of my hand, smiled down at me (he’s 6’, and I’m 5’2” with shoes on) and said, “Try to get some rest tonight, ok?” “I will,” I said. We then hugged, and then parted ways. In real life, I made it to the statewide competition, which was the next level after that. I know that lack of sleep hinders performance and emotional regulation
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I had my diagnosis since I was 2 years old and I am a female.
Thank you for sharing with us❤
7 Ahead : Can Someone For Example Only Show 3 Out Of The 12 Signs Of Autism In The Classroom Explained In The Video But Still Have Mild Autism ?
Yes, the spectrum is very wide. This video probably explains that better.
What is Autism? | Home Video | Doctor Explains
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Thanks for watching!
From my INFJ opinion,
Sign 1.
Repetitive hand movement = typical person is repetitive mouth movement due to speaking, speech, talking. Hahaha.
Sign 2.
Specific interest. Well for an adult, some people more to branded hand bag, branded cars, perfume or wine and the list goes on or goes crazy on idol star. I guess it is normal for he has the interest. For the shouting part to having the toy, it is normal if he could speak. But when he shout or yell or cry without expressing a word, it is just the verbal problem. For typical person, if u can't speak, and it is an urgent need, would you use your hand or just use the fxxk word loudly?
Sign 3,
For biting part, it is just an habit. Since he is not good at verbal or talking. For people who talks, you can not bite something while talking.
Sign 4,
Lining things up, or tidy things up or organize things up. This is how typical we see them. It is actually he sees things as a collection. Once he sees or identify something is a collection, he would like to put it in order either in horizontal vertical diagonal in fact in a interesting row for short. A pattern in colour or shape or size or whatever is deems to be as a category or collection just like collection of wine. If you have a collection, what do you do? About the clearing the ABC, it is how he learnt the ABC in order. If he not knowing any of the ABC, he might get over it with other more interesting object. What happen next is the case...
Sign 5,
Small things ruin, as a typical person, it seems small. We see it as dirt, but your son might sees it is a shit due to shape, or it happens word to be told your son need to clean or wash his hand before can do something else, could parents ever remember every words spoken to their son and daughter? In other terms, hand clean is much more important than the fishing, while others see fishing or new things is more interesting or important.
To be continue...
Thank you for this commentary I can’t wait to see what you can about the other signs 😊
@@7Aheadfamily well, which of your video u want me to observe? Glad to.share my thoughts from my observation.
Any of our 12 sign videos, but don’t feel like you need to you’ve already shared so much ❤️.
12 Signs of Autism in a 1-year-old
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12 Signs of Autism Under 2 years
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12 Signs of Autism in 3-year-olds
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12 Signs of Autism in a 4-year-old
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12 Signs of Autism in a 5-Year-Old
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12 Signs of Autism in a 6-Year-Old
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3 Signs Your Child has ADHD and Autism
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Gosh, what a family. If u guys already comes to a conclusion that matching ADHD with sign and AUTISM with sign as well as going in deep with the pro for the symptoms, or to get more signs and confirmation from the public.
I hope you guys not stuck with the signs for many ahead when they become adult and turning you guys elderly.
The most important issue does speech delay is an issue? If not then goes to another issue. Just focus one at a time for their improvement works best.
Will provide some suggestions once I am ready. Tq.
is your daughter neurotypical?
Yes she is. ❤️
judging by her helping her brothers, she is very thoughtful especially for someone who may not understand their experience@@7Aheadfamily
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I am not autistic, I am just a wierdo, who the doctors cannot diagnose
Thank you so much for sharing.
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