"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...
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My Son Andrew turned 21 on Friday November 6th! He Has Aspergers. He amazes me everyday. If I could offer some advise it would be to hold on it is a long and bumpy road! Ours is a very long and infuriating story to diagnosis. Be thankful you are at a time that they have words for this condition now. Yes i know there is not a lot of help but it will come with time. We ended up placing our son in a boarding school specifically for autistic children that our school system had to pay for because they could not educate him. IT WAS THE HARDEST AND IN THE END THE BEST THING WE COULD EVER DO FOR HIM!!. He came home after 6 weeks and we were stunned. He was talkative, looked us in the eye and sat through a complete day of big family dinner and played cards all afteroon with us. I have so much hope and love for this boy/Man we raised. If you would ever like to talk or vent or ask questions please feel free to contact me. email is marthaosborne1@yahoo.com and my name is Martha. Have a great evening
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