Comments on: How to Motivate an Autistic Teen

By: Bonnie Sayers (autismfamily)

Bonnie Sayers (autismfamily) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:35:16 +0000

I posted this on twitter last nite and never got around to leaving a comment. I also did Fearless females blog post too, funny that I read yours and went to hers without even knowing she mentioned yours.

I am doing an autism twitter day Dec 16, prizes will be awarded. You should sign up soon for membership and let me know what your ID is, hope you get teenautism, mine is autismfamily.

Another post I need to print out. Good work. Nick now cleans out litter box too.

By: Tanya Savko

Tanya Savko — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:51:18 +0000

Thanks, M! I’ll be posting about it soon.

By: M

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:29:04 +0000

50!

Congratulations, Tanya. That is unbelievable.

By: M

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:30:45 +0000

you’ve cracked the 45 mark. impressive.

By: Fearless Females

Fearless Females — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:24:35 +0000

Hi:

I agree with everything that you have mentioned. My daughter is non-verbal and profoundly autistic and does not always understand what we ask of her, so (with her schools help) we use a visual star system on her communication folder–when she does what she’s asked, then she earns a star–once she has earned a certain amount of stars (start off with a few) then she “earns” a movie or tv time. It doesn’t always work for her because she is also very stubborn, but works most of the time and she understands the concept. Earning money and buying items still doesn’t work for either one of my kids–much harder concept.

By: M

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:17:52 +0000

you are absolutely blowing me away with that nano wrimo word count.

are you sleeping at all?!

i’ve heard of those hats that have cup holders on the side that people drink beer out of. the image in my mind is of you wearing one of those, with a 20oz. coffee in each holder, drinking and typing furiously.

super-tanya.