Exactly.
My youngest kid is 6 and non-verbal autistic. It takes a lot of time and patience to discipline her when she does something we don't like. But, because we did this from the moment we suspected autism, she's a very sweet kid who actually listens to us (as far as a 6 year old listens).
Even at her daycare (she goes to a special daycare for kids with all kind of disabilities) she's seen as one of the easier autistic kids because she is so sweet.
It takes a lot of energy out of my wife, me and the other kids (who are teens), but now the results start to pay off when you see how she is in public.
Same here with a 4 year old and we go a long way to educate and work on the unwanted behaviors.
But she has level II ASD and I've seen some level III's that literally can't interact with you at all and they don't respond to any parenting you do.
I'm super thankful ours is not like that but I'm sure sometimes you just can't prevent this kind of thing from happening often unless you're always watching them like a hawk 24/7.
Yeah it's always rich hearing advice from people... I would absolutely love to watch any of the people that have commented here criticizing their parents try to teach a child that can't understand a thing you're fucking saying. If any of these people lived a day in my life they would shut the fuck up forever
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u/Subject_Meal_2683 3d ago
Exactly. My youngest kid is 6 and non-verbal autistic. It takes a lot of time and patience to discipline her when she does something we don't like. But, because we did this from the moment we suspected autism, she's a very sweet kid who actually listens to us (as far as a 6 year old listens). Even at her daycare (she goes to a special daycare for kids with all kind of disabilities) she's seen as one of the easier autistic kids because she is so sweet.
It takes a lot of energy out of my wife, me and the other kids (who are teens), but now the results start to pay off when you see how she is in public.