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Playground year 1

stacey1471

Hi,

Still fairly new here. My son age 5 was diagnosed with ASD, high functioning in may.

The current situation i am worried about is:

He wonders around the playground on his own in school talking to him self, sometimes spinning, following playground lines on floor, or running around getting 'breeze'. His fav thing to do! 

He mixes in class but coz he is prompted etc part of his ILP but in playground he wants to be on his own and tells me he is happy like that.

Really i dont kn if im silly to worry as of the above, but i really worry that the kids in his class etc will start to see him as a target as they all grow and mature.

Ive concidered our local 'autistic school if he starts to have problems, but just wanted advise for the current situation, ive said to him maybe if he wants to come home for lunch but he doesn't want to. 

He doesn't talk about school willingley i have to really push for info if im worried, 

He just says 

'yes i got breeze'

'yes i had fun'

And then gets really angry if i try to contintue to talk about it he just says he doesnt want to talk about school. 

Thanks stacey xx

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  • Hi Stacy,

    Its good your son has been diagnosed at such a young age, my primary school 'missed' me so it took years before I was finally diagnosed with Aspergers (a form of high functioning autism). When I was little, I used to do pretty much what your son did, run around in circles, chase the wind, and generally play with my imaginary friends. It didn't matter whether I played with the other kids or not as they always found a way to pick on me as I grew older, even when I 'followed' the rules. I'm afraid litle kids are ignorant and cruel like that. Like your son, I hated speaking about school at home. As far as I was concerned, school and home were two seperate worlds, and I hated being forced to transfer information between the two. So don't worry, its normal behaviour.

    Katie.

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  • Hi Stacy,

    Its good your son has been diagnosed at such a young age, my primary school 'missed' me so it took years before I was finally diagnosed with Aspergers (a form of high functioning autism). When I was little, I used to do pretty much what your son did, run around in circles, chase the wind, and generally play with my imaginary friends. It didn't matter whether I played with the other kids or not as they always found a way to pick on me as I grew older, even when I 'followed' the rules. I'm afraid litle kids are ignorant and cruel like that. Like your son, I hated speaking about school at home. As far as I was concerned, school and home were two seperate worlds, and I hated being forced to transfer information between the two. So don't worry, its normal behaviour.

    Katie.

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