Hi,
My son is 12 years old and living with autism, he has always struggled adapting socially and recognising and responding to social cues but it is now becoming more apparent and is struggling to adapt socially as a pre teen. He attends high school and his conversations are often very random and aren’t relevant to others and struggles to socialise as expected. A few of his class mates called him ‘weird’ and ‘strange’ which is obviously heart breaking and as much as I try to apply positive reinforcement that he isn’t and that everyone is different and we have talked through skills, conversations, amongst many other things to try and encourage his socialising skills, I am concerned that he is becoming isolated and people don’t understand him. I don’t know any other parents who have children living with autism and I feel it would really benefit us to get other peoples perspectives and some tools or forums/groups he could join to help him feel more integrated. if anyone could advise I would greatly appreciate your input.
