Lack Of Inference Is Why My Autistic Kid Has Poor Social Skills
There are several reasons why my autistic kid has poor social skills. A lack of inference skills is just one reason. But it’s a pretty big reason. It also doesn’t help that he has...
Category: Special Needs
Tips On How To Help Your Special Needs Child Focus
I am not an expert or doctor or therapist or trained in any way. I’m just a mom of a special needs kid who is on the autism spectrum, has communication issues, has problems...
Ayub Falls Behind In Early Robotics While Sulaiman Excels
The boys take an early robotics LEGO class once a week at Bricks4Kidz and they absolutely love it. Last week they built a little car and learned how to program it to move forwards...
Group Occupational Therapy For Kids Includes Jumping Off A Giant Barrel
Ayub had his first group occupational therapy session and from the get-go it was chaos. Again, his therapists at Oasis Place are the most patient and amazing people on the planet. Maybe it’s easier...
This Is What The World Looks Like To An Autistic Child
When Ayub was 5 we didn’t yet know he was autistic although it was clear that he had special needs. At the time we weren’t sure what those needs were. All I knew is...
My Autistic Child Attends Acton KL School And It’s Amazing
Click here for 10 autism-friendly primary schools in the Klang Valley. We uprooted the family and moved to a new home so that Ayub could attend pendidikan khas primary school at SK TTDI 2. For a...
Charades And Pictionary Can Teach An Autistic Child To Communicate
Ayub, as with many people on the spectrum, is a very literal person. He has trouble understanding jokes, sarcasm, and any form of “reading between the lines.” During his weekly speech therapy, he plays...
Ayub Sends Me Chat Messages For The First Time Ever
This morning while I was at work, I received a “ping!” It was a gchat notification… from Ayub! My boy, who has always had difficulty speaking and continues to have weekly therapy to help...
A Seven-Year-Old Autistic Girl Writes Her First Book
Diagnosed with autism at the age of five, Madhu Barghavi Vijayakumar struggled with reading, writing, and even holding a pencil. Overcoming adversities, she wrote her first children’s book at the age of seven titled...
Starting Occupational Therapy At Oasis Place
Ayub has been doing speech therapy for around a year at Oasis Place. His therapist says he’s improved his mastery of the language tremendously, but is still not yet on par with his peers....
Swimming Classes At The Club In Bukit Utama
I’ve been wanting to start Ayub in a swimming class and I finally got the opportunity when his school announced the kids would be learning swimming for P.E. this term. Woohoo!
Ayub Competes In The FIRST Lego League Jr. Malaysia
Ayub and Sulaiman have been attending Bricks4Kidz for around a year. It’s a LEGO class! They go once a week for an hour and learn about the topic of the day, then they build...
The Boys Get A Quick RM20 Haircut At X-Cut Tropicana City Mall
This a post about nothing. Another lazy family day over the long, long weekend. The kids have been looking like wildlings recently. They both insist on keeping their hair long. I don’t mind but...
The Children’s Business Fair At TTDI
Ayub spent the past month working on his business, Bugging Out!, by figuring out the cost and revenue and profit and all that other boring nonsense that is incredibly important and fascinating and not....
This 8-year-old Entrepreneur Launched His Own Line Of Notebooks
I’m counting my blessings today because it seems nothing wants to go right. Blessing #9287462783948476, we found an amazing school for Ayub. A few months back the kids were tasked with learning about entrepreneurship...
Oasis Place Is The Best Centre For Kids With Special Needs
We’ve been to many places in search for better understanding, stronger support, and the best care for Ayub. It took us 4 years but we finally found Oasis Place. And it is truly the...
Ayub The Mighty Has Started A YouTube Channel
A few nights ago during dinner, Ayub got really excited to see a spider on the wall. He has always loved bugs, spiders are his favourite. He could not contain his excitement and...
I’m Skeptical About Kidsogenious But I’ll Wait And See
So it was determined through a thorough assessment of Ayub that he needed speech therapy. Quick backstory, I noticed his speech was delayed when, at the age of 2 he was still unable to...
I Want To Launch A Startup For Special Needs People In Malaysia
Do you know what it feels like to be parent? For me, it feels like a piece of my heart has been broken off and placed into the body of another human being. And...
This Is How To Enroll Your Special Needs Child Into Sekolah Kebangsaan PPKI
Some government schools offer a program for special needs children called Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI). Dyslexic children attend mainstream classes, except BM and Maths, which is taught separately by dyslexia-trained teachers. Autistic children...
Finding Schools For A High-Functioning Autistic Child In Malaysia Is Damn Hard
Click here for a list of 10 autism-friendly primary schools in the Klang Valley. Update 8-March-19: Ayub no longer attends Acton KL, and it’s still wonderful 🙂 Update 28-Sept-17: Ayub now attends Acton KL...
My Son Attends The Dyslexia Association Of Malaysia (Even Though He’s Not Dyslexic)
Eight months ago in December 2015, Ayub was diagnosed with dyslexia at Hospital Putrajaya. I now think the diagnosis is wrong, but that’s a whole other story… Anyway we were referred to the Dyslexia Association...
My 7-Year-Old Chooses To Take Ritalin Everyday
I was a little skeptical of Putrajaya Hospital’s dyslexia diagnosis of Ayub, but we got in touch with the Dyslexia Association of Malaysia all the same. But following certain events, which I’ll get into...
My 7-Year-Old Went Missing For An Hour After School
This is the story of how my 7-year-old son went missing after school. Ayub takes the school bus to and from school everyday. Usually he’s home in the afternoons by 1.20pm. Since the hubby...
