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    Is all ABA therapy bad?

    Thank you - He does have an IEP. They placed in in a gen ed kindergarten class with pull outs 1x per day for 30 minutes of resource and 6 - 30 minute therapy sessions per week. I have never heard of a child in our area not being in a classroom of some sort. The closest thing that I have heard is...
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    Is all ABA therapy bad?

    First of all, I am on the spectrum, but I wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult, so I have no personal experience with this. I have a 5 year old who is autistic. He is in kindergarten and he gets very overwhelmed in school environments. He could not tolerate a class of 9 children with 5 teachers...
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    How do I socialize my son?

    I have a 4 1/2 year old who is fairly high functioning (now, after 4 years of early intervention), but he really struggles with social behaviors. He wants to interact with other children, but he approaches them in ways that just extend beyond "odd" or "unexpected". He might walk over and take a...
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    High pain tolerance

    This has been an issue for me. I injured both of my wrists a few years ago, and went to the doctor to get an X ray, but when they squeezed them, I couldn't feel any pain. This caused them to skip the x rays and send me home. To this day, I still have pain in both of my wrists, and certain...
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    Do Aspies like other Aspies

    It really depends on the person for me. I think that dealing with other aspies tends to bring extremes as far as how well I get along with them. I either get along with them extremely well, or I can't stand to be near them. I find that one issue that creeps up is conflict resolution, due to poor...
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    Thanks for the responses, everyone. I tried to respond to everyone, If I left anyone out, it wasn't intentional! Sorry it took me so long, I get kind of overwhelmed by forums sometimes, so I had to take a few days to process (not to mention, I don't have a lot of free time.) I'm feeling a little...
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    Thanks, I did reply more specifically to Dogwood tree's post - But I am very thankful that my husband is willing to work with me on creating systems to get things done around the house. What has really worked for him is to create routines of things that he does on a daily or weekly basis. Thank...
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    Thanks, I have had decent luck with using this approach in the past. I think that maybe part of my problem is that I feel like his lack of initiative shows that he doesn't care about certain things. For example, if I tell him that our sons IEP progress report came, and he doesn't read it, I feel...
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    Thanks, we did very briefly try some marriage counseling (or something like it), but I very quickly became frustrated because the guy kept on stressing that I have the right to leave, and he didn't seem to understand that it wasn't an option that I was interested in considering. I really don't...
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    Thanks, I've come to realize that he is probably feeling criticized by me, and that I do need to be more sensitive about the way that I word things. I know that he means well.
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    Thank you! You definitely understand what I'm talking about here. It actually sounds like our spouses are very similar. When I first met my husband, I wanted to be a missionary (we met in church). He was very agreeable, and allowed me to believe that he also wanted this for his life. It didn't...
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    He's really not great with finances, and he never was. However, I could really use his help with the math aspect of things. Well, it's not so much that he's unapproachable, it's more so that my attempt to discuss it would cause him to shutdown. He's always willing to listen to me talk about...
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    Husband shuts down very badly

    Hello, my husband and I have been married for 5 1/2 years and we both have Aspergers. We've had an on going issue from the beginning where I will bring up something that needs to be discussed, and he will become overwhelmed and shut down. Typically, he will go completely mute. If I revisit the...
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    Aspie + Aspie marriage...problems

    Thank's so much for responding. This is very practical advice, and I really do appreciate it. Believe me, the last thing that I want to do is nag my husband, but it's the only thing that has any affect on him at all. I've tried everything that I can think of including white boards, calendars...
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    Aspie + Aspie marriage...problems

    Thanks for the response. I see that working around my husband's limitations is the solution, but I have yet to find a way to actually do that in a way that makes me feel like I can depend on him. Like I mentioned, I've tried all kinds of systems such as white boards, calendars, etc. Each of...
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