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Father not interested in childs diagnosis or how to help

melon

Hi

My son recently got the Aspergers diagnosis. I am reading up and finding out as much as I can about how he is affected, what his needs are and how I can help him. My husband is not!

Despite me asking my husband to do so he has not looked up a single thing about this condition. It seems like he doesn't care about our son or want to help him. He will not discuss the diagnosis with me or anyone else. 

I feel like a single parent right now. 

Any advise or thoughts?

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  • thats tough. I want to rant that hes ashamed of your son (not uncommon, Ive heard of people denying paternity of Autistic children), and you need to do damage control and get the father out of the sons life...but a) this may not be the case and b) parental abandonment is damaging also (especially compounded by potential thought "did he leave because of my ASV?")

    You need to impress on your husband that he is currently failing his son and needs to do better and see if this causes improvement in his behavour.

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  • thats tough. I want to rant that hes ashamed of your son (not uncommon, Ive heard of people denying paternity of Autistic children), and you need to do damage control and get the father out of the sons life...but a) this may not be the case and b) parental abandonment is damaging also (especially compounded by potential thought "did he leave because of my ASV?")

    You need to impress on your husband that he is currently failing his son and needs to do better and see if this causes improvement in his behavour.

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