I have a 15 year old son with high funtioning Aspergers. Just wanting to see what others Moms of teenage boys are experiencing?? I homeschool my son also. Lots of new changes with his nutrition are making positive changes.
I have a 17 year old who is high functioning. Perhaps Roserio, ibarnes and myself could communicate through this page? I would love to share my experiences with both of you.
I'm curious to know what others say when characterizing their young child's disorder in a context where it's necessary to identify it, such as arranging for special accommodations.
"I have a child with autism."
"I have an autistic child."
"My child is on the autism spectrum."
"I have a child with special needs."
"I have a child that is smarter than me but can't tie his own shoelaces."
Don't mean to stir up controversy. I'm just interested in how others feel about this.
I have Aspergers and I'm not offended by any of them. I of course am not special needs but my son needs special accommodations at times. I think it depends on the person you are speaking with. If you… read more
I am living in Malaysia
The definition of homeschool here is a center setup with small number of students. (Homeschool here may have different definition to most other countries, where it means strictly doing studies in own home).
My son is 7 years old, high functioning autism. Currently placed in nursery (preschool daycare)
- Childhood Appraxia of speech (now can say one word or regular word)
- Still doesn't know how to talk or communicate with peers
- not a picky eater.
- doesn't have any… read more
Therefore I ended with Option B, seeing that it has a good ratio mixture of special and normal kids, and teachers are prepared to accept special kids
The teaching style will have more attention to… read more
I found this years ago. The host has a child with autism. He interviews with many authors, doctors, providers and other experts about their specialty as it relates to autism. http://www.autismpodcast.org/
Sounds good. Thanks for the info.
BTDT = "Been There, Done That" e.g. veterans of whatever is being discussed.
For example I knew I was pregnant within a few days of conception, before I could test positive on urine or blood tests. I knew the gender of my children also. I don't respond the same to medications as do neurotypicals apparently. I was refused medicine for my first child because it would slow down the labor, but it was not until I received it that my labor progressed. I am interested in hearing your stories.
I did not know I was autistic until I was given my grandson with level 3 autism to care for last year. I have a lot of issues in and around medications and how they affect me. I have even talked… read more
If it was definitely genetic they would have revealed it by now as they are always saying they “don’t know” the cause. I find that hard to believe. Also, if was something genetic or a DNA abnormality… read more
My son was recently diagnosised with Asperger's, but also has ADHD, bi-polar with psychotic tendencies, Mild MR, Congnitive Learning disablity, conduct disorder, and has many different sensory issues. Please help I am reading a huge book but it is very over whelming and I am getting so much info all at once, I am not able to process
I agree! Again, I'm not a doctor. I don't know how old your son is and/or why the bipolar diagnosis. My son has hallucinations/hears voices...he also has anger issues when he is having high… read more
Let's talk about typical female traits of autism versus male traits of autism a minute. Holy cow... I had no idea that most of the stereotypical autistic traits depicted in tv, books, and even textbooks and studies are traditionally *male*-based traits!! Females often present totally differently, which is why they are so often not diagnosed until later in life or not at all, or misdiagnosed as something else.
My DD just turned 3 a few months ago, and while she had a language delay, some motor… read more
Our daughter is 10 now but she was diagnosed when she was 4. Someday I hope she could type an informative post. She has ASD/ADHD and was classified as in between HFA and LFA known as Pervasive… read more
We are hoping to move north, closer to his work in the next couple years, but I am terrified to change schools/districts for my son. He had a very traumatic experience at his first school---due to kids and staff treating him badly and he regressed terribly. He is in a decent situation now, progressing and I hate to change it. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to research special ed program ratings for districts/schools? My son is high functioning, and they seem to get the worst bullying… read more
This is just an update after 3 years... life had gotten so busy, I had almost forgotten the Internet existed! ;) Well, we did make that move north, from Or, to Wa. My son has been in junior high… read more