Comments on: Line up your ducks Old MacDonald http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/ Coffee breaks in Cyberspace For when you want something short and sweet, but light on saccharin [translation = Aspartame] Sat, 19 May 2012 14:56:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sugarsmacks http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 sugarsmacks Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:56:10 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3292 I can make really good rooster sounds. My parents had a chicken farm for a few years when I was 12. All the roosters were very confrontational, but I think they just liked to ham it up a little. So I let them chase me around in order to let them feel all defiant, the way they like to feel. I had a good laugh... I don't have autism or any children at all. I just thught I'd comment on this great li'l blog and tell you about my rooster connection. Thanks for the post maddy! I can make really good rooster sounds. My parents had a chicken farm for a few years when I was 12. All the roosters were very confrontational, but I think they just liked to ham it up a little. So I let them chase me around in order to let them feel all defiant, the way they like to feel. I had a good laugh…

I don’t have autism or any children at all. I just thught I’d comment on this great li’l blog and tell you about my rooster connection.

Thanks for the post maddy!

]]> By: chelle http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3270 chelle Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:19:09 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3270 I think all parents can be guilty of this. I know I am on a lesser scale. I have to refocus and make sure my preschooler is using her pleases and thank yous and not just grunting for what she needs or wants. I think all parents can be guilty of this. I know I am on a lesser scale. I have to refocus and make sure my preschooler is using her pleases and thank yous and not just grunting for what she needs or wants.

]]> By: Angela http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3268 Angela Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:38:12 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3268 When I lived in Germany with my parents and my sister we would hear bomb noises going off all the time and it would rattle the window. After a while I quit noticeing it. My grandma came to visit and mentioned the sound and I wondered what sound until she told me. Sometimes it is so much easier to just give my son what he wants before he says it because it takes twice as long. When I lived in Germany with my parents and my sister we would hear bomb noises going off all the time and it would rattle the window. After a while I quit noticeing it. My grandma came to visit and mentioned the sound and I wondered what sound until she told me.

Sometimes it is so much easier to just give my son what he wants before he says it because it takes twice as long.

]]> By: Sara http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3267 Sara Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:23:00 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3267 Thank you so very much for your comment. Vocalizations is such a tough spot. The little guy I work with does have words, but they are few and far between and hard to understand when he does use words. He has a device, but rarly uses it. Yes communication is most certainly a priority of mine. Its nice to see someone working through the same things. I shall be adding you to my blogroll if thats ok :D Thank you so very much for your comment. Vocalizations is such a tough spot. The little guy I work with does have words, but they are few and far between and hard to understand when he does use words. He has a device, but rarly uses it. Yes communication is most certainly a priority of mine. Its nice to see someone working through the same things. I shall be adding you to my blogroll if thats ok :D

]]> By: Niksmom http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3266 Niksmom Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:36:05 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3266 I think I will view this as a cuationary tale for our household! Nik is on teh cusp of those non-word sounds, grunts, squeaks, squeals, etc. It is SO hard not to anticpate and filter. In our efforts to help smooth the way for our immensely challenged child, are we in fact setting up greater barriers for the longer haul? Thanks for this food for thought, Maddy. I think I will view this as a cuationary tale for our household! Nik is on teh cusp of those non-word sounds, grunts, squeaks, squeals, etc. It is SO hard not to anticpate and filter. In our efforts to help smooth the way for our immensely challenged child, are we in fact setting up greater barriers for the longer haul? Thanks for this food for thought, Maddy.

]]> By: Cottontales http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 Cottontales Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:21:32 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3265 Hey, I am good at this one, I can wait forever as my son dances through his noises and signs. What I am not so good at, is drowning out the sqwaks, shreaks, and semi musical cords screamed at me through out the day. Not quite wallpaper for me, but hopefully one day I will learn how to tune it out:) Hey, I am good at this one, I can wait forever as my son dances through his noises and signs. What I am not so good at, is drowning out the sqwaks, shreaks, and semi musical cords screamed at me through out the day. Not quite wallpaper for me, but hopefully one day I will learn how to tune it out:)

]]> By: Tera http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3263 Tera Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:59:13 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3263 Kaeden pretty much does it all on his own rather than asking. We preach that he must ask when he wants something, but 90% of the time I hear him busy getting his own drink or food. And teh little noises, yes, we have those as well. I haven't quite gotten to the place where they are white noise...some days I can't stand it, with all that clicking and the hitting things on other things to create a thump, thump, thump...and other days, I can just take it all in stride. Kaeden pretty much does it all on his own rather than asking. We preach that he must ask when he wants something, but 90% of the time I hear him busy getting his own drink or food. And teh little noises, yes, we have those as well. I haven’t quite gotten to the place where they are white noise…some days I can’t stand it, with all that clicking and the hitting things on other things to create a thump, thump, thump…and other days, I can just take it all in stride.

]]> By: Holly http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3262 Holly Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:06:55 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3262 Everyone is trained by their kids in one way or another, autistic or not. Everyone is trained by their kids in one way or another, autistic or not.

]]> By: Milehimama http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3261 Milehimama Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:00:36 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3261 It is interesting to get notes from the school and see their perspective. Last week, I got a bus referral for my son. It reported that "he would not obey and his mother had to remove him from the bus and he fought her". Now, I was there, but I wouldn't say he was fighting me! He was very resistant to being led off the bus, because one of the kids had spit gum in the aisle and he didn't want to step over it. I'm just so used to compensating that I forget it's "atypical" and unusual. Then again, even my typical kids have to be trained to actually SAY please and thank you, not just smile and look cute! It is interesting to get notes from the school and see their perspective. Last week, I got a bus referral for my son. It reported that “he would not obey and his mother had to remove him from the bus and he fought her”.

Now, I was there, but I wouldn’t say he was fighting me! He was very resistant to being led off the bus, because one of the kids had spit gum in the aisle and he didn’t want to step over it.

I’m just so used to compensating that I forget it’s “atypical” and unusual. Then again, even my typical kids have to be trained to actually SAY please and thank you, not just smile and look cute!

]]> By: Melissa http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-3260 Melissa Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:50:11 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/2007/10/line-up-your-ducks-old-macdonald/#comment-3260 We are in the same boat right now. We have gotten so used to just doing what we know he wants, even though he hasn't attempted to say or sign anything. It's hard to train yourself to do such things! It would be so much easier if the kids would just do it :) We are in the same boat right now. We have gotten so used to just doing what we know he wants, even though he hasn’t attempted to say or sign anything. It’s hard to train yourself to do such things! It would be so much easier if the kids would just do it :)

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