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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has to be the most self-absorbed forum on DCUM, hands down. [/quote]
I, unfortunately, have to agree. Many (NOT all) of these parents are toxic. I work with them every day. Getting them onto healthy parenting patterns, is like pulling teeth. Sorry, guys.[/quote]

I wouldn't call it toxic so much as paralyzed. For most of the parents I encounter, their child with ASD is the first child and sometimes the only child.They only know this one way of parenting. The rigidity in diet, routine, clothing, etc. It is like have a toddler for life. One parent asked me to never use the color red on the Promethean (smartboard) because her son hated it. She honestly thought it was a reasonable accommodation. This is a bigger problem for her than it is for me and I feel deeply sorry for her.

They also are parenting in a geographic area in which parenting is a competitive sport. Every parent I meet with a child with ASD insists he (or rarely she) has a high IQ. But typically, when we get the paperwork from the psychologist, the child actually has an average IQ. Currently, I have 2 students that actually do have a high IQ. Unfortunately, those two are most emotionally impaired and the least likely to live independently some day.[/quote]

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