Although I just posted on this subject I am going back to it again. Recently I have found myself trying to explain what it is and how it affects the child. It is something that is so hard to grasp if you can't see it. Kids are mistaken for shy, or they will grow out of it, they just need x,y or z. Unfortunately it is not that easy. We are really fortunate that M got diagnosed at such a young age. Many kids are in grade school before parents realize there is a serious problem. So I am attaching a you tube video that is 8 minutes long. In doing this I not only want to educate the people who read this the most, our close friends and family, but I hope that other parents going through the same thing will appreciate being to connect with others in a similar situation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AvrhsNvoH8&feature=autoplay&list=PL4833FA607954F64C&index=47&playnext=3
I just had a meeting with M's teacher and it amazed me still how much I still don't fully grasp what she is going through. Because I don't see her like that. With us she is a normal, very active child. Even in public, until we run into someone from school. She gets the no running lecture before going into the store, she plays on the play ground, and she will talk to us in public. Until she sees someone from school or the spot light is on her, then panic hits. Yesterday I took M shoe shopping. She didn't just tell me what she wanted, I had to pick up shoes and aks her yes or no. We got a head bob for yes and a shake for no. Do you want pink? I asked,"yes" she bobbed her head. She communicated, but she did not talk. However, on the bus she was a regular chatter box. The differences in where she will and won't talk are so defined to her, but sometimes so subtle to us, that I miss it. It just becomes a part of routine, something we don't see.
OK the link will have to be cut and pasted into You Tube, I just reached the limits of my technology expertise. But I hope you will take the time to plug it in and see for your self the world of Selective Mutisim. Or just search Selective Mutisim and see what comes up there is a variety.
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