tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post2859428743524986398..comments2024-01-26T03:49:33.080-05:00Comments on Rarer in Girls...My Daughter with Autism: How Janey's brothers see herSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08240262747073351481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-19682304908649899972014-05-30T15:49:02.117-04:002014-05-30T15:49:02.117-04:00Make that 18 months younger.Make that 18 months younger.Freeyokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526846615176172310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-87219701020463514762014-05-30T15:47:10.029-04:002014-05-30T15:47:10.029-04:00It could be her brothers see a more positive side ...It could be her brothers see a more positive side of Janey because they grew up with and it would difficult for them to picture her differently. My daughter has a little brother who is 18 younger than she is. So far, he sees his big sister as perfectly normal because she's the only other sibling around and they are in different classes in a daycare. The only thing that seems to bother him is the poop smearing which I'm glad he hasn't taken up from his sister. I'm convinced if we had a more typical first child we would have spotted trouble earlier but when you don't experience with kids there's nothing to compare to. People would just say stuff like "All kids do do that" or "It's normal for kids to be slow talkers. . ." I've never seen my daughter play with other kids but she does interact with her brother maybe because he's non-threatening and is shorter. I was amazed when she was running in the yard with some grapes taunting my son saying "You're not fast enough". At some point, I'm sure we are going to have to explain why his big sister is different but for now her hyperactivity and sense of mischief is in line with a two-year's tantrums and sense of humor. Freeyokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526846615176172310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-61917708742802515152014-05-30T13:52:31.767-04:002014-05-30T13:52:31.767-04:00Regarding Shanti's comment. I wonder if you re...Regarding Shanti's comment. I wonder if you read Emma's Hope Book? Emma's Mom did this and there HAS been an amazing breakthrough. <br />As for your kids, how lovely they all are. Besides Shawn, who I wrote about, who died at 18, I have a daughter two years older than he and a second son ten years younger, so almost the same distribution as yours. It ends up as if you are raising two families dorsn't it, even though not at first, before the big ones are teenagers.grammacellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320660302383943815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-10687020462771750022014-05-30T12:58:02.853-04:002014-05-30T12:58:02.853-04:00I hesitate to write this, because I know how annoy...I hesitate to write this, because I know how annoying unsolicited advice can be, but ever since I saw your post on how Janie can read (in short spurts, I know) I thought "Take her to see SOMA!" She could very well be like Carly Fleishman or a Tito Mukhopadhyay. They both have petty serious autism, yet they can communicate. I think Carly was around 9 when her talents first emerged. (I'm not sure about that.) But consider reading Strange Son, or Carly's Voice and see if anything they say resonates with you. Shantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323636965254272203noreply@blogger.com