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Ballerina

Hi, My 8 year old son has just been diagnosed as having "mild" Aspergers, if there is such a thing as "mild".  He "twiddles" quite obsessively and struggles with his school work (mainly his spelling and scentance writing), but is generally clever and has brilliant vocab.  He doesnt really show any other obvious signs.  (He does like to play with teddies a lot and can sometimes seem a little babyish in comparison to his peers).

We had suspected this for a few years, so in someways was pleased to have the diagnosis so that he can get the help he needs at school.

I was just wondering if there was any similar people out there, whos symptoms are so mild and how it affected you/your child throughout school, socially, etc, and any advise you can give to help improve his concentration on his school work.

I am hoping to get things sorted with his new teacher before the end of school in July, ready for the new school term in Sept, so at last we can move forward with some proper help that is needed specifically for him.  Again, any advice welcome. 

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  • Hi Ballerina,

    I have a 7 year old daughter who I'm currently trying to get a diagnosis for. I myself was diagosed with asperger's in may at the age of 28 and I'm 99% sure my daughter is on the spectrum too as she is more or less a mini me.

    My little girl is obsessed with teddies, she must have well over 100 on her bed each with it's own name and she will not give any up. She also has a further 200 or so spread out in relatives homes. Her 2 favourites are some she has had since she was a baby there is 'teddy' and 'little oof' and they go EVERYWHERE with her, apart from shcool but whenever there is a school function we have to take her teds. She's our only child so we don't know what is age appropriate etc because she still loves to sit and watch things like Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly, Justin's House etc but she also likes what I assume are more her age things such as the amazing world of gumball (she's stuck on that at the mo and watches the same 2 episodes over and over again), monster high and power rangers(but only Dino Thunder, she will rant on at you about any other power rangers not being real ones).

    School wise my daughter was above average for reading and writing but her sensory issues are causing her to fall behind (well not behind she's about average now compared to 6 months ago). Her maths however she is well below average and the teacher thinks my daughter has no understanding of the value of numbers which isn't true she just becomes easily frustrated and overwhelmed with maths and as a result shuts down and can't think. She also needs alot of visual aids for maths which are not always available to her so she's struggling.

    Socially she is okay, she has lots of friends but she is beginning to struggle with them because she(in her words) can't always understand what they mean. She also sometimes has obsessions that are not acceptable in her peer group (such as being obsessed with Michael Jackson and her peers have no real clue who he is). When she is overwhelmed she can become verbally abusive and unfortunately her friends have been on the receiving end of her outbursts which has caused a rift for a few days. She can also be very strict with the way she plays and will get very angry if rules are broken or things are not played correctly which again causes tension with her friends.

    Hopefully now your son has a diagnosis he will start getting the help he needs :)

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  • Hi Ballerina,

    I have a 7 year old daughter who I'm currently trying to get a diagnosis for. I myself was diagosed with asperger's in may at the age of 28 and I'm 99% sure my daughter is on the spectrum too as she is more or less a mini me.

    My little girl is obsessed with teddies, she must have well over 100 on her bed each with it's own name and she will not give any up. She also has a further 200 or so spread out in relatives homes. Her 2 favourites are some she has had since she was a baby there is 'teddy' and 'little oof' and they go EVERYWHERE with her, apart from shcool but whenever there is a school function we have to take her teds. She's our only child so we don't know what is age appropriate etc because she still loves to sit and watch things like Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly, Justin's House etc but she also likes what I assume are more her age things such as the amazing world of gumball (she's stuck on that at the mo and watches the same 2 episodes over and over again), monster high and power rangers(but only Dino Thunder, she will rant on at you about any other power rangers not being real ones).

    School wise my daughter was above average for reading and writing but her sensory issues are causing her to fall behind (well not behind she's about average now compared to 6 months ago). Her maths however she is well below average and the teacher thinks my daughter has no understanding of the value of numbers which isn't true she just becomes easily frustrated and overwhelmed with maths and as a result shuts down and can't think. She also needs alot of visual aids for maths which are not always available to her so she's struggling.

    Socially she is okay, she has lots of friends but she is beginning to struggle with them because she(in her words) can't always understand what they mean. She also sometimes has obsessions that are not acceptable in her peer group (such as being obsessed with Michael Jackson and her peers have no real clue who he is). When she is overwhelmed she can become verbally abusive and unfortunately her friends have been on the receiving end of her outbursts which has caused a rift for a few days. She can also be very strict with the way she plays and will get very angry if rules are broken or things are not played correctly which again causes tension with her friends.

    Hopefully now your son has a diagnosis he will start getting the help he needs :)

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