all over the place

"You can't catch a hard baseball in your mouth" ~Joseph age 10

Things that have started to upset Boy:
1)The kids yell at him because he laughs too loud. His solution? He does not understand why they do not realize that his loud laughing is a result of his Aspergers. I tried to explain to him that it could be a result of his Aspergers, but it is a behavior that he has the ability to control.
2)One of the kids tells him he's a "manial freak". He doesn't have a solution for this one and really, neither do I. This seems like pretty typical 7 year old behavior, but is he being called names because of his quirky aspergery things or what? My advice to him was for him to tell the kid that it was not a very nice thing to say...
3)He was not picked to be a student council rep from his class. His solution? He will raise his hand higher next year. To me this is an amazing breakthrough...he actually wants to join a team of other kids whose goal is not Star Wars, Batman, School House Rock related?! awesome!

Keep moving forward, keep moving forward, all we can do is keep moving forward...