Autism-World

Here’s a list of movies that contain autistic characters. The list doestn’t include those television shows and the list is not complete. We only choose the top 10 movies which are highly recommanded by parents or public. Most of the actors or actresses did a remarkable job of portarying autistic people. However, there’s also some [...]

We have thanksgiving dinner. I was in 5th grade and well i sit onto this little boy. I talk to him and tried talk to him and well he never respond it back. i got really confused of why he not talking and i ask the teacher of why he is not talking. I found [...]

What is it like to live with a half-grown child who can’t speak, who frequently erupts in violent tantrums, and spends hours making hand shadows or stripping shrubs? How do his parents try to bring him out of his private world? How do they keep their sanity and preserve their love for him and for [...]

I am so frusterated right now. I knew this was going to happen. The school managed to drag things out and here we are a few weeks before Christmas and we still have not had the IEP.So we finally get a date and my advocate can not make that date. I got the IEP invitation [...]

In the past few months I have been learning about the GFCF(gluten free and casein free) diet and trying out recipes and such. Now my husband knows that the food isn’t all that bad and I have been sending testimonies of the kids it has helped. We have tried our best to go 100% GFCF [...]

We came back from horseback riding therapy for autism. My daughters respite worker and a little old lady who works at the stable was leading her horse. The horse got spooked and took off running and it ripped the rieigns out of our respite workers hands and out of the little old lady?? hands who [...]

I have a couple of questions – I am trying to justify to Medicaid that these two things are “necessary” for our 6-year-old son rather than just a convenience, and was wondering if you thought we might be able to be successful or how you might word it ??for what it’s worth, his therapists agree [...]

We write from a distance, we write from far awayWe write of the tears, we write of the painWe write of time, we write of what happens all day.The words of enough’s enough is not enough.Autism – Autism – Autism – is much too much;To be cared for by one person, by one couple, by [...]

For some reason we don’t get invited to very many playdates. A couple of times out in the neighborhood I haven’t been able to catch my son(Alex,who has autism) before he rings the doorbell of a neighbor that we know has kids and is home. While Alex has behaved (I think) very well and kept [...]

My son is going to be five. We found he had autism when he was almost three. We knew from birth that something was wrong, because he was having night terrors (I’m not kidding!), had what I’m pretty sure was petite seizures, and cried all the time. I had to hold him constantly. He had [...]

Our duaghter with autism was,despite my best efforts really vocalizing in a local family resturant. Man at the next table said somehting. I said very politely (becasue usually when you say something politely people’s attitudes change) that he has autism and he is doing his best to behavior appropriately. He said something ruder??like I dont [...]

My 4 yr old is autistic, I babysit a 2 yr old with either SID or autism, we’re still trying to get that dx’d one way or the other, and my 2 yr old has mild sensory issues.
From what I’ve learned with doing my own therapy with them, the best toys are going to be [...]

About 4 months ago new neighbors moved in. They are quite messy, and leave large items in their back yard. They have an 8 year old autistic son who is quite unruly. He stays outside all day, and often late into the night. I’ve heard him out there at midnight before.My problem is that is [...]

We have the acceptance letter to the new autism school for little Sue. Just came through the fax machine. Only took a court order (to get them to apply) plus untold begging and pleading, a dozen pounds of cake and and such to get him accepted.Now off to court to get the f’ers in our [...]

When my son was about 5, I bought him an electronic toy called an “Alphabet Appletree”. Well, he stopped playing with it for the longest time and one day I decided it was time to do some “closet shoveling”. I forgot all about the toy (and I thought he did too) for almost FIVE YEARS. [...]

For most of my son’s 29 years he has engaged in flapping , tapping, spitting , and severe rage behaviors. ( We started out when Autism was considered pretty hopeless , and there was little ,if any , research , parental advice , behavioral techniques , or books to consult.)From September 16, 2006 to September [...]

I guess I wish I had some recovery story to tell. Just like this little boy that was in Joe’s class and was dx’d around the same time as Joe. Now you would never know he has autism. He always comes up to us at school and says hi to me and Joe and Joe [...]

My Asperger’s made me a dedicated seeker of Truth. I sure couldn’t get it from society. The churches I was drug to didn’t know jack. But science resonated with me; they were also seeking truth. I read everything I could lay my hands on with regards physics, chemistry and mathematics. But then I was too [...]

I’m not really sure what was meant by reconciling my faith with AS, though maybe that’s just because I never say a need to. I’ve been saved more than 10 years by now, and my faith was already pretty well-established by the time I even knew what AS was. After learning about it and getting [...]

Jesus is my basis for my faith, because I know He is real and no one can duplicate Him. I believe that He gives eternal life to anyone who believes in Him, for free. Whatever Jesus said is true. I can’t really put it all into words, but I know that He’s always watching me [...]

Although it is very likely that I could be re-diagnosed with Aspergers these days, since I was diagnosed with HFA before AS existed. In my experience, I got to know Christ the same way as most other Christians claim to have gotten to know Him. One thing I’ve learned though, is that Jesus is completely [...]

Asperger’s isn’t easy to live with, for those who don’t know it is a developmental disorder meaning I am younger than I realy am. I mature a lot slower. There are other things as well such as having two sided conversations with myself, anger issues, depression, ADD, and other things. The good news is it [...]

I am strongly opposed to effort to “cure” Asperger’s Syndrome and high-functioning autism. While it’s true that it can be disabling for many people and make their lives very difficult, it’s not really a disease as such. It’s a different way of viewing and interacting with the world, a different way of thinking. We’re more [...]

My brother had BIG aggressive issues when he was young, and learning problems. He has Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome.
For a while the doctors wanted to put my brother on medications, but my parents wouldn’t have it (ALWAYS check into the side-effects, some of those medications are pretty scary). They did their research and found a public school [...]

I am a child with autism. I am not “autistic.” My autism is one aspect of my total character. It does not define me as a person. Are you a person with thoughts, feelings and many talents, or are you just fat (overweight), myopic (wear glasses) or klutzy (uncoordinated, not good at sports)?My sensory perceptions [...]

In retrospective, and based on a Houston Chronicle article that said thimerosal (mercury preservative) was in not just MMR, but HIB and hepatitis B, I was able to pinpoint the day my son became a screaming 18-hour a day child to his 2-week old shot with mercury in it.
When he got MMR, DPT and polio [...]

A lot of people are suggesting that autism is not any more prevalent, but it was just not diagnosed properly in the past.
Others suggest that there are better methods of diagnosis, along with wider public awareness of the condition which has brought about better diagnostic criteria.Or all of that may be a bunch of bulls [...]

I am the mom of a 5 year old boy with autism and he has never gotten violent with anyone. I also work in early intervention with children with all sorts of disabilities. I have to say that one of the things that I try to teach parents is to stop overaccomodating these children so [...]

My son is High Functioning Autistic. He is mainstreamed in school and does well. Why are these children a gift?Well for many reasons. Some may be that the courage’ strength, the obstacles of functioning in life and society and being accepted are astronomical. We all can learn so much from all disabled children and adults.These [...]

We need to do more to raise autism awareness. First, most kids with autism are not drugged, as there really aren’t any drugs for autism. Second, it’s not something they can control, it is a physical disability of the brain, not a personality disorder. Mercury has a lot to do with it, but it only [...]