Cartoon For autistic?

I Overheard a cartoon my son was listening too recently and after investigating it I have realized it seems like a perfect Cartoon for Children on the spectrum. The Cartoon is called Gerald MCBoing Boing. Apparently its a remake of a 1950's Dr, suess book. The Main characters doesn't speak in words only in sounds. No one minds that he doesn't speak in words,they accept him for who he is. Though the program is targeted for children 2-5 my aspie son who is 12 loves it. I think he loves it because he can relate to the characters. My son can and does speak "normally" but he likes to repeat video dialog too and make strange noises. If you do a google search for Tickle U you can find information about Gerald mc boing boing. Its a new show on Cartoon Networks Tickle U.

My Personal views on medication for children

I ask you to think about why you want to medicate your child. Is it because he or she is not "normal" ? Is it because The school said "maybe you should think about it"?, Is it because the Dr suggested it? Well if it's any of those above , don't do it. Why ? Because ,Many drs don't even know what AS is so shouldn't be treating it. Because,children and adults with Aspergers don't need to be"cured" we aren't broken. Because, if a school suggests meds for your child they want to turn them into a zombie so they don't have to do their job. Their job is to teach your child no matter what's wrong with them. The number one reason to Not medicate ,for those reasons, Drug company's create these drugs test them on animals say they are safe and only after bad things start happening do they realize oh wow guess they weren't that safe. No one knows what the long term effects of many of these drugs might do. For all we know we could be making our children sterile, changing their brain chemistry that will effect how they remember later in life, Among a million other possible issues.
Behaviors such as extreme anxiety (panic attacks) , or suicidal thoughts, severe depression. Then and only then consider the possibility of drug therapy.
As an adult with Aspergers I have only been on one drug and that was 2 years ago for depression , I'm currently drug free and hope to remain so. I Like most parents was suckered into drug therapy for my son and only after tons of failed attemps I thought why am I really do this ? Is it for him ,or for me ? For the school, or the Dr?
BTW because I got suckered in and because my son was predisposed(likelihood of getting it) to getting tourettes when he was place on one of the drugs commonly used for ADHD it brought out his tics that may never of shown up had I not placed him on that drug. He only took one dose of the med and threw up about 2 hrs later after developing multiple tics. The tics never went away and a year after the med trial my son was diagnosed with tourettes.
Some things to think about!

What Is Flapping? And Why?

I have been asked this by tons of parents. They want me to tell them what it looks like, Because I'm an adult with AS and still flap. Well aspies flap in different ways but typically the movement is the same. It looks like what you do when you have just washed your hands and you shake the extra water off before drying them with a towel.

Why Do I flap? Well for me I flap when IM excited, My son appears to flap for the same reason. The feeling inside me is like something is trying to get out of my chest but is stuck. Kind of like when you hold your breath till you just have to breath again. Only to get rid of the feeling I have to flap my hands, Sometimes I can get rid of the feeling by flicking my fingers because that is sometimes less noticeable when in public.

A Special Little Boy

I'm a little boy diffrent from the rest.
I'm cute as a button,and smart as a fox.
I love my trains, and know dinosaur names.
But, I get upset when little things change.
I like to build pits,and repeat video clips.
Some teachers adore me, Some teachers ignore me.
I'm good at computers,and drawing, and science, but
when I get Stressed some think that I'm violent.
I want to be cared for ,and loved like the best, but
I'm the little boy that is diffrent from the rest.
Kristen Beatty©

This poem I wrote about my son about 3 years ago

The difference Between A Stim, A Tic, Or A Compulsion

A tic is a rapid motor mannerism like shoulder shrug, head tilt, blinking...They look very exaggerated and done in a jerking kind of motion.

A stim is also done rapidly but continually like rocking , spinning, flapping, hand wringing, twirling hair, finger flicking.

A compulsion is something done cause in the persons mind it has to be done or something bad will happen or something wont get done right or they will forget about something.

In all cases the person really cant help it. If you try to stop a stim you may get one worse then the one your trying to stop.

You cant stop a tic the person sometimes doesn't even know they are doing it and is in no control over it at all. (they can control it but later it explodes out of them in rapid succession).

With a compulsion the person knows they do it , but cant stop because it serves a purpose to them. It will only stress the person out and cause a melt down if you try to stop it. Common compulsions are hand washing turning lights on and off a number of times, checking door is locked number of times.

Chelation therapy for Aspergers?!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7279844/did/9074208/

Boy with autism dies after chelation therapy
5-year-old was receiving controversial treatment in doctor's office.
My views:

I sure hope parents realise the dangers of trying to cure something that doesnt need to be cured! If they ever do come up with something to "cure" autism it will change all of your child not just the difficult stuff but all the great stuff too. Being autistic myself and having a child with autism. people need to spend more time trying to fix societies opinion of us instead of trying to fix us. We have many gifts to share but no one takes the time to find them out. Take away the fact that we go into our own world sometimes you will also take away the power to create anything. take away our lack of eye contact you take away our listening skills (for those who dont have adhd). Take away our ability to tune things out you would take away our unique way of looking at the world. you take away our hypersensitive senses you will lose the little boy or girl who could smell your cooking from miles away, or that could hear the animal trying to break into your roof, or the child who loved the feeling of the blanket you made. You "cure" us you will make us nonexsistant, extinct!

Welcome

Hello my name is Kristen I'm a self diagnosed adult with Aspergers. I also have a son who was diagnosed with Aspergers at the age of Five. This is my site about what its like to live in our shoes.