COMMENTS & QUESTIONS [for July, 2014]
Do you need some assistance in parenting your Aspergers or HFA child? Click here to use Mark Hutten, M.A. as your personal parent coach. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 18 year old son has been diagnosed with aspergers, also now known as Social Pragmatic communication disorder. He also has auditory processing disorder, a math disability, and an IQ of 90. He has lately taken to arguing with me about everything, he talks over me, and will not listen. Some of this I know is due to the fact that he is trying to find his way in life. But, I am at my wits end. Help! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Mark, Firstly I would like to congratulate you on a very thorough and comprehensive article on SPD. As a child I was diagnosed very early on with SPD, roughly aged 4-5. I am now 27, happily married and (more or less) a functioning member of society. I was scrolling amongst a plethora of SPD-related articles as my wife was curious as to the mentality and 'learning diffi