Comments on: Thoughts on Recovery from Autism While Grocery Shopping

By: Recovery Distracts

Recovery Distracts — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:39:21 +0000

[...] Recovery can be distracting. It can lead you to make “curing” a child of autism completely and of making her or him “typical” and “normal,” over and above seeking to help a child develop, learn and grow as much as she or he is able. It can lead you to focus on a single long-term wish of “recovery,” so that those smaller gains, while remarked upon, seem like small steps on the path toward a bigger something else,”recovery.” [...]

By: “Costs,” Insurance, “Treatment,” ABA

“Costs,” Insurance, “Treatment,” ABA — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:10:11 +0000

[...] his public school classrooms here in New Jersey, where the emphasis is not at all about “recovering” or “treating” autism but, of course, on educating students to do as best as they [...]

By: Looking for a Few Improved Autistic Kids

Looking for a Few Improved Autistic Kids — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:46:36 +0000

[...] (they do not have to be recovered, just improved)” are sought—–so “recovery” is not the thing, but rather [...]

By: Confessions of a Former Warrior Mom

Confessions of a Former Warrior Mom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:34:38 +0000

[...] listen. The “fight” with autism is over, and we accept and hope. We’ve let go of recovery and know that autism is lifelong. I no longer feel I have to deliver a [...]

By: A Medical Guru in Scotland

A Medical Guru in Scotland — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:19:50 +0000

[...] on various treatments. We’ve known a few families who did Son-Rise and there was no “recovery,” and the families have moved on to other [...]

By: What is Success?

What is Success? — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:45:25 +0000

[...] was thinking (we suspected) that Charlie was not going to be one of those kids who might “recover“and be [...]

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:19:20 +0000

I like the breakdown of what Charlie can do at the grocery store. I agree about going to an unfamiliar store. We have a new discount store next to Walgreens just down the street and last Sunday I took my kids there for the first time. It really caters to the Latino community, but the frozen and refrigerated sections have name brands we are used to and cheaper than regular grocery stores.

They go shopping at camp as well and I have a good pic of each one on their trips pushing cart and paying clerk.

By: Diagnosis by 18 Months

Diagnosis by 18 Months — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:22:25 +0000

[...] older children of any diagnosis—an older child, able to understand more, do more, help us, try to be independent. For us, it was good to get an early diagnosis and start learning about [...]

By: Debi

Debi — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:42:46 +0000

WTG Michelle! I do the same thing, focus on the positives instead of the negatives…I do that with everything and I find I’m happier and more appreciative of what I DO have!!!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:59:24 +0000

My almost 13 yr old has the very common Aspie addiction to Nintendo. I agree that it has helped him socially where other obsessions may have hindered him. He, like many others, was not diagnosed until he was 11. Autism hadn’t even been mentioned before that! I feel so far behind the curve in treatment sometimes, for him and my 7 yr old son who also shows signs.
At the same time I marvel at what they are capable of doing. A friend of mine has a 16 yr old that was dx’d at 5 and has worked hard in therapy and treatments since. Yet my son “stands out” less than hers, possibly because we have focused so hard on what he is good at and not what he needs to do better.
Sure my boys can’t walk a straight line and aren’t the most fashion savvy, but they never forget the punch line of a joke, have amazing mathematical abilities, and can crack any computer code you put in front of them. That is what I consider defeating Autism.