Leesa

Thankyou for your replies. I guess the overriding view is to be honest about his differences.

I totally agree with you I have never told my son that he is not normal, and thats my point. he is for us normal, but abnormal to everyone else. he knows that he has a special brain and learns differently to his peers and he thinks that this is great with regard to his dyslexia. As far as the asprgers's goes he is not aware of his differences and thats why i need advice.

thanks, Its nice to know i'm not the only one. My son has a good understanding of how we are all different, eg he also wears glasses, and also my friend recently had an albino baby,the list goes on, but he at this point although aware of his dyslexia and inactual fact celebrates this does not realise that his behaviour is extreme and abnormal.

Hi, I'm new to the forum. My 8 year old son was dx with aspergers 3 weeks ago. I had suspected this for some time and have always had the full support of his head teacher, if not always his actual teacher. My son also suffers from dyslexia. We caught this early on and felt that he needed an explaination as to why he was struggling in class, as he aware of his difficulties, and so explained dyslexia to him, ie special brain...special person. I now really need advice from people who have been here before me and have made the decision to explain asperger's to their child. My son's behaviour is very extreme and affects everyone in the family,but he is completely unaware that he is not "normal". His headteacher is very much of the view that he should be told for his own benefit and that of his 2 brothers ,what do you think? thanks.

Yes, I know. We have been very lucky. We live in the catchment for the national autism centre and the whole process couldn't have been any easier.

Hi, I am Leesa. I am the proud mother of 3 beautiful boys, Jude who is 11 months, Beck who is 2 and a half and Kaeleb who is 8. Kaeleb was diagnosed with asperger's 2 weeks ago. I was prepared for this and expected it, but I guess that although I knew this deep down, the dx still came as a shock. I am however glad to say that after the initial wait to see the team at yorkhill Kaeleb was diagnosed after one meeting. This is not my first visit to this site, infact i have been aware of it for a few months and it has been a great source of information for me. Its just good to know that there are other families just like mine out there. I am extremely proud of Kaeleb and have seen him do things over the summer that I never thought he would, like playing outside with other children albeit on his terms. I have also seen that he has great leadership skills .(even if they are more in the dictatorial fashion) We have been on a rollercoaster of ups and downs over the past 8 years and his behaviour can be really challenging, but he surprises me everyday. He is so vibrant I wouldn't have him any other way.