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CarolineJ

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  1. We're flying to Orlando next week and will be visiting all of the parks. Does anybody have any hints or tips?
  2. Bim was 7 when we got his AS diagnosis. We talked to him and his sisters about it straight away. Bim doesn't understand what it is, but he is accepting of it. He loves to read Asperger adventure stories, especially the Kathy Hoopman books. It's only now that he's gone up to middle school that he's really seeing the huge differences between himself and his peers and he's not coping very well at all.
  3. Bim's in the Alnwick middle school system. His headteacher is really good, but CAMHS are not. I've pulled Behavioural Support Services back in to see if they can help in any way. I'm really cross with our local CAMHS actually. They're really letting us down.
  4. I know nothing of CAF and School Action or School Action Plus. This is the first time anyone other than us have taken initiative, even though we've been requesting support before. Bim (Liam) has just started middle school and this new school is much more proactive than his first school, so we're tentatively hopeful for Bim. I have to head out now, so I'll look at those links you've provided later this evening. Many thanks for your reply! Caroline
  5. Lily was born bang on time. Bim (AS) was born 3 weeks early and had the cord around his neck. Ruby (on another planet) was 2 weeks early. Blue was a week late.
  6. My son's head teacher has just called a multi agency meeting this week. We don't have an appointment yet and I don't know how soon I should expect it to take. In fact, I know nothing about it. Bim is 9 and this is a first for us. He has an official diagnosis of AS and has just started middle school this term - we still have the three tier system up here in Northumberland. What should we expect from this meeting. Of course both DH and I will attend. Bim has nothing at all in place, other than termly visits from a Communication Support Specialist and a useless CAMHS unit. Bim thrives academically, it's everything else that he struggles with. Should he have a statement in place?
  7. I read the series and have also read The Host, by the same author. I've lent the books out so often - mostly to the teenage girls in my street, but I'll keep hold of the books for when my oldest wants to read them. She's 10 now, so not far off.
  8. Ruby and Lily want blue too, but it's scuppering my plans of putting different colours in the rooms as our youngest daughter is called Blue and I quite fancied a blue on her walls too! lol
  9. We're moving house in the next couple of weeks. Finally! We're been battling with the defence housing department since March and have justthis week been allocated a new MQ. I'm looking for advice particularly from any adults with AS. We always decorate the bedrooms straight away and this time I want to find a nice calming colour for Bim's room. He's suggested Blue stripes! lol
  10. CarolineJ

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    Sorry to bump up an older thread! I'd love to add friends from here to my facebook page. My name there is Caroline and the surname is like Huggins, but with a J instead of a H.
  11. Bim has no inkling of empathy. He's a lovely boy, but just doesn't have all of his emotions in the right place. We'll take him as he is though I'm sorry your little one has been ill. Pneumonia is awful and it used to take Ruby weeks to months to get over it fully. It's not nice at all.
  12. Bim's only had his diagnosis this year, so we're still finding our feet. As for location and camps, this place is perfect! But then you already know that Good luck. I hope you get a good posting. Where are you now?
  13. Buchan's enough to get anyone to PVR! We were there from 1999-2001. Ouch. Thanks for your support. I'll let you know how we get on.
  14. I know exactly who you are talking about! Older boy and younger girl right? His kids went to the same school as mine! I can't for the life of me remember his name though. Is it the Spanish girl he's marrying? So you were a scopie? Small world! We may have crossed paths in the past As for house stuff, we are entitled to a 4 bed and have been offered 2 over the other side of the village, but really need to push for one on this side as we have worked so hard to give Bim the confidence where he is and if something small can avoid anxiety for him and consequential stress on the rest of the family, then it's our jobs as his advocates to try to do this. It's a big shame we don't own the house we are in as we love it so much. We'd stay here if we could extend onto it.
  15. We're at Boulmer. We're in an awkward position. When Darren was posted here in 2003, there was a situation with MQs that meant we got allocated a 3 bed officer's MQ as there were no 3 bed airman's houses available and though we were coming from a 4 bed, they wouldn't give us a 4 bed up here. We had 3 children then. So fast forward to now - 5 years later. Darren's been posted to the SFC, which is also at Boulmer, so though we don't need to move out of area, we now have 6 people in a 3 bed and it's not working. We applied for a 4 bed, on the same end of the village, to keep the disruption as small as possible for Bim. He knows the geography of this patch. He's also allowed out to play and knows which tree and fences he can go as far as. He's also got some good friends here. The adults here know him too. Here's DEs problem: "We cannot offer you a quarter in that area as it is above your entitlement. You could try putting together a welfare case, but your chances are slim." We've been "in that area" for 5 years! So anyway, I've got SSAFA involved and we're also waiting on letters of support from Bim's CPN and consultant, so for now, we're stuck. *sigh*
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