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Emu1973

Hello All

My 5 year old son has AS and I am home schooling him - his siblings (who are old enough) go to mainstream schools. He is doing well. The one and only thing he would like is a "friend". Now I know that a friend to a child with AS is different to say my 3 year old NT child who has loads of friends. But he can be social and i think regular contact with another child similar to him would really be good for him - any ideas at all as to how to meet other family's with AS kids?

Thanks!

Emma 

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  • I'm not sure I would go "looking" for an AS friend in particular. I would go for the widest spectrum of folks you can and try to avoid any preconceptions. "As" children often enjoy the company of adults who they feel comfortable and "equal" to. That could be a really special friend. True they need some piers but do they need to be friends or aquaintances.

    We were lucky with our lad in that when he started school there was a small group of kids that all struggled in some way. The teachers formed an informal social club around the group and encouraged them to support each other (as did the rest of the class). The guys he clicked with wern't the people with similar problems but someone he was friends with and could laugh with. During those years his teacher was one of his best friends and it was a real two way friendship.

    I'm sure thats not what you wanted to hear but friendship with AS is about being with people you are comfortable with and having some form of mutual understanding. 

    Dunk

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  • I'm not sure I would go "looking" for an AS friend in particular. I would go for the widest spectrum of folks you can and try to avoid any preconceptions. "As" children often enjoy the company of adults who they feel comfortable and "equal" to. That could be a really special friend. True they need some piers but do they need to be friends or aquaintances.

    We were lucky with our lad in that when he started school there was a small group of kids that all struggled in some way. The teachers formed an informal social club around the group and encouraged them to support each other (as did the rest of the class). The guys he clicked with wern't the people with similar problems but someone he was friends with and could laugh with. During those years his teacher was one of his best friends and it was a real two way friendship.

    I'm sure thats not what you wanted to hear but friendship with AS is about being with people you are comfortable with and having some form of mutual understanding. 

    Dunk

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