Lemony

A huge thanks for the warm welcome I`ve managed to read a few threads but not as much as i`d of liked so far due to the fact that Michael is still awake and full of energy!! A lot more energy than me for sure! Hopefully get to read much more tomorrow (or should i say today?!)...if he finally sleeps! Thanks again

Michael has said for a few years now that he feels "different " to his classmates and other children. His SENCO lent me the book you mentioned and that was used by me when i first tried explaining Aspergers to him, i had no intention of doing this but the time just felt right. I`d always wondered how i would explain things to him but it just happened unexpectedly one day. The downside of it all though was when Michael said to me that i should of told him sooner so he`d of known what the difference was between himself and others.

Sports day is a yearly nightmare for us, Michael worries about it all the school year. This year i gave him the option of taking part instead of school trying to force it upon him. He decided just an hour before it started to give it a try. I took my camcorder with me but i was so emotional during his first race that i basically filmed the floor due to my tears and i was shaking so much! We had a few problems however, when Michael was attempting the sack race (with his teachers assistance), he fell over and lay there crying and screaming for quite a while. He still insisted on attempting the next race though which again made me feel so proud of his achievements. Unfortunately there was one parent that made a huge scene of my son being assisted, saying it was cheating! That made me feel so angry but there was no way i was going to let it spoil our moment. He took part in 5 races in total and did absolutely brilliantly in them all.

Thank you! It certainly looks like a brilliant forum from first impressions!

Hi, i`ve only just registered for this forum and i have to say what a relief it is to be here! My son, Michael, is almost 8 years old and has been diagnosed with Aspergers. I am a single parent and have fought a long battle with school/ education authority, which finally resulted in us getting full time statementing in November last year. I`ve so much to say but instead i`m going to trawl through all the threads & posts over the next few days and hopefully gain a lot of help & information as well as maybe being able to provide support through my own experiences.