Comments on: Free Your Child! http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child Share our journey as we blog about life with Autism Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Bonnie Arnwine http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-114 Bonnie Arnwine Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:21:02 +0000 http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-114 What a good reminder, great post, thank you! What a good reminder, great post, thank you!

]]> By: childlife http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-111 childlife Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:14:36 +0000 http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-111 Excellent post! My daughter was born with a major birth defect and this has been a goal in our family since day one. It is SOOO important to build self esteem right from the start! Excellent post! My daughter was born with a major birth defect and this has been a goal in our family since day one. It is SOOO important to build self esteem right from the start!

]]> By: Casdok http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-110 Casdok Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:24:06 +0000 http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-110 Free your child. I like that, and really good advice! Free your child. I like that, and really good advice!

]]> By: Deborah http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-108 Deborah Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:08:32 +0000 http://managingautism.com/child-autism/free-your-child#comment-108 I agree and when I posted this blog to my group below is the message I wrote to go with it. Thank you for stating the obvious. DEB ================================================ All though this post is about common sense treatment of our children, we forget (myself included) about the child's feelings. Some actually assume thru ignorance; that autistic children don't have feelings, others just don't understand them for what they are. We fall into the same trap the rest of society does by assuming that because they can't speak they can't communicate either. I have come to realize that if we, the parents, grandparents, caregivers, avocates, anyone who is envolved in the child's life; were to slow down and REALLY pay attention we would soon realize that our kids are communicating with us ALL the time. It took me awhile to learn this leason, and it was at the hands of Bill Stillman who himself is a man that lives with the autistic experience. I invite you to check out his website at: http://www.williamstillman.com/index.html DEB I agree and when I posted this blog to my group below is the message I wrote to go with it. Thank you for stating the obvious.
DEB
================================================

All though this post is about common sense treatment of our children, we forget (myself included) about the child’s feelings. Some actually assume thru ignorance; that autistic children don’t have feelings, others just don’t understand them for what they are. We fall into the same trap the rest of society does by assuming that because they can’t speak they can’t communicate either. I have come to realize that if we, the parents, grandparents, caregivers, avocates, anyone who is envolved in the child’s life; were to slow down and REALLY pay attention we would soon realize that our kids are communicating with us ALL the time.

It took me awhile to learn this leason, and it was at the hands of Bill Stillman who himself is a man that lives with the autistic experience. I invite you to check out his website at: http://www.williamstillman.com/index.html

DEB

]]>