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lelia
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25 Jan 2009, 12:49 am
25 Jan 2009, 8:21 am
Nice to meet you, Katrala. 
25 Jan 2009, 11:22 am
Katrala wrote:
This is a barrier for me.
I've avoided all sorts of online opinions and support regarding Autism for the past 6 years - when I first began to suspect that something was different about my son.
My son is 8 now.
At age 5 he was diagnosed from a private clinic as having "Moderate to Severe Autism" and I was told he would likely never function very well in a regular classroom. They thought it wasn't necessary to test for Asperger's. Both his teachers, his pediatrician, and myself all disagreed with the findings.
At age 8 he was diagnosed (more appropriately, I believe) as having Asperger's Syndrome.
I'm not even sure why I've decided to register on a forum - perhaps I'm finally ready to look at other information, perhaps it's because it's just been a really rough day and I'm grasping at straws. Today has been filled with near constant giggles and noises and my head is pounding as I write this while waiting for Excedrin to kick in.
Along with being a mother, I'm also a teacher who, for the first time in my career, is teaching 2 children with Asperber's and I'm looking for more information and strategies.
So - hello to all. I've been doing some reading on the forums and hope to learn some things.
I've avoided all sorts of online opinions and support regarding Autism for the past 6 years - when I first began to suspect that something was different about my son.
My son is 8 now.
At age 5 he was diagnosed from a private clinic as having "Moderate to Severe Autism" and I was told he would likely never function very well in a regular classroom. They thought it wasn't necessary to test for Asperger's. Both his teachers, his pediatrician, and myself all disagreed with the findings.
At age 8 he was diagnosed (more appropriately, I believe) as having Asperger's Syndrome.
I'm not even sure why I've decided to register on a forum - perhaps I'm finally ready to look at other information, perhaps it's because it's just been a really rough day and I'm grasping at straws. Today has been filled with near constant giggles and noises and my head is pounding as I write this while waiting for Excedrin to kick in.
Along with being a mother, I'm also a teacher who, for the first time in my career, is teaching 2 children with Asperber's and I'm looking for more information and strategies.
So - hello to all. I've been doing some reading on the forums and hope to learn some things.
Welcome, good luck, and it's doable. It just takes a lot of flexibility and relaxed expectations as far as timing goes. I've ~almost~ got my Aspie kid launched, any day now....
Look around on the board. It's heavily populated by young persons with Aspergers/Autism but there are a lot of us older individuals who are on the spectrum here as well. Hopefully you'll find what you need.
richie
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25 Jan 2009, 6:48 pm
To WrongPlanet!! !
