Comments on My Aspergers Child: Coming to terms with an Asperger's diagnosis...

Vanessa Willis Take him to meet other Aspies! 21 h...

2011-08-05T06:13:37.076-07:00

Vanessa Willis Take him to meet other Aspies!
21 hours ago · Like
Samara Cooke It is not the end, it is the beginning of how to understand the world and be a happier person!
20 hours ago · Like
Jolene Williams Well said Samara!.. My son is twelve & and with each and everyday our understanding improves...
15 hours ago · Like
Keturah Broadwood
There is a fantastic book aimed at young children to early teens about what Aspergers is and how they are still amazing. It even explains how they think differently and what it means to them and how to tell others. The title is: What does it mean to me? : a workbook explaining self awareness and life lessons to the child or youth with high functioning autism or Aspergers. Structured teaching ideas for home and school. writen by Faherty, Catherine. There are also some great books by Dr Tony Attwood as well.
11 hours ago · Like
ASDspecialist: Autism Spectrum blog Check out my 2 blog posts on self esteem for some ideas: http://j.mp/m5RvFQ on the strengths of the "autistic brain" and http://j.mp/kXQ85x about famous people on the spectrum.

Vanessa Willis Take him to meet other Aspies!

2011-08-04T08:45:49.692-07:00

Vanessa Willis Take him to meet other Aspies!

Carey-anne M Moots Jones My son is 9 and is not do...

2011-08-04T08:34:20.315-07:00

Carey-anne M Moots Jones My son is 9 and is not doing well with this:-( he is very oppositional and thinks its something bad..I have tried telling him over and over all these things mentioned here.. even showed him all the famous people in the world who had Aspergers..hopefully he will understand when he is a little older thanks for the post.
about an hour ago · Like · 1 person
Marj Kirslis It is just a part of how he is. My son was about that age when he figured out he had Asperger's and he said he doesn't want a pill or anything to take the Asperger's away since it is what makes him him. Maybe he could get involved in Special Olympics as he will see there are so many others who are worse off than him(might make him feel better about having Aspergers).
44 minutes ago · Like · 1 person
Marlene Biggy if he likes Pokemon, remind him the inventor was an aspie..... or sit him in front of one of the many sci-fi movies, shows etc brought to us thanks to MANY aspies.... or even point out how computing as we know it today is because of aspies like Bill Gates..... THEN remind him that people like me are counting on kids like him to make this world a BETTER place :)
42 minutes ago · Like · 3 people
Carey-anne M Moots Jones
Marlene he is a HUGE Pokemon fan!!!!! he plays it now and its his main interest at this time;-) thats for letting me know that! I will be sure to pass that info off to him as well:-) Told him about Bill Gates too already:-) @ Marji my son is also hearing impaired and wears hearing aides..I have thought about special olympics for him..he is not very athletic but would love to get into Fencing lessons he is awesome with a sword;-) thank you!
22 minutes ago · Like

When we told our eleven year old son that he had A...

2011-08-04T07:14:45.823-07:00

When we told our eleven year old son that he had Aspergers he cried and asked how to get rid of it. I explained to him that he couldn't, but it did not mean there was something 'wrong' with him. I focused on all the positives that were mentioned in the article and reminded him that he is gifted in many ways that many other people are not and that God made us all unique and different for reason. He has accepted and embraced his diagnosis and is much more aware of his behavior and we talk about ways to overcome some the obstacles he faces.