我的非语言女儿教她班的宝贵教训

January 30, 2017

这篇来宾博客文章由Miriam Gwynne撰写,他是自闭症谱系中两个孩子的母亲。Miriam是一位知名的博客作者在她自己的博客上写信以及《赫芬顿邮报》,《强大》等等。

Like every mum I was terrified when my baby started full time school. Even as I dressed her in her shirt and tie I wondered yet again if mainstream was going to be the right place for her.

I had more reason than most to worry as she left that day still unable to dress herself and not yet potty trained, diagnosed with autism and selective mutism, and despite having had an extra year at nursery already, she was still one of the smallest children.

最重要的是,即使在五岁的时候,她都会承担沉重的负担。

I often wonder if professionals realise the daily weight that siblings carry on their shoulders every day?

除了她自己的诊断外,我美丽的蓝眼睛的女孩是一个男孩的双胞胎姐姐,有更复杂的需求。他患有肿瘤,严重的自闭症,具有挑战性的行为,全球延迟,是非语言的。她必须在五岁的脆弱时代生活。

当他的学校安置距离她14英里时,她将如何管理?如果她无法说话,谁会知道满足她的个人需求?她的焦虑,脆弱性和微小的规模会使她成为欺凌者的容易目标吗?她的家庭生活压力会导致学习问题吗?

I worried. And wondered.

但是她开始上学的第一周改变了一些事情。有一天,她的教室助理告诉我,我特别,脆弱,沉默的女孩实际上已经改变了整个新的新开始,甚至没有说一句话。

事实证明,她班上还有另外两个孩子也保持沉默,但出于截然不同的原因:他们无法说英语。为了简化教我的女儿,我的女儿坐在这些孩子旁边,所以一位助手可以帮助他们所有人。但是,没有一个老师会说俄语,每个人仍在试图为帮助这群因包容性而被安置在同一主流班级的孩子。

老师教了一堂课,孩子们坐在地板上。我的女婴坐着,专心地听着,回到了她的座位上。该课程被要求画一张图片,并在床单的顶部写下他们的名字。当所有渴望的孩子们开始拿起铅笔,钢笔刚坐在那里。她看着教室助理努力帮助另外两个不了解他们要求的东西。

当另一个孩子暂时分散了助手内奥米(Naomi)从座位上站起来,走到两个孩子。她从桌子中间拿走了水架,将其拉到他们旁边。她默默地把每个孩子拿着手指着自己的名字,然后指向他们纸的顶部。然后,她捡起蜡笔,开始略微标记他们的纸,并指出其他人在做什么。

She waited while they took in her attempts to communicate without language and slowly they began to copy down their name and begin drawing. She looked at them and smiled. And only then did she return to her own chair to try and write her own name.

教室助理哭了。老师看着。

当天,班上最不可能的孩子教给他们一堂课。被诊断出患有传播障碍的孩子实际上向他们展示了如何进行交流。

她仍然不知道俄罗斯的一句话。但是,与有复杂需求的非语言兄弟一起生活教会了她的某些东西,这些东西改变了整个孩子,而无需说一句话:它不需要单词来帮助人们。

I still worry. But I know that in all she lives with she is somehow managing to turn ashes to beauty. And I could not be more proud of her.

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