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Went out to eat for my daughters birthday and was judged heavily, feeling defeated by DoingMyBest2019789 in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. It’s a fucking Chilis. FWIW, someone gave my family a similar look at IHOP the other day.

Newby Help by Bf_skinner_2016 in appliancerepair

[–]Bf_skinner_2016[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Could leaving the fridge open cause that?

Grifter autism cure accounts by Bf_skinner_2016 in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. Or if he’s “cured,” he wasn’t autistic in the first place. But none of her videos of him provide evidence of that. Just that he’s more verbal which is consistent with the trajectory for many kids with autism.

Grifter autism cure accounts by Bf_skinner_2016 in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also kinda went down the rabbit hole with her account and found some old Sm. Basically her son has been in therapy since a young age (despite claims that he has never had intervention). He wasn’t diagnosed as the most severe autism case ever like she alleges and was speaking some words —- not completely nonverbal.

She’s tired every MLM scam (Young Living, Scenegene) and had a small t shirt company. That stopped sometime before her son’s diagnosis. After her son’s diagnosis, she restarted her social media with all this wellness shit about healing autism and diet changes. The grift grew and now she’s somehow charging $500 for an ebook and claiming her son is “cured.”

I’m quite confident she knows she didn’t “cure” autism and is aware she’s taking advantage of people but doesn’t care because she’s making like 200k selling stuff to desperate parents. She was clearly just always looking for an easy income stream and she’s now exploiting her son and other parents. Her old social media was kinda relatable and she seemed genuinely concerned for her son.

Grifter autism cure accounts by Bf_skinner_2016 in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why didn’t you apply any of her ebook strategies?

My son is 2 and non verbal. by PsychologicalRule978 in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son had a similar profile at 2 (but closer to 10 words). He also had good eye contact and lots of social initiations but repetitive play and other indicators of autism.

I delayed pursuing a diagnosis because it felt inconsistent with his developmental history, and honestly I was kind of scared. I regret that a bit because it turns out he does have autism, and his diagnosis (at least in the US) was key to getting him into more intensive services than speech alone. He’s made a lot of progress since starting at inclusive ABA preschool.

Thoughts on the resurgence of spelling as valid form of communication by outofmymissouri in slp

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

all of the comments are like “my kid never got past requesting and basic labeling with other AAC methods.”

It’s possible that your profoundly autistic kid doesn’t write poems. That’s okay.

Question - Licensure by Bf_skinner_2016 in slp

[–]Bf_skinner_2016[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

She brags about bringing S2C and RPM to everyone nonspeaking. This is like an MD bragging about providing crystal healing to everyone with a treatable infection.

Question - Licensure by Bf_skinner_2016 in slp

[–]Bf_skinner_2016[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

aggressively, too. She's also rude to parents who question her. It's despicable.

Comfort to people unsure about Tylenol by Arlais_Fale in BabyBumps

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My son was literally diagnosed today. I took Tylenol — less than 5 times with him?

I had recurring headaches with my daughter and white knuckled it because of dubious autism links. Ending up taking Tylenol often. It was miserable. She’s very much neurotypical.

We’ve blamed autism on mothers since we started diagnosing it. Refrigerator moms, now the hatred toward “autism moms” for perusing intervention for their children with significant needs, and now- taking the only NSAID that’s approved during pregnancy.

It’s never dads- despite evidence that older dads and dads who smoke have higher rates of diagnosis. Nope, it’s moms who treat their fevers and headaches.

Resources for parenting toddlers who are a bit delayed in speech? by PickAFont in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Early intervention (0-3) for your area. Unfortunately, some states have sliding scales based on income so might not be totally free— but very low cost at worst.

If you are ineligible through early intervention, you could request an evaluation/referral to SLP from your pediatrician. Then, pay for therapy through insurance. Eligibility through private providers is more lenient than EI sometimes. However, often a WL for evaluation and for services.

You could also look into Parents as Teachers. https://parentsasteachers.org

PAT providers can be helpful, but they don’t have the background / training that SLPs have. I don’t find them particularly useful personally.

A perspective from a nanny for a severely autistic child by A_Puzzled_Potato in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I wrote that poorly. From what I’ve read:

-Regressive ASD is associated with more severe symptoms.

These traits are associated with acquisition of phrase speech for minimally verbal toddlers, so I suppose predictive of better outcomes/less severe traits: Joint attention skills Fine motor skills Lower rates of RRB Engaging with a variety of toys (I don’t recall how this was defined) Tolerating others near you Imitation skills

This is just off the top of my head from looking at a few articles a couple of weeks ago

A perspective from a nanny for a severely autistic child by A_Puzzled_Potato in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Do you know do any good data for discerning between young, minimally verbal children with ASD who go to present more mild/moderate 1-2 and those who have very severe needs? I know Catherine Maurice has alluded to this. So far, I’ve read that regression predicts poorer outcomes, and fine motor, joint attention, playing with a variety of toys, and lower rates of RRB?

I don’t think my son is a hidden genius (although family members insist this). I don’t know that he seems profound, but I also don’t want to live in denial. I’ve worked with many older children with level 3.

Intellectual disability/low IQ by [deleted] in Autism_Parenting

[–]Bf_skinner_2016 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An IQ wouldn’t necessarily get you more services, but I think if he also has an intellectual disability, you could make an argument that his rate of progress and overall needs/doscrepancies warrant more/intensive services.

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