Absolutely horrible. My daughter is on the spectrum too. I had great services when she was younger. Board of Ed, even paid for a teacher to come to the home for her lessons. I had respite care once a week. She was finally able to go to high school. Half day in special ed class, and the other half assimilated in regular classes.
I had early intervention with my daughter, at 6 months of age. She was delayed verbally, but has become off the wall in how articulate her grammar is. Her choices and inability to filter her mouth has not fared so well.
Thank your lucky stars you don't have a bunch of Europeans holding your country to ransom..
- and so ending up like me, is absolutely heartbreaking.
Don't be so rude! His name is Justine!
I am sorry you have to go through that Ladyhawke.I also don't live in Canada, but this strikes home on such a personal level. I have Asperger's - along with a very high IQ of 145. If only help in the form of behavioural programs had been around when I was growing up, then my life would have been so different.
As it is, it has been one struggle after another, and even though I manage in Society, I don't actually fit. Definitely no filter between my brain and my mouth, and what I perceive as 'normal' behaviour is so off-the-wall it is unreal. I have learned to moderate my behaviour, but I have to think so carefully about what I do - and - say that it is so tiring, and consumes just about all of my energy. So I keep to myself - it is just better this way.
As someone once said, "It's been a lonely life", and that sums up my life perfectly. I would not wish this existence on anyone, and the thought of all those poor kids who could have a fighting chance of living a relatively normal life, but being denied the opportunity - $10mill on horse racing? FFS!
You and my daughter would get alone great. I feel for you, it is an isolated world. I have seen it.I also don't live in Canada, but this strikes home on such a personal level. I have Asperger's - along with a very high IQ of 145. If only help in the form of behavioural programs had been around when I was growing up, then my life would have been so different.
As it is, it has been one struggle after another, and even though I manage in Society, I don't actually fit. Definitely no filter between my brain and my mouth, and what I perceive as 'normal' behaviour is so off-the-wall it is unreal. I have learned to moderate my behaviour, but I have to think so carefully about what I do - and - say that it is so tiring, and consumes just about all of my energy. So I keep to myself - it is just better this way.
As someone once said, "It's been a lonely life", and that sums up my life perfectly. I would not wish this existence on anyone, and the thought of all those poor kids who could have a fighting chance of living a relatively normal life, but being denied the opportunity - $10mill on horse racing? FFS!
. I want to move out of Canada, I was honestly looking at what the jobs were in the states as they are begging for employees same as here though except cheaper living. People are shocked by how much we pay for things here even from other provinces, It's 3000 month to live for us and that's just house and food and utilities. We are talking about moving somewhere as it's too crazy here.
Our premier is an idiot!
Re-branding Ontario is his first priority. He also thinks he is the "Don". Fining gas stations if they dont have anti-carbon stickers on their pumps. Booze allowed on the streets and in parks, taking monthly cheques away from families who have autistic children, and giving them a one lump payment a year that wont remotely cover expenses. Cutting 1 billion away from disability, large class sizes, taking away rent control so landlords can charge what ever they want on new places. The list goes on and on and ............on!
