Re: The Writing on the Chalkboard

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That is pretty cool. How did he know how to spell it?

Jacquie H

> Putter has been writing, writing, writing. He writes the

alphabet. He writes numbers. Then he draws a picture of an airplane

(with a kitty, probably Dartie, riding in it) and writes " airplane "

below it. Then, in case we think he really doesn't know what is

going on, he says, " Airplane! "

>

> Then, lo and behold, amazing as it may seem, he writes " SOPHIE " in

the corner of the blackboard.

>

> This is the same sister whose name I keep pointing out that Putter

does not know despite the many complicated names of animals that he

has memorized.

>

> I guess I'm wrong, huh? He doesn't say her name. But he can spell

it.

>

> Salli

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> That is pretty cool. How did he know how to spell it?

Mr. Putt does not answer questions. But when I wrote " frilled lizard " on

the chalkboard, he read it to me.

Salli

[Guest guest]

You better watch what you say....LOL And I am guessing you wont be

able to spell out things so he cant understand either.LOL

Jacquie H

>

> > That is pretty cool. How did he know how to spell it?

>

>

> Mr. Putt does not answer questions. But when I wrote " frilled

lizard " on

> the chalkboard, he read it to me.

>

> Salli

[Guest guest]

Wow! Not only does he know her name..but he can spell

it, too!

Mimi

--- bunnytiner wrote:

> Putter has been writing, writing, writing. He

> writes the alphabet. He writes numbers. Then he

> draws a picture of an airplane (with a kitty,

> probably Dartie, riding in it) and writes " airplane "

> below it. Then, in case we think he really doesn't

> know what is going on, he says, " Airplane! "

>

> Then, lo and behold, amazing as it may seem, he

> writes " SOPHIE " in the corner of the blackboard.

>

> This is the same sister whose name I keep pointing

> out that Putter does not know despite the many

> complicated names of animals that he has memorized.

>

> I guess I'm wrong, huh? He doesn't say her name.

> But he can spell it.

>

> Salli

>

>

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> removed]

>

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That amazing child.

I do hope he's feeling all better now -- I meant to sympathize over his rash

and your subsequent struggles (nothing in your life ever seems to work out

" the easy way " ...which is, no doubt, why you are such a strong person...) --

but my dog obsession swept me away.

I still think it's too bad Lou isn't a rock anymore.

-Sara.

[Guest guest]

Sophie has a NAME??!

Kerri

Re: The Writing on the Chalkboard

That is pretty cool. How did he know how to spell it?

Jacquie H

> Putter has been writing, writing, writing. He writes the

alphabet. He writes numbers. Then he draws a picture of an airplane

(with a kitty, probably Dartie, riding in it) and writes " airplane "

below it. Then, in case we think he really doesn't know what is

going on, he says, " Airplane! "

>

> Then, lo and behold, amazing as it may seem, he writes " SOPHIE " in

the corner of the blackboard.

>

> This is the same sister whose name I keep pointing out that Putter

does not know despite the many complicated names of animals that he

has memorized.

>

> I guess I'm wrong, huh? He doesn't say her name. But he can spell

it.

>

> Salli

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

What's Fine Motor????

Kerri

Re: The Writing on the Chalkboard

So cool. I am so proud of our Putter!

how's his fine motor as he's writing, anyway? 's SUCKS.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

So cool. I am so proud of our Putter!

how's his fine motor as he's writing, anyway? 's SUCKS.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> What's Fine Motor????

> Kerri

Obviously Mitchel doesn't have this problem! Fine motor skills - you know,

pencil-grip, printing, cutting, pasting, etc. Awkward grip, low hand-strength,

improper body positioning....'s fine motor skills are just horrible. To get

him to print anything legibly, we need to sit beside him and push his wrist

lightly down onto the table - otherwise, he grips the pencil at the top and

angles his elbow out like a bird in flight with his arm about 6 inches off the

surface, making his printing huge and completely illegible.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry I was being sarcastic because Mitchel has very BAD Fine motor

skills... I have no high hopes for his writing anytime soon. Making out

valentines was real fun - NOT

Kerri

Re: The Writing on the Chalkboard

> What's Fine Motor????

> Kerri

Obviously Mitchel doesn't have this problem! Fine motor skills - you know,

pencil-grip, printing, cutting, pasting, etc. Awkward grip, low hand-strength,

improper body positioning....'s fine motor skills are just horrible. To get

him to print anything legibly, we need to sit beside him and push his wrist

lightly down onto the table - otherwise, he grips the pencil at the top and

angles his elbow out like a bird in flight with his arm about 6 inches off the

surface, making his printing huge and completely illegible.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> I'm sorry I was being sarcastic because Mitchel has very BAD Fine motor

skills... I have no high hopes for his writing anytime soon. Making out

valentines was real fun - NOT

> Kerri

Once again, we have a real-life example of WHY we believe Jacquie is autistic!

(well, AS) I did not see sarcasm there AT ALL until you pointed it out. Duh!

<blushing> Sorry for the totally unneccesary tutorial!

Valentines. Ugh. 's signature looks like this:

E

r I

c

<sigh>

Jacquie

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I'll have to scan mitchels , but it's basically a big wide

M (that starts in

the middle of the page, and from the bottom)

then i t (or it can look like " x " ) c (backwards)

h (backwards) e (kind of backwards upside down, it may be in flight I'm not

sure) and an " l " floating around some where

the L may be down here if he's run out of room........

and Jacquie...safe to assume I'm being sarcastic oh...most of the time...

Especially after I've put the children to bed about 5 times tonight... Mitchel

insisted on cold medicine..

he doesn't have a cold, he's dizzy from spinning himself around for 1/2

hour...he wanted medicine for dizzy, and insisted on the cold meds...*sigh*

Kerri

Re: The Writing on the Chalkboard

> I'm sorry I was being sarcastic because Mitchel has very BAD Fine motor

skills... I have no high hopes for his writing anytime soon. Making out

valentines was real fun - NOT

> Kerri

Once again, we have a real-life example of WHY we believe Jacquie is autistic!

(well, AS) I did not see sarcasm there AT ALL until you pointed it out. Duh!

<blushing> Sorry for the totally unneccesary tutorial!

Valentines. Ugh. 's signature looks like this:

E

r I

c

<sigh>

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

That's great!! holding that pencil is a huge hurdle! Wow.. I'm impressed,

Mitchel has reverted back to using either hand... he was using the left, now

he'll use either!! And neither one is neater than the other, they both suck!!

Kerri

Re: The Writing on the Chalkboard

> So cool. I am so proud of our Putter!

>

> how's his fine motor as he's writing, anyway? 's SUCKS.

He looks pretty good. His OT pointed out that he had finally mastered the

correct grasp and his teacher says he is one of the neatest in his class.

He is endlessly fixing and tidying up his alphabet printing; he got very

angry at me tonight for being too messy, LOL. I was trying hard too!

Salli

[Guest guest]

> So cool. I am so proud of our Putter!

>

> how's his fine motor as he's writing, anyway? 's SUCKS.

He looks pretty good. His OT pointed out that he had finally mastered the

correct grasp and his teacher says he is one of the neatest in his class.

He is endlessly fixing and tidying up his alphabet printing; he got very

angry at me tonight for being too messy, LOL. I was trying hard too!

Salli

[Guest guest]

> That's great!! holding that pencil is a huge hurdle! Wow.. I'm impressed,

Writing, unlike speaking to humans, is an important activity.

> Mitchel has reverted back to using either hand... he was using the left,

now he'll use either!! And neither one is neater than the other, they both

suck!!

Putter, at long last, appears to have decided he is left-handed.

Salli

[Guest guest]

> Sophie has a NAME??!

Not really. However, she does have an interesting collection of letters.

Salli

[Guest guest]

Aahhh yes, that is a distinct difference isn't it!

Kerri

Re: Re: The Writing on the Chalkboard

> Sophie has a NAME??!

Not really. However, she does have an interesting collection of letters.

Salli

[Guest guest]

>

>I guess I'm wrong, huh? He doesn't say her name. But he can spell it.

>

I seriously doubt that there is much of anything that Putt couldn't spell.

Amazing to me.

Amy H--in Michigan

Kepler 4 1/2 ASD and Bethany 6 NT

" Harmony breeds ignorance. It is the dissonant chords of life that lead us

to wisdom. " ~me

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[Guest guest]

>> Then, lo and behold, amazing as it may seem, he writes " SOPHIE " in

the corner of the blackboard.

>

> This is the same sister whose name I keep pointing out that Putter

does not know despite the many complicated names of animals that he

has memorized.

>

> I guess I'm wrong, huh? He doesn't say her name. But he can spell

it.>>

Ah, but right now he is fascinated by names, right? Maybe he calls

Sophie " girl " because that's such a distinction in your house, with

her being the only sister---EVERYONE there has a name, after all,

so " girl " is way more descriptive...it may make more sense to him?

Raena (thinking of ' " Loonette " doll...which we bought after he

pointed excitedly and declared, " That girl got eyes! " out of the

blue...and who is to this day, " girl " )

[Guest guest]

That is so cool, Salli. That Putter is just so smart!

Tamara

--- bunnytiner wrote:

> Putter has been writing, writing, writing. He

> writes the alphabet. He writes numbers. Then he

> draws a picture of an airplane (with a kitty,

> probably Dartie, riding in it) and writes " airplane "

> below it. Then, in case we think he really doesn't

> know what is going on, he says, " Airplane! "

>

> Then, lo and behold, amazing as it may seem, he

> writes " SOPHIE " in the corner of the blackboard.

>

> This is the same sister whose name I keep pointing

> out that Putter does not know despite the many

> complicated names of animals that he has memorized.

>

> I guess I'm wrong, huh? He doesn't say her name.

> But he can spell it.

>

> Salli

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> Mitchel has reverted back to using either hand... he was using the left, now

he'll use either!! And neither one is neater than the other, they both suck!!

> Kerri

I was recently wondering if I should try to make ERic write with his left hand

and see what happened...hmmmm.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> He looks pretty good. His OT pointed out that he had finally mastered the

> correct grasp and his teacher says he is one of the neatest in his class.

>

> He is endlessly fixing and tidying up his alphabet printing; he got very

> angry at me tonight for being too messy, LOL. I was trying hard too!

ooooooh, how wonderful!!!

I despair of 's handwriting ever being readable! His father's isn't. (one

more point for marc on the spectrum, lol)

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

-Greggory is having such a hard time with neatness when it comes to

writing. He draws fine but not letters or numbers. Jeff is also a

terribly messy.

Jacquie H

-- In parenting_autism@y..., " The Hunny Family " <vhunnius@l...> wrote:

>

> > He looks pretty good. His OT pointed out that he had finally

mastered the

> > correct grasp and his teacher says he is one of the neatest in

his class.

> >

> > He is endlessly fixing and tidying up his alphabet printing; he

got very

> > angry at me tonight for being too messy, LOL. I was trying hard

too!

>

> ooooooh, how wonderful!!!

>

> I despair of 's handwriting ever being readable! His father's

isn't. (one more point for marc on the spectrum, lol)

>

> Jacquie

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Salli,

I think that its probably easier for him write her name than to say

it. I think there must be an age where our kids go through this

writing bug, did a lot of this last year. He wrote down a lot of

strange stuff, like dont walk, and Mandee (maybe he likes women's

clothes). I agree, though, that it is a reflection of Putters

awareness of the world. I think sometimes people think our kids are

not " in this world " because they dont use the more conventional

speech to express themselves.

Thea

-- In parenting_autism@y..., " bunnytiner " <bunnytiner@c...> wrote:

> Putter has been writing, writing, writing. He writes the

alphabet. He writes numbers. Then he draws a picture of an airplane

(with a kitty, probably Dartie, riding in it) and writes " airplane "

below it. Then, in case we think he really doesn't know what is

going on, he says, " Airplane! "

>

> Then, lo and behold, amazing as it may seem, he writes " SOPHIE " in

the corner of the blackboard.

>

> This is the same sister whose name I keep pointing out that Putter

does not know despite the many complicated names of animals that he

has memorized.

>

> I guess I'm wrong, huh? He doesn't say her name. But he can spell

it.

>

> Salli

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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This is one question I can never really understand. My doesnt

have really good handwriting, although can draw a few things pretty

good, and uses scissors, etc. In fact, I would like to see him

discharged from OT this year, since hes not really learning any new

skills from her. I mean a lot of kids that are young simply have bad

handwriting and need practice. I guess the OT looks at the hand grip.

What I cant figure out, is, how come so many doctors got by. I am

sorta of serious, they have terrible handwriting,even when theyre not

doing 18 hour shifts(being tired and overworked could be an excuse).

I think some people will just never really have neat handwriting. I

think sometimes our kids are judged against unrealistic standards.

Thea

-- In parenting_autism@y..., " The Hunny Family " <vhunnius@l...> wrote:

>

> So cool. I am so proud of our Putter!

>

> how's his fine motor as he's writing, anyway? 's SUCKS.

>

> Jacquie