My son has Asperger's syndrome and I am wanting to pick the brains of others to find out how they think. My little boy is only 7 and not really able to describe how his mind works sometimes.
2007-05-17 08:31:11 · 4 answers · asked by natoodie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
My son has AS and his social problems are so similar to mine when I has his age (16) that I think I may have had it but learned to compensate over the years (I am 55 now).
If your son has taken a test you will see that there is no single specific AS symptom. There are just a whole range of problems, some of which will affect one person with AS but may not affect another at all.
There is a book which is fun to read if you have not already read it. It is a kind of cross between an adult book and a childs detective story but written from the perspective of the boy with AS who decides to investigate the murder of his neigbours dog. It will give you more insight than anything and you can read it to your son too. My son loved it and he hates to read.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Incident-Dog-Night-time-Adult/dp/0099450259
The thing to always keep in mind with an AS child is that they do not have an instinctive understanding of how to deal with others. When people are kidding, they get offended. When they try to do it back they are offensive and annoy people instead of making them laugh.
They also need firm rules of behaviour and lots of support and backup from parents when the kids are at school.
2007-05-17 08:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of the things that took a while for me to learn were "white" lies and that there are varying degrees of friend, some are merely friendly acquaintances, and others are realy good go to their house all the time type of friends. To make a friend, you have to spend a lot of time with someone to show you're interested, and continue to spend time with that person. I used to take everything literally, now I have trouble knowing if someone is joking or being serious, but not as much as I used to. Wrap his special interest somehow into something if he doesn't want to do it. Such as writing a story about his special interest if he didn't want to learn how to read, etc.
2007-05-17 15:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by Me Encanta Espanol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just saw this question, and i could say a lot, but i don't have time right now. if you extend the time then i can give you some brain pickings this evening.
2007-05-21 15:27:46 · answer #3 · answered by dave w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try the message boards at ivillage.com
2007-05-20 07:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by starrrrgazer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋