Wednesday, August 31, 2011
On Hold - we are growing up
Just a 'last' post, for a while at least, Jono is getting older and we are finding our lives more enriched, less stressful and as a family we are coping better and better. The rollercoaster is still there, but less highs and lows. Thanks for reading, I may open for more chapters down the road, but for now at least.. it's time for a break. Love to all.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Autism means Literally...
I had forgotten how much Jonathan takes things literally, until recently.
I had asked him to change the TV volume, to number 40.
He jumped up quickly to fix it for me, and accidentally overshot, he ended up at 44. I told him this was fine, but no he had to lower the volume back to the number I had asked for, because that was 'right'.
Mind you, this is also a good source of humour.
The other day there were many rainbows around, and Jonathan asked if he could go to the rainbow.
I offhandedly replied, no we can't go to a rainbow, our eyes would go on fire and our heads would explode.
I didn't think much of this, and said it in jest... he took it literally.
After 10 minutes of giggling at the image he had conjured in his head, he asked again, "Can I go rainbow?"
This time the rest of the family picked up the response and played with him.
3 days later we lost interest in the rainbow, but the whole family enjoyed having something to interact and verbally play with Jono together.
This has now expanded to other things, he asks a silly, but genuine question... we respond with complete silliness and he collapses in a pile of giggles.
I had asked him to change the TV volume, to number 40.
He jumped up quickly to fix it for me, and accidentally overshot, he ended up at 44. I told him this was fine, but no he had to lower the volume back to the number I had asked for, because that was 'right'.
Mind you, this is also a good source of humour.
The other day there were many rainbows around, and Jonathan asked if he could go to the rainbow.
I didn't think much of this, and said it in jest... he took it literally.
After 10 minutes of giggling at the image he had conjured in his head, he asked again, "Can I go rainbow?"
This time the rest of the family picked up the response and played with him.
3 days later we lost interest in the rainbow, but the whole family enjoyed having something to interact and verbally play with Jono together.
This has now expanded to other things, he asks a silly, but genuine question... we respond with complete silliness and he collapses in a pile of giggles.
Friday, August 12, 2011
What's this word say?
Jono has recently developed a great interest in words... again.
He doesn't want to read books - they belong on the bookshelf, but he does want to know what words are.
We recently got Sky TV which allows us to record shows, live pause, rewind and so on. Jono figured this all out very quickly, and takes care of the controller for us all.
When there are ads on TV he constantly pauses it (as this is where the most words are) and asks... in a loud voice... "MUM... WHAT'S THIS SAY?"... I check the TV, read him the words, and then he lets the ad move forward... as soon as there are more words, he pauses again, and loudly requires my attention again.
Some of the words he knows himself and will tell them to me, he is growing agin in his learning and I am proud of him and his progress.
Gone are the days of wondering if he will speak, now we are simply wondering if he will start reading books happily without tearing them up :)
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