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Graham W

Thought I'd pop in and say hi,

myself and my partner now care for my 9 year old son, after social services removed him

from the care of my ex wife.

we have been seperated the last 3 years, and up to that point I had a lot of involvment

with his aspergers.

Rhys is statemented and also under a section 20 with camsH.

Rhys also attends a specialist school, part time boarding and home holidays and weekends.

his mother never let me get very involved since the split, despite trying and wanting him to live with us last year.

so looking forward to the future and helping Rhys through his next steps.

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  • That's interesting.  As ASC is often genetic and you didn't say you were on the spectrum, I just wondered.  Although, as you say there are lots of people at your ex's, often people with autism would find that really stressful so that makes me wonder, although I guess the many visitors could be due to her new family and not her.  Sometimes people with autism can get into difficult situations from not knowing how to deal with them.

    Sometimes, parenting is very challenging for people with autism, as well as relationships, so I just wondered whether she might be on the spectrum (although it could of course just as easily have been all sorts of other reasons too) as marriages often break-up (I think the divorce rate is as high as 80%) when one partner is on the spectrum.

    It's a shame that services don't offer the right support to help families work through their issues, whether it's relationship or parenting problems.

    I hope things work out well for you and your son goes from strength to strength.

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  • That's interesting.  As ASC is often genetic and you didn't say you were on the spectrum, I just wondered.  Although, as you say there are lots of people at your ex's, often people with autism would find that really stressful so that makes me wonder, although I guess the many visitors could be due to her new family and not her.  Sometimes people with autism can get into difficult situations from not knowing how to deal with them.

    Sometimes, parenting is very challenging for people with autism, as well as relationships, so I just wondered whether she might be on the spectrum (although it could of course just as easily have been all sorts of other reasons too) as marriages often break-up (I think the divorce rate is as high as 80%) when one partner is on the spectrum.

    It's a shame that services don't offer the right support to help families work through their issues, whether it's relationship or parenting problems.

    I hope things work out well for you and your son goes from strength to strength.

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