{"id":113993,"date":"2022-06-07T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianbudgetbinder.com\/?p=113993"},"modified":"2024-12-19T11:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T11:57:53","slug":"savings-methods-we-teach-our-autistic-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalskyweb.co\/canadianbudgetbinder.com\/2022\/06\/07\/savings-methods-we-teach-our-autistic-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Savings Methods We Teach Our Autistic Son"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Our son was diagnosed with ASD 1 Autistic with a sensory processing disorder<\/strong> in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autism, money skills, and independence<\/strong> are high priorities to teach our son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if he weren’t autistic, we’d still teach him about the wild world of money, as every parent should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s always been fascinated with money and wanted to pay the cashier, bag groceries, and shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is that he takes or doesn’t understand what he learns literally and needs assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His homework last week was about money, specifically coins, and he didn’t understand what the teacher asked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anxiety gets the best of him, and instead of asking for help, he’ll take on the work even if it’s wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching children various savings methods from a young age is not putting them in the line of fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I wanted to share a story about teaching our handsome son about savings methods so he can apply them and lead his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Our Autistic Son Basic Savings Methods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although life has been a busy journey since he came into our lives, we love him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also worry about his future and whether we’ll be around for his milestones in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there’s ever a gift, we can leave him with its love, experiences, financial education, and the power of not giving up on his dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since he was around 3, we started to teach him about money and simple savings methods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s nothing worse than a child begging for a toy and saying they can’t have it because there’s no money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when a child understands basic savings methods, things can improve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might argue that we’re exposing our child to the stress of financial pitfalls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don’t look at it from that perspective since we don’t discuss our finance with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s quite the opposite. We’re working on teaching our son how to avoid debt in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Grade 2 Math from our son- Show Me The Money.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As you can see from the photo above, he struggled with “Show Me The Money” as he took the question literally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only one he got correct was five cents since it is a Canadian coin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He struggles to take a sentence or question literally, and we teach him from home for one hour every night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He brought home about 10 pages of mathematics with two sheets unfinished which I will complete with him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides the errors you see above, he did fantastic, which we are proud of because he tries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autistic Famous People <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just because a child has autism doesn’t mean they can’t go on to be successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many famous autistic people didn’t let their disability get in the way of their dreams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s have a look at 20 Famous People With Autism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n