OT: Any moms of Asperger's kids?

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And Jan, thanks TONS for those links! The Cure Autism Now site had a link to Advocacy Inc in Texas which had a whole big paper on what I have a right to ask for on behalf of my son and how they must handle disciplinary stuff. I know now that I can reasonably ask for a paraprofessional to assist him at recess and during unstructured times and they can't use the money/staffing excuse to turn that down.

thats awesome. im so glad that you know of law on your side and that texas has made that law available. good on you!

DS's AS has snuck under the radar for years (though he was called ADHD) because he can do things like enjoy fiction, tell a lie (yes, that's something lots of AS kids can't do), and he's not hung up on some obscure topic. But other signs he has in spades, like sensory sensitivity, unable to handle eye contact, and utterly unable to read social signals from children.

I know that if I can keep his self-esteem together through childhood, he'll be fine if a bit eccentric as an adult.

i've been suspicious for a while now that my husband is undiagnosed aspergers, and this list makes it all that much more undeniable. my husband has always had uncontrollable tantrums (better since he has been with me. also, i am his first and only relationship), he doesnt like to look people in the eye, he doesnt know how to lie, he becomes obsessed with topics and learns them like a scholar (right now its computer programming, but will only learn the academic languages and has become a resource on the net for scheme), and although he cant figure out people in relation to himself, he is a keen observer of behavior of others in relation to themselves or other people.

as an adult, he is considered eccentric, but i find him to be facinating. and tender.

even with the diagnosis, if it comes to be, your son can grow up to be a happy and fufilled human being. the best anyone can hope for, right?