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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Dyspraxia

2009-04-20T11:26:07+02:00

Thought I might tell you guys now that I have two disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Dyspraxia. I will give a good as an explanation as I can about these. Well here goes.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autistic Spectrum Disorder ? what it meansAutistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a relatively new term that includes the subgroups within the spectrum of autism. There are differences between the subgroups within the spectrum and further work is required on defining the criteria, but all children with an ASD share a triad of impairments in their ability to:Understand and use non-verbal and verbal communication Understand social behaviour which affects their ability to interact with children and adults Think and behave flexibly ? which may be shown in restricted, obsessional or repetitive activities. Some children with an ASD have a different perception of sounds, sights, smell, touch and taste, which affects their response to these sensations. They may also have unusual sleep and behaviour patterns and behavioural problems. Children of all levels of ability can have an ASD. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of children and young people identified with autistic spectrum disorders.

The core areas affected in ASDsThere are several core areas affected in ASDs:Non-verbal and verbal communication-Children and young people with an ASD have difficulty in understanding the communication and language of others and also in developing effective communication themselves. Many are delayed in learning to speak and some do not develop speech. Many children with speech have difficulties in using this to communicate effectively. It is likely that they will need to be taught the purpose of communication, a means to communicate (using pictures, photos, gestures, spoken or written words) and how to communicate.Social understanding and social behaviour-A key characteristic of those with an ASD is their difficulty in understanding the social behaviour of others and in behaving in socially appropriate ways. Other children develop this understanding without being explicitly taught and do so fairly easily. Children with ASDs are very literal thinkers and interpreters of language, failing to understand its social context. For the child with an ASD, other people's opinions may have little or no influence on their behaviour and the child may say and do exactly as they want. Children with an ASD often find it hard to play and communicate effectively with other children who may be confused by their behaviour and may avoid or tease them. Adults who do not know the child or know about autism, may misunderstand the child's behaviour and view it as naughty, difficult or lazy, when, in fact, the child did not understand the situation or task or did not read the adult's intentions or mood correctly.Thinking and behaving flexibly according to the situation ? Children with an ASD often do not play with toys in a conventional way, but instead spin or flap objects or watch moving parts of toys or machinery for long periods and with intense concentration. Their play tends to be isolated or alongside others rather than with others. Some children develop a special interest in a topic or activity which may be followed to extreme lengths. Any new skills tend to be tied to the situation which means that children with an ASD will need specific help to generalise skills. They will also have difficulty adapting to new situations and often prefer routine to change.

Sensory perception and responses ? From accounts of adults with an ASD, it is evident that some children are over-sensitive or 'under-sensitive' to certain sounds, sights and textures. This has implications for the child's home and school environment and may explain their response to changing clothes or food and their response to noise. In addition, the child may not make appropriate eye contact, looking too briefly or staring at others. In the past, there has been a focus on teaching the child to look when communicating but it may be that some children are unable to talk and look at the person at the same time.

DYSPRAXIA

People who have dyspraxia often find the routine tasks of daily life such as driving, household chores, cooking and grooming difficult. They can also find coping at work is hard. People with dyspraxia usually have a combination of problems, including:

Gross motor co-ordination skills (large movements): Poor balance. Difficulty in riding a bicycle, going up and down hills Poor posture and fatigue. Difficulty in standing for a long time as a result of weak muscle tone. Floppy, unstable round the joints. Some people with dyspraxia may have flat feet Poor integration of the two sides of the body. Difficulty with some sports involving jumping and cycling Poor hand-eye co-ordination. Difficulty with team sports especially those which involve catching a ball and batting. Difficulties with driving a car Lack of rhythm when dancing, doing aerobics Clumsy gait and movement. Difficulty changing direction, stopping and starting actions Exaggerated 'accessory movements' such as flapping arms when running Tendency to fall, trip, bump into things and people.

Fine motor co-ordination skills (small movements):Lack of manual dexterity. Poor at two-handed tasks, causing problems with using cutlery, cleaning, cooking, ironing, craft work, playing musical instruments Poor manipulative skills. Difficulty with typing, handwriting and drawing. May have a poor pen grip, press too hard when writing and have difficulty when writing along a line Inadequate grasp. Difficulty using tools and domestic implements, locks and keys Difficulty with dressing and grooming activities, such as putting on makeup, shaving, doing hair, fastening clothes and tying shoelaces

Poorly established hand dominance:May use either hand for different tasks at different times

Speech and language:May talk continuously and repeat themselves. Some people with dyspraxia have difficulty with organising the content and sequence of their language May have unclear speech and be unable to pronounce some words Speech may have uncontrolled pitch, volume and rate

Eye movements:Tracking. Difficulty in following a moving object smoothly with eyes without moving head excessively. Tendency to lose the place while reading Poor relocating. Cannot look quickly and effectively from one object to another (for example, looking from a TV to a magazine)

Perception (interpretation of the different senses): Poor visual perception Over-sensitive to light Difficulty in distinguishing sounds from background noise. Tendency to be over-sensitive to noise Over- or under-sensitive to touch. Can result in dislike of being touched and/or aversion to over-loose or tight clothing - tactile defensiveness Over- or under-sensitive to smell and taste, temperature and pain Lack of awareness of body position in space and spatial relationships. Can result in bumping into and tripping over things and people, dropping and spilling things Little sense of time, speed, distance or weight. Leading to difficulties driving, cooking Inadequate sense of direction. Difficulty distinguishing right from left means map reading skills are poor

Learning, thought and memory: Difficulty in planning and organising thought Poor memory, especially short-term memory. May forget and lose things Unfocused and erratic. Can be messy and cluttered Poor sequencing causes problems with maths, reading and spelling and writing reports at work Accuracy problems. Difficulty with copying sounds, writing, movements, proofreading Difficulty in following instructions, especially more than one at a time Difficulty with concentration. May be easily distracted May do only one thing at a time properly, though may try to do many things at once Slow to finish a task. May daydream and wander about aimlessly

Emotion and behaviour: Difficulty in listening to people, especially in large groups. Can be tactless, interrupt frequently. Problems with team work Difficulty in picking up non-verbal signals or in judging tone or pitch of voice in themselves and or others. Tendency to take things literally. May listen but not understand Slow to adapt to new or unpredictable situations. Sometimes avoids them altogether Impulsive. Tendency to be easily frustrated, wanting immediate gratification Tendency to be erratic and have 'good and bad days' Tendency to opt out of things that are too difficult

Emotions as a result of difficulties experienced:Tend to get stressed, depressed and anxious easily May have difficulty sleeping Prone to low self-esteem, emotional outbursts, phobias, fears, obsessions, compulsions and addictive behaviour

Many of these characteristics are not unique to people with dyspraxia and not even the most severe case will have all the above characteristics. But adults with dyspraxia will tend to have more than their fair share of co-ordination and perceptual difficulties

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Hey

2009-04-17T14:01:09+02:00

Hey guys

Sorry haven't been writing much. A lot has happened in the past month.

1. Me and Ritchie aren't together anymore decided to be friends.
2. Been busy looking for work - still no such luck.
3. Last 3 days been hanging out at my sister's while the house was being re-wired
4. My younger brother was sent to jail two weeks ago.
5. I have made up with Vicky yesterday on msn
6. Start a radio course on tuesday - pretty cool huh? Lol

Anyway I'll keep you up-to-date with what's going on and also sometime soon I will have a story on here so keep an eye out for it.

Peace Out!

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At the swimming pool

2009-03-04T09:52:07+01:00

It was nearly 7pm tuesday evening, when Ritchie picked me up ready to go swimming at the gym with one of his brothers as well. We got to the gym near mine and we entered the gym and got in for free because his sister works there . After we got changed into our swimming gear we hit the showers before hitting the pool. I watched Ritchie and his brother mess around for a little while until they stopped and I quickly got in 2 mess around with Ritchie before we hit the steam room for a little while. Don't know how long we were in there for before we got out and went straight to the hot-tub for a while.

After we finished in the hot-tub, we dried off and got changed. Ritchie's brother Martin was going to get a lift home with their sister so it was just me and Ritchie so we said bye to Martin and left so I could get home even though it nearly 9pm didn't take us long to get back to mine so we kissed goodbye and thanked him for a wonderful time and that i love him before getting out of the car and waving goodbye . Once I got into the house I was bored very quickly and didn't know why so I got upstairs stripped down in my boxers and got into bed and texted Ritchie when he got in. After a sort while he called me and we talked til we both decided to say goodnight and go to sleep.

I couldn't sleep because I was still bored so I just laid there and thought about how well our relationship is going before I finally fell asleep.

Peace Out

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Birthday Dinner

2009-03-03T10:27:16+01:00

On Monday evening, Ritchie picked me up to go to a mate's 20th birthday dinner. We went to the Farmhouse near Kesgrave. When we got there Ritchie texted a mate to see if she was here already but got no answer back yet. Anyway afte a few minutes, connie saw us and came over and said she was the first one there out of the group to turn up. So all three of us went in and ordered drinks while waiting for everyone else to show up, which wasn't long.

We all got a table and looked at the menu after we sat down, we all got our money out to pay for what we decided to order. It took a while for our food came out but everyone got theirs in the end. After we finished eating, we ordered our desserts and while we were waiting for that to come out we sang happy birthday. Our desserts had come out and we had it but were laughing and joking around at the same time. Before we knew it the time had come for all of us to leave so we all said our goodbyes and left. It didn't take Ritchie long to get me home so I kissed him goodbye but knew I was still seeing him the next day .

Peace Out

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Weekend In Woodbridge

2009-03-02T10:02:24+01:00

Saturday night was brilliant! After Ritchie picked me up from mine at 1pm we went straight back to Woodbridge to meet some of his mates before we went to his to get changed and go for that meal where I would meet a few more of them We stayed there for a few hours and talked & joked about a few things, but me & Ritchie decided it was time to leave so that we could get ready for the meal, so we said our goodbyes and we would see them later .

We drove to his and got changed. Ritchie said we would be walking down to the restaurant which we did after we went to the atm machine. Once we got to the restaurant we ordered a drink and sat down while waiting for the others to turn up before we could order our food. It wasn't long before everybody else showed up, and Ritchie introduced me to all of them, they are a great bunch of people . We all chose our food & Dean ordered what we all wanted. It was about 10 minutes before our food came. We all ate our food (which was delicious lol). We all chipped in to pay for the food before we left for the football ground for the karaoke night.

We got to the football ground & I met quite a few more people that night plus loads of pictures were taken that night. After a while me, Ritchie and Steve got upto sing and the song we sung was Shine by Take That. Lucky enough we only got to sing just that one song . I had quite a few drinks that night & so did everyone else lol. After the bar was closed a load of us went back to Darren's & Halie's (the 1st two people I met earlier that day) and Darren opened two champagne bottles, so we drank it all. Around 2am me & Ritchie went next door to Kerry's where we were offered to sleep for the night. Well we both did a few things with each other before going to sleep .

We both woke up together around 8.30 & decided to leave before the kids woke up, so after we put everything back the way it was, Ritchie texted steve who was upstairs saying we were leaving because we felt a bit rough and that we might be at Darren's & Halie's next door later once we were changed and that.

We got back to Ritchie's and we did change and I met his other brother as well lol. After we changed Ritchie put the wii on so me, him & Martin could race each other at Mario Kart. After a few races, Ritchie got a text saying come round for a fry up. So we got our shoes on and drove to Darren's & Halie's for the fry up. It wasn't ready yet so we ended up watching a bit of TV and playing multiplayer on the Nintendo DS' that they had there until the fry up was ready which would be a while. Around 2pm the food was ready and I got to admit delicious lol. After we all had eaten we wnt back onto the DS' & did more talking and joking around.

A couple of hours later we had to go back to Ritchie's for dinner because it was ready, so we said our thank you's and goodbyes and left to get back home. Once we were there we sat down to eat & it was delicious . After dinner we tried to watch the unborn but it was a crap copy because there were people walking in it. So we watched another dvd we borrowed but it wasn't easy to watch because there were a few problems with it. So me & Ritchie went upstairs to watch St. Trinian's on proper dvd lol we didn't get to watch it all because 1 of his brothers came back home to get some sleep. That when we decided it was time for me to go . I said thank you to his mum for dinner and we left to get me home. Once we got to mine, we both said our goodbyes to each other and we would text each other when he got home safely, which we did til we both decided to go to sleep lol.

And that was my fun weekend lol

Peace Out

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Dinner With Boyfriend & his family

2009-02-27T01:35:23+01:00

Today had been great. Ritchie picked me up straight after work and drove us back to his to have dinner. Both his parents were there and so was his brother, but his brother had to go to work or somewhere can't remember. Ritchie went & got changed out of his work clothes into something sexier I went upstairs to his room with him & we layed on the bed cuddling & kissing while he was on the laptop. After a short while his sister had rang him saying she and her boyfriend were going to be late so we had to go and get the chinese instead.

We stopped off at the atm machine to draw some money out to buy the chinese with. Once we got to the chinese we ordered the food everyone wanted, while we were waiting we both looked at the newspaper together & were also holding hands after we were given our food we left the chinese & got straight back home. After the food was dished out we all sat down to eat but Ritchie's sister had put on the wii so we can play that quiz game & me & ritchie won a game & it was fun (better than being at mine lol.)

After we had finished dinner, Ritchie & I went back upstairs and we got back to kissing & we took it up a notch we were sucking each other off & then we agreed to wank each other off (while doing all of this we were saying I love you & other words ) After we finished Ritchie had to get me home and on the drive back we talked about a few things and decided to go out saturday to go to a karaoke night in his area so won't write a blog til I get back sunday lol Anyway once we got to mine, I felt like I didn't want to leave so we kept kissing til I had to go. We said our goodbyes and he drove back home while I got indoors.

After a good certain amount of time, I texted him to say thank you for a great time and he texted back saying he had a great time with me amongst other stuff, after a few more texts we said goodnight to each other before we went to sleep.

Peace Out

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My 1 True Love

2009-02-26T10:21:15+01:00

You are my life
You are my world
You make me happy even when you're not around
You are my heart that keeps me alive
You are the light that shines brightly when the darkness comes
We were meant to be together
It's our destiny to stay together forever
When we are together we are as one
Even when we are apart we are together
We always make each other happy even when we are down
My love for you will never fade and die away
You are the ying to my yang

I love you always and forever my one and only true love
I am the most luckiest and happiest guy in the world
Because I have you the most perfect guy in the universe
And I will never let you go
And I am yours forever

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Life 1

2009-02-24T14:18:31+01:00

What is up with people today?? I am getting stick from my supposedly "best friend" Vicky who gets her m8s from college involved & they r saying I take her for granted which I don't. I offer to pay to wherever we r going but then she says no & she would pay & I ask if she is sure & her answer is always yes so she cannot say I don't offer to pay. Anyway 1 of her college friends has tried to stop us arguing which may have worked and I was but i am calm & not angry anymore thanks to my bf . So I told her i'm not going to text her until we both have calmed down & that I am giving us a calling Off period which I hope it works, but she still texting though but as I have said I won't text her back.

Just to let you know I am going to Ritchie's for dinner thursday and can't wait

Peace Out

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Something Happened 1

2009-02-23T23:53:04+01:00

Hey all

I told you I would tell you when something interesting happened, well it has. My boyfriend had come round & my mum had borrowed my mobile to call my aunt, after about 10 minutes I was called down the stairs & by the look on my mum's face she was angry with me for some reason, but I quickly found out that she went through my messages & had found out that Ritchie is my boyfriend so she told me had to go so he did but I still got to say goodbye after I had shut the door I went into the living room & my mum started 2 have a sort of between having a go at me & just talking. Anyway, after a while of this "talking," she said she fine with me & Ritchie going out as long as my stepdad don't find out (he's 1 of those homophobic type of people). After the "talk" I went back upstairs to text Ritchie 2 say sorry that had happened but my mum is fine with us. He happy that we can still be together & so am I so now he not coming tomorrow but he is picking me up on thursday to go out for a little while & we are also meeting saturday & I'm going karaokeing with him n his m8s in the evening.

Peace Out

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Relationship & Life views

2009-02-23T14:37:26+01:00

Hey guys & gals

First of all I would like to say thank you for reading my blog even though I just started

Today all I could think about was Ritchie & how much I miss him even though he just a text & call away. He still coming round tomorrow evening .

I haven't had a productive day just lying here n thinking n texting my boyfriend.

Anyway let's hear your views on relationships, what's good & what's bad about them

Will blog later if anything interesting happens

Peace Out

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The Home Date

2009-02-22T22:57:45+01:00

Today was another perfect day with my PERFECT partner Ritchie who had come round to spend the day with me once he got here, we were alone 2gether (except my bro was here asleep lol) & i showed him around before heading to my bedroom so once we were in my bedroom we started to kiss (as in previous My 1st Date still get turned on) then we decided to move to my bed b4 putting on the 1st film Saw V, while we cuddled upto each other as the film began but I don't remember much of the film coz we were too busy making out while the film was still going me & my bf were getting real horny & muttered every few minutes I Love You (& I really mean it). Before we knew it the film had finished & we kissed a few more times b4 putting the 2nd film on which was Grease. And like the 1st film we got real passionate & we both were hard & really horny, so Ritchie undid his belt & I unzipped his jeans & took out his cock & gave him a blowjob & I could tell he liked it! Anyway, after I had stopped for little while Ritchie decided 2 give me the same treatment and this continued for a while both of us sucking each other off & time had flown by to when Ritchie had 2 leave & I walked him to my front door & my mum was back & I introduced my BF to her before he left, but I kissed him goodbye at my front door & said I'll text him l8r, which I did & we made plans for him to come back to mine on tuesday evening after he had his dinner when he got home from work & I can't wait .

Keep you posted

Peace Out

p.s. Ritchie I LOVE YOU FOREVER

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My 1st date

2009-02-22T03:34:32+01:00

What a perfect evening! When I first set my eyes upon my date at 4pm I had instantly thought we r meant to be 2gether he is coming round tomorrow n i am sooo excited his name is richard but he likes to be called ritchie but i prefer my bf coz that's what i think already thanx 2 a friend of ours we both got 2gether & U KNOW WHO U R THANK YOU SO MUCH!

To start of with we both went to the Italian restaurant called Ask & we got a table for two & we ordered 2 cokes n our starters b4 we went onto our main meal between our main meal & starter course we were holding hands & we had kissed. After our main meal we had shared a dessert 2gether (& we enjoyed it hehe). After we had paid for the meal, we decided 2 go to the bar in the cinema to talk a bit more. While we were talking, we both had kissed a few more times (& he is SUCH a good kisser that I was turned on everytime!), after we finished our drinks I walked him back to his car & kissed a few more times before he drove off 2 get changed at home & come back to go clubbing. After I called home to say I had decided to go out clubbing with m8s, I called ritchie 2 turn around & come back to get me so I can stay with him a lot longer. After we got back to his, I met his mum & dad (I know all on the 1st date! ) and got ready b4 going down to his local pub. Once we got there he had ordered us a drink, n i couldn't stop smiling n thinking my luck of finding a guy like him! Anyway, after a couple of drinks we got into a taxi to take us to my local town for clubbing, but after a few places didn't except my i.d we went bk to da pub where we were b4 n had a drink & a shot 2gether n walked down to another place after it was last orders 2 get a bit more drunk with a few people who decided 2 join us & when we got there it was half hour b4 last orders, so we had a few more drinks & talked a bit more & had a laugh with the other people , & wouldn't you know it, it was closing time so we all left & waited for lifts. Mine had come first so I said my goodbyes & told Ritchie that I would text him when get home, which I did & he is coming to mine tomorrow

Will let you know how it goes & I may have a pic or two to show you so keep an eye out lol

Peace Out

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Hey

2009-02-21T11:01:59+01:00

Hey people

first time blogger

Where to start... I'm 21 years old, bi & single but I do have a date today with the most wonderful & gawjus guy will keep you posted on this as it develops

I like to go out & have fun with m8s. I like to play pool n darts n when there's a karaoke down my local pub I'm always up even without a drink in my hand n I also like to write poetry, i will add my poems when I can.

Time 2 go people will add more pix n vids n keep you updated as much as possible

peace out

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