You might want to have a look at the Special Friends on-line social site. It is like a Facebook site but only for people with learning and intellectual disabilities including ASDs, their parents, carers and professionals. It's moderated 24/7 and is a completely safe site to use.
I am very quickly coming to the Options choosing stage of Year 9 and wondered if there's any advice anyone can give me. I want to help my son choose Options that he will enjoy but also options that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining qualifications at the end, which will ultimately give him greater choice in terms of work etc.
My ASD son is 14 and a lot of his friends have Facebook but I have not let him have an account for now. It's very difficult sometimes to interpret things on Facebook, whether they are friendly or not. My son has problems with face to face relationships and has been bullied so think that Facebook would be too difficult for him to handle. I've explained this to him and he seems OK but wondered if there are any other kids/parents out there who can give their opinion on this.
first of all people shouldn't of taken the mickey because you didn't have facebook at the time. as for the awkward situation, well you can both learn from each other. I mean like you might be interested in what he likes, and he might be interested in what you like. That means both of you might have a go at getting into each others interests
Gaston is right face book is a waste of time,i meet up with my friends in a local cafe and we all have a good laugh together.and get good fresh air by walking the dogs.
face book doe'nt keep you fit and healthy,also being dyslexic like me doesnt help,as i cant wright very well iprefer to talk.
can anyone else rember a time when we used to just go out with friends i can when i was a lot younger and i mean a lot yonger now its all have you seen this on facebook or have you heard about that i dont have a facebook which i problery why i dont have meny freinds outside of school sorry about the spelling mistakes
why cant we all just go outside and play with friends and foget facebook
I don't use it I think its waste of time if I want to meet my friends I a range to meet them all my friends in phab group love it I don't see a point in it
No I haven't. Can't find any in my area for Aspies in their late teens. Mums found a neighbour whos' got a 21 year old son with Aspergers but I'm nervous about meeting him, because I know that if neither of us shares an interest in some general subject, we'll both end up feeling awkward.
And in terms of keeping in touch with friends and family, according to the relatives I joined facebook to keep in touch with, its not good enough compared to actually seeing them, despite them now knowing of how awkward it is for me. But in terms of everyone at school, I became known as the only teenage girl who was 'Faceless' because I didn't have a facebook page, to them its a big deal for some reason. o.o
That will be there just for people to have a bit of fun. There is a reason for facebook and that is keeping in touch with friends and family. I think there is a point in using facebook even if you have an ASD as it really shouldnt matter if you do or dont (in this case).
i dont use facebook because i feel it is useless and there is no point for somone with asd to use it but all my freinds say i should use it but i dont want to there is just no point
I have it. Only because my few friends use it to link me things for homework or interesting stuff. Mostly I use it for games, still don't understand 80% of it and its functions.
My brain hurts trying to understand the poke button.
You click poke, it sends message to person saying 'you have been poked'.
