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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 Pauli,

    Interested to hear your son has OCD around germs - one of my big problems. When I was at school I got really anxious around people coughing, sneezing or saying they felt ill, and I just could not concentrate on school-work, worrying I would catch the illness. I am not so bad now as have received CBT and lots of other support, but I still have contamination issues: over-washing vegetables, avoiding people who are ill (but can be around people with colds now), washing hands and cutlery over zealously. I also have  fire OCD, worrying that the house will burn down, obsessively checking oven and appliances. I am far worse when I am on my own in the house. What sort of germ OCD has your son got?

    I also obsessively check food use-by-dates

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  • Hi Pauli,

    Interested to hear your son has OCD around germs - one of my big problems. When I was at school I got really anxious around people coughing, sneezing or saying they felt ill, and I just could not concentrate on school-work, worrying I would catch the illness. I am not so bad now as have received CBT and lots of other support, but I still have contamination issues: over-washing vegetables, avoiding people who are ill (but can be around people with colds now), washing hands and cutlery over zealously. I also have  fire OCD, worrying that the house will burn down, obsessively checking oven and appliances. I am far worse when I am on my own in the house. What sort of germ OCD has your son got?

    I also obsessively check food use-by-dates

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