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  1. Children with autism

    in Camping with DisAbilities

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    Dave, I've heard of the senory processing disorder before.  From what I've heard some parents suspect autism at first until they receive the proper testing.  What kinds of issues does this disorder cause..if you don't mind my asking?

    For the most part, her symptoms now days are mostly auditory.  Loud noises and other sounds really get to her.  She's extremely sensitive.  There are other symptoms which may or may not be related...like extreme irritability!  :popcorn:  Of course, that could just be her personality.  :))

    When she was younger, say up through age 5, she has some pretty serious issues with sensitivity to touch.  Strange things like cotton towels would freak her out.  She DID NOT like being held, even as a baby.  She prefered to be fed strapped into a bouncer than held.  We got her both occupational and speach therapy starting at age 2, and it really helped over time.  Her current speach therapist really believes all of this is tied together, and possibly related to her birth which was very difficult.  We nearly lost her through lack of oxygen from the cord not only having a knot in it, but being around her neck.  She was in the NICU for a week.  But, like all parents with these issues, you never really know.  You just deal with things as best you can.

    Dave,  Gabriella was the same way. Vacum cleaning sends her to the moon! She would not wear clothes for a year (not a fun year BTW) and the part of the sock by the toe where it stiches together forgetabout it! She spent a year pulling out her hair to the point she had bald spots. But, she loves deep tissue massage. She has learned to deal with it. For all that she has been through she was given the talent to art that is unreal! It is so reassuring to hear of other parents dealing with the same stuff we do. Its life and it could be worse,but I stand by the motto that wine makes me a better parent.

  5. Our first Christmas at the Fort!

    in Trip Reports

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    2 cups sugar, 1 stick butter, 1/2 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 tsp. vanilla & 3 cups oats (minute not old fashioned)

    mix sugar, cocoa, butter and milk.  Bring to a boil and cook 2 mins. stir constantly.  remove from heat add peanut butter & vanilla.  stir until pb is melted then add oats.  drop by teaspoons on wax paper and cool. 

    i sometimes cut the oats back if i need to, no need for dry cookies.  occasionally i make them with whipping cream instead of milk. extra creamy.

    Mmmmmm!!!  Nummy!!! Thanks!

    I second that Nummy! I really like the whipping cream part.

  6. 3000 Loop

    in Fort Wilderness Loops Information

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    At Christmas we checked in before my parents. My Mom called me and asked where we were and I told her the 3000 loop. My Mom told the front desk that is where she wanted to be because it was a premium super loop. The front desk said she would check on it came back and said that there was no availability in 3000 but that she had not heard of a super loop before.

  8. Children with autism

    in Camping with DisAbilities

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    Some of you may know that my DD has a mild form of autism. While most would not know this now at one point she was a lot more severe. One thing about children with any form of autism is that routine and familiar are so important.

     

    One of the benefits to camping is that the enviroment of the camper is always the same. Same bed same sheets and same food. If you cook at the camper and stick to foods your child is familiar with it will ease some of the tension.

    Try to keep to a schedule. Vacation can be scary to a child with a disability. While we see adventure they see uncertainty. Show them pictures tv clips or a movie so that they can have an idea of what to expect. Let them know a time table if they are old enough. For example, after we see the horses at the stable we will go back to the camper to eat. Eating was always an issue with my daughter. She also loved the charaters. Before Liberty Tree tavern closed down we took her there for dinner. I got a manager to tell a charater to show her to eat. From that day on she ate turkey. After all Disney wanted her to :D  I seriously thought about kidnapping Minnie right then and there and making her our forever houseguest.

    Last listen to your child's cues. Maybe you want a picture of them with Mickey, but they do not. It might be fear, tiredness  who knows. Remember your child will have more fun if you don't push yur idea of what is fun or supposed to happen. Just enjoy the time away from the day to day pressure and have memories with yur child

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