My 6 yr old son was recently diagnosed with Asperger's, and I'm having some problems that usually wouldn't be a big deal to other parents, but it is for me. When he watches TV, he loves Spongebob, he takes it so literally that he acts out the characters and imagines them at school. One day, his teacher told me he had been acting strange and picking up a "friend" named Plankton into his hand and setting the imaginary friend on the table to help him with his work. I've also cut down on video games a lot because he loves them, but then he gets scared at night from games as innocent as Mario Bros. He is constantly asking me if someone is "good or evil" and I try to explain to him that not everybody is all good or all evil. Although he's very intelligent, he won't even attempt to tie his own shoes. I became a little annoyed once about it, and let him go without them tied. He tripped and fell, started crying, and then I felt horrible. Anybody else going through this?
2006-12-23
14:58:31
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