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Grandparents of Grandchildren with Autism
I'd love to see grandparents, of grandchildren with Autism, communicating through Grandparents.com. It would give us the opportunity and a place to encourage each other, exchange ideas that work and don't and bring Autism awareness to grandparents of traditional grandchildren and the grandchildren themselves. With one in every 150 children and 1 in every 97 boys deing diagnosed with autism, there are thousands of grandparents who have grandchildren with Autism! Let's reach out to each other and the world . . . to help where and when we can.
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Poshnana
10/09/08 @ 11:44 PM
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Good evening. I just joined here because my 6yr old grandson who has PDD/nos just came to me and told me to go to grandparteners.com and so I did.He is very smart and loving young boy. He lives about an hr. away from me. But my daughter and I are always getting together on most weekends. Either they come to my house or like this weekend I'm at theirs. My husband and I are members of our local chapter. We go once a month to meetings to see and talk to other families. We do more for him than his own Dad.He just yells at him when he is having a meltdown.
Anyway, when we get together we make sure that he is always with one of us doing stuff. It gets a lot of attention
He is in 1st grade but doing 3rd grade work. There are 8 other kids in his class, all who are on the spectum. He also just started with basketball. He loves to give hugs and kisses.
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missmsdancearama
11/15/08 @ 10:31 PM
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Hi, This is my first posting ever on a website. We have a grandson who is 5 with autism. We have done what we can to help by financing an at home behavioral therapist. We live in the Midwest and he and our son and his wife and their 3 yr old daughter live in Oregon. He is a very sweet and bright child and is doing quite well with the extra help. These are our only grandchildren right now and we miss them terribly.
we plan on moving closer to them when we retire. I just think by providing another place for him where he can just relax and hang out will also help. It gets pretty hectic at their house but I am proud of his parents for how they keep him busy and around people so he can be socially integrated. it would be good to hear from others that might have some ideas how to handle speech communications and melt downs for when we are spending more time with him.
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BeckyW
02/19/09 @ 09:02 PM
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Dear missmsdancearama and BeckyW: I applaud both of you ladies. You show such love for your grandchildren and they are so lucky to have such wonderful and loving gram's like you all. May God give you all more strength to continue such role in your grandkids lives.Bye,Grammah
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GRAMMAH
02/28/09 @ 12:01 PM
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Listen,ladies, I came across a new website for you all. It's this website:http://connect.ivillage.com/groups/autism-everyday
I hope this helps.Linda
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GRAMMAH
03/01/09 @ 09:00 PM
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Autism is indeed something that is affecting more and more families. My cousin has a son with Autism and I'll be sure to let my Aunt and Uncle (the grandparents) know that you've got this discussion going. It's heartbreaking for all of us, but I know that his grandparents have made a huge difference. They are such a support to my cousin's son and to my cousin and his wife who have 3 other children now. They have involved him in so many different therapeutic approaches, he has loved some of them and hated others. The hippotherapy was a big hit (with horses). I am trained as a music therapist, and I worked with many children with Autism years ago. They respond so well to music therapy and I used to be so happy when I got eye contact! I'll be blogging now and then on Autism and other special needs of grandchildren, you can see my blog here on the site. Can't wait for you to start up your own grandparents Group for Grandparents of Grandchildren with Autism here on our site!
Take care, AmyG
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AmyG
03/02/09 @ 03:38 AM
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My daughet, now 24, has Smith Magenis Syndrome which carries some of the same traits as autism. My mother, now 90, has been an incredible presence in Ariel's life. At any rate, we have been through it all, from educational IEP's to hospitals. I am happy to answer questions you might have about emotional support, practical matters or anything else that might come up.
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BabyWearingBubbie
03/02/09 @ 11:50 PM
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Thought the posters here, and others with autistic kids in the family, would like to know that there is now a group (in our new Groups section) called Grandma's Autistic Angels. Just key it into the Search box (very top,right of this page) and you'll find it. There's also a more general special needs group called Kyle Sports for Special Needs Program, if you're interested.
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07/03/09 @ 05:29 AM
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