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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 just thought of two really helpful books that I have used with my son and in my job as a teacher to help other parents. One is called " All Cats Have Aspergers Syndrome" which is a lovely book of cat photos and an explanation of an asperger's trait. My son loved this book as it helped him to understand how different he felt. There is another book in the series called " All Dog's Have ADHD". They are great books-my old cat certainly has aspergers and my 5 month old puppy is definitely ADHD !!!!

    The other book is called " Alien in The Playground". I read it when my son was first diagnosed and like you I was feeling torn,guilty and worried for his future. This book is written by an aspergers adult and gives accounts of other aspergers people lives and how they coped with it at school and as adults. This book certainly gave me hope for Angus' future as I did worry about how he would cope career wise and in his relationships.

    Hope this helps!

    PS Angus has always had an amazing sense of humour too! They never lose it as he is still the same and has us in tears of laughter on a regular basis!! One of his primary teachers loved the fact that he had a mature sense of humour because when she cracked a joke in the classroom he was the only one who laughed!!!

    PPS Labels are good as it gives you more clout to get the help he needs x

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  • Hi Ballerina

    I have just thought of two really helpful books that I have used with my son and in my job as a teacher to help other parents. One is called " All Cats Have Aspergers Syndrome" which is a lovely book of cat photos and an explanation of an asperger's trait. My son loved this book as it helped him to understand how different he felt. There is another book in the series called " All Dog's Have ADHD". They are great books-my old cat certainly has aspergers and my 5 month old puppy is definitely ADHD !!!!

    The other book is called " Alien in The Playground". I read it when my son was first diagnosed and like you I was feeling torn,guilty and worried for his future. This book is written by an aspergers adult and gives accounts of other aspergers people lives and how they coped with it at school and as adults. This book certainly gave me hope for Angus' future as I did worry about how he would cope career wise and in his relationships.

    Hope this helps!

    PS Angus has always had an amazing sense of humour too! They never lose it as he is still the same and has us in tears of laughter on a regular basis!! One of his primary teachers loved the fact that he had a mature sense of humour because when she cracked a joke in the classroom he was the only one who laughed!!!

    PPS Labels are good as it gives you more clout to get the help he needs x

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