My 3 year old sister got diagnosed with autism this week. What should as a brother? I really think this is the best place to ask.
Sister got diagnosed with autism
My 3 year old sister got diagnosed with autism this week. What should as a brother? I really think this is the best place to ask.
Uh just support her and help her where you can dumb fuck?
Where should i start
Hmm, well it probably depends on what level of autistic she is, which is probably a bit early to tell at this stage. If she is high functioning, well then you probably won’t have as much to help with, just some subtle stuff like socializing, social cues, maintaining eye contact and stuff like that. If she is low functioning, you may wanna help by teaching her how to talk, potty training, and taking care of herself liek basic hygiene stuff, cooking, getting dressed etc.
Good luck man, it can be a challenging road but your sister and family will be forever grateful for your help
There are probably in depth books about that type of stuff
All autistic people need is food, water, shelter, good clothing not cheap Walmart shit that all parents buy their autistic kids for some reason and finally school (NOT HOMESCHOOL). As well as this try to teach them basic reasoning giving them the spark to develop it into more complex reasoning themself. That's literally all there is to raising an autistic child but this is advanced rocket science to parents for some reason even when the parents have degrees they still somehow find this harder when it's not. I'm speaking from experience.
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Just get out of her way while she spergs about lego or whatever girls like.
Autism is a self-solving condition, just don't interfere.
literally do nothing.
She is high on the spectrum. Bangs her head, is agressive and hurts others, screaming to no end. I get that i should do nothing, but what i meant was, which environments are best for her and all that. I know that ignorance can fuck with an autistic persons future without her even being able to do anything. Example: my mom already wants to put her on medication, but i'm not sure if that's the best decision, grogging her out on an early age....
Have you guys been taking her to therapists? You should go to a doctors appointment with her and talk about occupational therapy and what they would recommend you do. Medication at this age seems negligent. Normally they have kids like that try and do all sorts of different therapies
>Have you guys been taking her to therapists?
No. The bad thing is that i live separated from them. The only thing i can help with is getting my drivers license and pick her up from school, which i'm already working on. Apparently that school has a good strucuture to accomodate special kids, but it's stressing the baby out.
Damn tell your mom, really drive it home
To her she needs to take her to specialists and formulate a game plan on how to raise her with her special needs. Early intervention can help in alot of cases
My mom's been depressed because of her so she's very receptive to any help, i will do that.
You are evil
>my mom already wants to put her on medication, but i'm not sure if that's the best decision, grogging her out on an early age....
might as well
Autism is incurable. My brother was taken away after he lit a couple fires and almost burned the house down.
take pics and sell them on the internet
Learn about the signs of sensory overload and if possible get her a little play tent with a little play stereo and some pillows and maybe fidget toys, that she can use when she's overloaded or just wants a break. It's also likely she will value routine and predictability a lot, so she will appreciate it if you tell her what's going to happen, i.e. You're going to stay at my place for an hour and you can play whatever you want, but once the timer goes off your mom will be here to take you home to eat spaghetti.
She's also likely to remember every promise you made and every word you said very well, so be mindful.
And remember autism is a spectrum and she's only three years old yet, her development may surprise you and her needs for assistance may change in whatever way.
Thanks man. Do you yourself have an autistic simbling or something?
I am a female diagnosed with autism, but they diagnosed me in my late twenties. I was just imagining what kind of stuff would've been helpful for my younger self. I also study pedagogical sciences, so it's both lived experience and some knowledge about children's development that I based my answer on. I didn't say it in my original post, but you're really sweet for being so considerate towards your sister and wanting to learn about her condition.
Well, i came here because i know the type of people who post here and your post was exactly what i was looking for, and learning about others experience in this matter is very helpful. And yeah, i imagined that you were female by the way you type kek.
>I didn't say it in my original post, but you're really sweet for being so considerate towards your sister and wanting to learn about her condition.
Thanks, you too sweetheart.
>And yeah, i imagined that you were female by the way you type kek.
No point in going out of my way to hide it when my gender is relevant for once.
>diagnosed me in my late twenties.
you aren't autistic. you are just a dimwit.
>My 3 year old sister got diagnosed with autism this week. What should as a brother?
Re-evaluate her when she is 6. Most autism diagnoses at that age are unstable and many are simply false. Her issues might be temporary after all.
The meds that your mother probably wants to give her are most likely anti-psychotics. These can and often do cause epileptic seizures and even brain damage over time. Pumping up your sister with these drugs is most certainly going to harm her.
>so it's both lived experience and some knowledge about children's development that I based my answer on.
You're not autistic and it doesn't in any meaningful way relate to what OP or his sister is experiencing.
>My 3 year old sister got diagnosed with autism this week.
so when kids are diagnosed that young that probably means she is a severe case. Can she speak in complete sentences or does she simply repeat what people say?
BAsically what you're in for is a person that is like an animal. my brother is autistic
She speaks whatever shit she finds interesting, and they are the most random shit ever. She is very warm and knows how to manipulate us. Also, she laughs when there are violent scenes passing on tv.
You go girl
>Also, she laughs when there are violent scenes passing on tv.
based. Make sure her internet access is restricted.
Hmm.
Learn more about autism, especially her specific type. Get her the help she needs and be a rock for her when things go bad.
Spend time with her as a friend, especially if she has any hobbies she is into.
if she is truely autistic, the don't waste time with her, just forget about her there is no way she can be cured. She will never get better, my half brother is over 30 and still the same brain dead animal he's always been.
3 year olds, which haven't fully matured socially yet.
Social maturation, which happens in their teens.
Anachronism.
Psychology says 3 year olds are still at the stage of obedience to parents and trying to assimilate to the familiar group and gain power within it.
This is all very suspect, OP, I'd do some investigating if I were you.
What are you even trying to say?
Autism is social deficiency, yes?
>What should as a brother?
Support her of course but take it from me, don't let your parents pawn off THEIR autistic child onto YOU
You should love family of course, but they're not your responsibility and will ultimately interfere with your life in terms of your girlfriend/wife and once you have kids especially.
autism usually appears at 2 or 3
>autism usually appears at 2 or 3
I dispute that.
Autism does not affect females, she will just use the diagnose as a topic for her tiktok. As a brother all you need to do is not let her get fat, that's it. If she is a slim girl she will have tons of boyfriends, as many husbands as she wants, kids, jobs, education... All because she is a woman and woman do not need any skills in our current society.
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Autism does affect females, although it is about 4 times less common, it’s still a very real phenomenon that does and continues to effect girls born with it.
We don’t know exactly what causes autism so it’s hard to say why this is the case, but my uneducated guess would be that it has to do with recessive sex-linked genes somehow, idk.
>sister got diagnosed with autism this week
You don't need to worry, she'll be fine.
I'm sure someday they'll find a cure. I'm so sorry OP.
autism or any other DSM-V or ICD-10 diagnoses(not that the previous version where any different)are not real diseases. All these diagnoses are nothing more than a subsection of symptoms of behavior that are given a name. When a psychiatrist is diagnosing somebody with so called ''disorders'' all they are doing is checking of a list of behaviors. This also makes the whole thing completely subjective and based on opinion in that regard but even if everybody was judged by the same standard than it still doesnt say anything. At most its an unreliable rough form of behavioral classification. I always cringe when people talk about being mis-diagnosed because you cant be diagnosed correctly to begin with. Its not like a real disease like cancer where the source of the symptoms is the cancer itself in these fake mental health disorders the symptoms are the disease. When somebody that is depressed is saying ''i dont have energy because of my depression'' for example he is really is just saying ''i dont have energy because i dont have energy'' since deppression is nothing more than a label for behavior. Im not implying with this btw that psychological problems do not exist they absolutely do and there is great variation in human minds and behavior relatively and some people are indeed very different and insane. However looking up some disorder symptoms and thinking ''yeah that fits'' really doesnt mean anything since these disorders dont mean anything. They have also written down the disorder symptoms in such a way that almost anybody that complains to a psychologist or psychiatrist will get diagnosed especially in the latest dsm edition its the medicalization of normal human behavior and emotion. The real reason our hijacked medical system is like this has more something to do with selling drugs will duming down and poisoning the population for controll purposes and even more monetary gain.
You should shower her with love you idiot
is she diaper-autistic or school-shooter-autistic?
Just keep her away from social media like discord and the like when she's older. You wouldn't want a tranny or a furry on your hands would ya?
>is she diaper-autistic or school-shooter-autistic
i'm not sure. My mom joked around sometimes i would end up being a school-shooter.
>Just keep her away from social media like discord and the like when she's older. You wouldn't want a tranny or a furry on your hands would ya?
This.
>You should shower her with love you idiot
I do that, but usually the one who showers others with affection is the kid, and she also hurts other a lot and i'm starting to think she actually enjoys it.
If she was non verbal that would make sex much easier.
is autism even real
feels like everyone under the age of 35 has it, and adhd, and schizophrenia
No. It isn't. Doctors just don't want to tell parents they have a retarded kid.