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Possible to be sociable with Aspergers

Migsy

Hi

I'm new to the formum.  I have had problems with my 10 yr old all his life with very challenging behaviour which seems to fit with AS.  He is functions well though and copes just about OK at school.  I find his behaviour at home increasingly difficult to manage as he get physically bigger and stronger.  I also find his stresses and meltdowns hard.  

 

The thing which has always made me think he is not ASD is that he is very sociable. He has no problems with eye contact etc.  However, he can behave inappropriately and tends to hurt people a lot, for example, he will get angry when playing football and trip other players up or he might kick a ball towards someone's face if they do something he doesn't like.  So, he does have some problems socially, it is just that he is friendly and loves social gatherings such as parties etc.  He has plenty of friends although I do hear them having a word with him for his unwanted behaviour sometimes.

 

Is it possible to have AS and still be sociable and friendly?  

 

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  • Hi,

     My son has a duel diagnosis of AS and Dyspraxia ,so your son might have both as opposed to one or the other. This did cause difficulties for my son getting a clear diagnosis as one thing masked another for years and he didnt fit in either box too well lol! it was only a few months ago that his clinical psych diagnoised that he had AS as well as his pre existing diagnoses of Dyspraxia. My sons  Dyspraxia is a coordination/organisational based problem including things like spacial awareness, organisation skills, an  inability to cross the midline i.e controling the right hand when it is reaching across the body to grasp something or touch something that is over to the left of themselves or vise versa, maths can be challenging, riding a bike is beyond my sons abilities he can either pedal or steer but not both at once lol! His technology teacher and cooking techer both gave up on him and he followed a purely academic timetable in secondry school in the end. It used to be called clumbsy child syndrome about years ago because of how often they can trip or fall or drop things, my son also showed behavioural problems that was put down to frustration with the physical problems that he has. When in fact it wasnt frustration it was total meltdowns due to the AS. does that help at all? is it ringing any bells with you? Dont worry if its not there are many other kinds of Dyspraxia my son has the type that effects both fine and gross motor skills but there is also things like verbal dyspraxia and dyscalcular (to do with numbers sorry about my poor spelling). Hope this has helped if it hasnt just ignor it all !!! lol!!

    Sam

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  • Hi,

     My son has a duel diagnosis of AS and Dyspraxia ,so your son might have both as opposed to one or the other. This did cause difficulties for my son getting a clear diagnosis as one thing masked another for years and he didnt fit in either box too well lol! it was only a few months ago that his clinical psych diagnoised that he had AS as well as his pre existing diagnoses of Dyspraxia. My sons  Dyspraxia is a coordination/organisational based problem including things like spacial awareness, organisation skills, an  inability to cross the midline i.e controling the right hand when it is reaching across the body to grasp something or touch something that is over to the left of themselves or vise versa, maths can be challenging, riding a bike is beyond my sons abilities he can either pedal or steer but not both at once lol! His technology teacher and cooking techer both gave up on him and he followed a purely academic timetable in secondry school in the end. It used to be called clumbsy child syndrome about years ago because of how often they can trip or fall or drop things, my son also showed behavioural problems that was put down to frustration with the physical problems that he has. When in fact it wasnt frustration it was total meltdowns due to the AS. does that help at all? is it ringing any bells with you? Dont worry if its not there are many other kinds of Dyspraxia my son has the type that effects both fine and gross motor skills but there is also things like verbal dyspraxia and dyscalcular (to do with numbers sorry about my poor spelling). Hope this has helped if it hasnt just ignor it all !!! lol!!

    Sam

    x

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