tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post2340891056830232900..comments2023-09-17T04:34:33.856-07:00Comments on My ASD Child: The Warning Signs of AspergersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-14757657317803663582010-10-22T12:56:52.272-07:002010-10-22T12:56:52.272-07:00I am in desperate need of additional answers. My s...I am in desperate need of additional answers. My stepson is 13 and was diagnosed with Asperger's. He is on Abilify, lives with his mother and her boyfriend, and is about two hours away from me and his father. For the first time, I am told, he came home with all C's and a D on his report card. Thankfully, and surprisingly, his mom took away his computer. He lives and breathes almost entirely "online" except for when he comes to our house. We have been trying to find ways to do things together as a family that interest and occupy his time without it being on the computer. So far, that has gone pretty good at our house. But now his mom says that he is having tantrums, hitting himself (which escalated into hitting himself in the head with a bat), insinuating suicide, etc... I am deeply concerned. I love him. Both of his mother's parents committed suicide. I truly don't know how to express how scared I am at this point. He is coming up to our house today for the weekend.<br /> <br />You may not see this email for quite a while, but thank you for the help you are providing all families touched by Autism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-23129561694967184412010-10-22T05:45:00.872-07:002010-10-22T05:45:00.872-07:00My step son is 14 years old and lives with his fat...My step son is 14 years old and lives with his father and I plus two other children in the home. Tonight was the hardest nights of our life and we are at wits end with not knowing what to do with his situation. He has begun Grade nine and has gotten himself in with the wrong crowd at school, has been caught selling drug paraphernalia at school to another student then threatening him for non payment. Kieran is very gifted but as you know doesn't have the peer capabilities. His Vice Principal called to inform us as to what has been happening. He has also been caught smoking lately. He has also been given a blackeye at school for saying inappropriate comments to another student. We tried to prepare him for high school and the changes that would be taking place but a you know this was to no avail. My husband called his sons mother to come into town so we could talk with her regarding this problem. Relationship between mother and father is not very good because of situations with mother. She is presently going back to get full custody of the 14 year old and 2 week visitation with the other two. We have had custody for the past 9 years and it has been very trying battle with the 14 year old all the way through. He was only diagnosed with aspergers the last 4 - 5 years. Not much has been improved. Tonight my husbands admited for the first time that he no longer knows how to help his son. He has always been there for him when the rest of us could no longer mentally keep going. We are ready to handing him over our CHildren's Aid as a ward of the court but we know this will not help him either. We have to start thinking of the safety of our other two children in the house. He has threatened them with knives before and he has also made comments to our 12 year that he could kill him very easily. There are also two younger children in the mothers home and we are concerned with him harming them or sexually touching them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com