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8yr old boy, autistic and very bright. Wants to share interests in space, technology, gaming with others, online.

NAS66998

Hi everyone

my friend has a son who is extremely bright and has a passion for all things space.  He needs to mix with others and wants to, but he wants to mix with kids who have the same interest has himself.  They live in rural Ireland but have good internet access and the boy is very good at technology.  Any ideas out there?  I'd be grateful of any ideas at all.  The family are very stressed.

thanks Abnid

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  • Why not ask all of the aerospace companies from around the world to send him publicity blurb?     It's easy to e-mail their public relations teams.     I'm sure having lots of glossy stuff dropping through the letter box addressed to him would be really exciting!

    There's also the Brickish Association - serious Lego enthusiasts!   Mindstorms?

    I taught my daughter build a PC for herself when she was 8 - it's not difficult - but it stretches the mind to get it all sorted and running.

    Does he do Cubs?      They often do STEM activities.

    What about building working rockets - there's a whole load of people on the internet sharing designs.

  • in reply to Plastic

    Hi Plastic, thanks so much for your suggestion.  I will look into those groups for him. Much appreciated.

  • in reply to NAS66998

    You're welcome - btw - I'm a nerd of the highest order - I grew up watching the moon landings so I was really into space & tech when I was small - but it was much harder to get my 'fix' back then.     

    I ended up as a Chartered Engineer building satellites, missiles & spacecraft and progressed on to running atomic particle accelerators - if you encourage him and feed his thirst for knowledge, there's no limits to what he might achieve!  Smiley

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  • in reply to NAS66998

    You're welcome - btw - I'm a nerd of the highest order - I grew up watching the moon landings so I was really into space & tech when I was small - but it was much harder to get my 'fix' back then.     

    I ended up as a Chartered Engineer building satellites, missiles & spacecraft and progressed on to running atomic particle accelerators - if you encourage him and feed his thirst for knowledge, there's no limits to what he might achieve!  Smiley

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