tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post3313392048546078855..comments2023-09-17T04:34:33.856-07:00Comments on My ASD Child: Aspergers Adolescents & SuicideUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-64280721542250496422012-02-16T07:00:10.238-08:002012-02-16T07:00:10.238-08:00I am the parent of a 12 year old son with PDD-NOS ...I am the parent of a 12 year old son with PDD-NOS which in Manitoba is very grey with the school's and other agencies. We recently experienced first hand the difficulties that an autistic/asperger child has. Our son had to be admitted to an Adolescent treatment unit due to being suicidal. He has been bullied for years and never said a word. It finally all came to a head this year as they removed his teachers assistant as they wanted him to be more independent. So between that isolation in the classroom and the bullying on the playground, he was ready to end his life. The one good thing that has come of this is that the school is finally taking note. I taught school for twelve years, and I was so frustrated with the way things were going. They just nodded and did as they pleased. So happy to have our son home. He is not back to school yet, but he is alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-75105145068869792162011-12-23T05:54:52.120-08:002011-12-23T05:54:52.120-08:00My 13 year old son Avi has a PDD diagnosis, althou...My 13 year old son Avi has a PDD diagnosis, although many of his traits are typically Asperger. We live in Israel where there is a highly-develped special ed program for kids with autism-spectrum disorders. Avi attends a special-ed class within a regular school, he is happy there, is getting fairly good grades, likes his teachers and classmates. He takes music lessons ( recorder and theory), attends a weekly Dungeons and Dragons game ( live,not online), and takes an after-school class in lego engineering, which he loves.<br />He is generally a fairly happy and helpful kid,but his traits can be very annoying and embarassing to his siblings e.g. constant use of strange metaphors, rattling on endlessly about Pokemon and Digimon characters, relating veratim several episodes of Animaniacs, strange body language.<br />This evening, one of his brothers ( Avi is the 4th of 7 kids) decided to give Avi a little speech about how he would never get anywhere in life if he didn't change his ways, and Avi just lost it- he began crawling on the floor like an animal, saying his life wasn't worth living and he needed to end it, trying to open a window as if to jump out, threatening to go to the top floor and jump off the roof. He has never spoken like this before.<br />I talked to him for about half an hour, trying to calm him down, and after a hot bath and food, he seemed to have cheered up and went to bed as usual.<br /> <br />But this is a new and scary phase for us-- can you recommend any program for me, my husband, Avi and our other kids that will help us understand each other better and will hopefully prevent Avi's suicidal thoughts becoming anything more than just thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-9771619216934661092011-09-13T11:38:59.039-07:002011-09-13T11:38:59.039-07:00Great info!!!! I often worry about what the future...Great info!!!! I often worry about what the future holds for my son and so I keep reading and researching on how to make things easier...thank you! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527055659904040434.post-81113602584179786332011-09-13T07:28:19.750-07:002011-09-13T07:28:19.750-07:00Great info! Thanks for sharing. I will keep this i...Great info! Thanks for sharing. I will keep this in mind with my 9yo daughter...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com