I am parent of 8 kids and 3 of my kids are on the autism spectrum. My youngest is two is the most severe and he is nonverbal (he has not babbled like mamama or dadadad) but uses sign-ASL. He has about 15-30 sounds.
I am trying to get him into a deaf school (toddler/preschool) in Berkeley, CA that teaches SEE but accepts everyone. I wanted him to go to the School of Deaf in Fremont but they only accept deaf children. I want him to learn ASL not SEE.
It has been really hard to get his ABA therapists to sign more for him as well as his Speech Therapists. No one is supportive of using signing with a hearing autistic it seems and/or they are resistant to learning or claim they don;t have the time. I have hired a wonderful deaf man to come to our house once a week to teach our family signs so we can learn to communicate with my son more. He has been very helpful.
I spoke to the deaf school in Berkeley and they say it is really hard to find any speech therapist and ABA therapist who fluent in ASL. WOW is all I can say.
I was really mad when the speech therapist said that I would limit his abilities if I immerse him in the deaf culture. I see the deaf as extremely functional and successful in this world. I want my son to have some kind of community even if he may never speak a word.
I need to know.... Is the deaf community accepting of hearing autistics who sign? Do any of you communicate with autistics who are not deaf? How would you feel about autistic hearing people using your language? Are you ok with that? Would my son be accepted into your community when he is older?
Right now Dad is suddenly more interested in learning signs when my son is starting to use them to communicate with him. My older kids are a bit reticent because they are so shy and get embarrassed easily. I am trying to learn as many signs as possible but what makes it hard is learning the grammar of ASL.
All I want is for my son to be able to communicate and have friends one day.
It would be great to find an ABA therapist who is fluent in ASL.
I am trying to get him into a deaf school (toddler/preschool) in Berkeley, CA that teaches SEE but accepts everyone. I wanted him to go to the School of Deaf in Fremont but they only accept deaf children. I want him to learn ASL not SEE.
It has been really hard to get his ABA therapists to sign more for him as well as his Speech Therapists. No one is supportive of using signing with a hearing autistic it seems and/or they are resistant to learning or claim they don;t have the time. I have hired a wonderful deaf man to come to our house once a week to teach our family signs so we can learn to communicate with my son more. He has been very helpful.
I spoke to the deaf school in Berkeley and they say it is really hard to find any speech therapist and ABA therapist who fluent in ASL. WOW is all I can say.
I was really mad when the speech therapist said that I would limit his abilities if I immerse him in the deaf culture. I see the deaf as extremely functional and successful in this world. I want my son to have some kind of community even if he may never speak a word.
I need to know.... Is the deaf community accepting of hearing autistics who sign? Do any of you communicate with autistics who are not deaf? How would you feel about autistic hearing people using your language? Are you ok with that? Would my son be accepted into your community when he is older?
Right now Dad is suddenly more interested in learning signs when my son is starting to use them to communicate with him. My older kids are a bit reticent because they are so shy and get embarrassed easily. I am trying to learn as many signs as possible but what makes it hard is learning the grammar of ASL.
All I want is for my son to be able to communicate and have friends one day.
It would be great to find an ABA therapist who is fluent in ASL.
