Guest guest Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 My son is currently working on a project that involves autism and daily living skills. He needs some help right now. He is wondering in a typical day what three daily living skills does your child have. How old is your child and where on the spectrum are they? I know with my daughter it was the simple things such as all the steps for brushing her teeth, remembering to not just brush the sides of her hair but the back as well and some showering skills. Now at 27 she can do all those things herself, but when she was younger she always had trouble and I would have to be behind her telling her what to do. Everything had to be broken down into little steps for her. Back then little if anything was known about autism. I didn't realize that I was using ABA back then with all the little things I was doing to help her. She has gone from having little to no language to now speaking at autism conferences and rallies. She even has her own website where she sells her incredible art. The doctors told us she would never go on to college (she graduated with honors), never have friends (she has several) and never drive a car (she doesn't drive a car, she flies planes) and many other never be able tos. She is remarkable and while she doesn't remember much about what it was like being autistic when she was younger, she can verbalize what she feels like now. (She still has trouble in very large crowds where the noise is very loud.) Because of her knowledge of autism she is helping her brother in this project. Please help with some feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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