aliwoo

i am in the same boat with my son at the moment. he is nearly 7 and since christmas has been very violent and having a fair few tantrums! he gave a teacher serious concussion a couple of weeks ago during one of his rages. he also gets told to do things that are inappropriate by another boy, told the teachers and they are keeping an eye on it so at least they dont blame him for it.

thats what i was trying to get at lol, you put it much better than i did

well i can't say for sure. but i imagine they meant to use them in the same context as you used '...' around the word 'interesting'. i read it as you dont really need to (do whatever it is) but they would lke you to. and you dont really have to (do whatever it is) but they would like you to. hope that helps a little bit? cos i have confused myself

what a twot sorry cant be much help, but yes, ditto what others say. please complain. he obviously has no idea on AS and has no right what so ever to TELL you to work and what to do

bah i cant open it i need to see it too lol! in process of needing to fill out the parents view bit and have no idea what to say. i will get the OH to fiddle with the PC tomorrow so i can read it. thankyou x x x

my son is the same, shamefully it isn't vegetables! lol! at the moment it is pizza, smilie faces, tomato soup or 'chicken on a bone' he wont touch anything else (unless served with the above). breakfast cereals he gets bored of very quickly, i have 15 boxes of cereal in my cupboards with him i think it is that he hates soggy foods, so once a ceral has been left long enough to go soggy (as it often does lol) he wont eat that type of cereal again for a LONG time, till basically he forgets that he's tried it before. least you are getting your 5 a day though

aye, my kyle had one in may. they look at several categories (like communication, interaction, motor skills, etc) and then introduce them to a few tasks and ask questions and basically play with them whilst taking notes on what they do. the have sub-categories too (like eye contact, facial expression etc) and mark each of these as a score (0 for normal, 1 for slightly abnormal and 2 for clerly abnormal) they then tally these scores up and the if the total number they have is higher than the cut off score for autism spectrum.....it indicates that they MAY have an ASD. ofc this isn't the only assessment used but it is apparently very accurate. my son was on his BEST behaviour during this test (and most of his AS only really shows when he is having a 'naughty moment') and he still scored a few points above the AS cut off. they also look at and score behaviour shown during the assessment that they didnt plan lol. it isn't all tasks. my son took a little fluffy chick, like those ones you stick to easter bonnets, and he was constantly refering back to it telling people that they love his chick it helped them see a more natural side to his AS. as i imagine doing the tasks can make a child anxious. although it was very clam when we did it....was just playing really.

not seen it yet, but this is the boy featured, and has a 30 min video. also shows the others kids that were listed in the channel 4 progs so i imagine it is the same programme http://www.teachers.tv/video/29816 i will watch it later, if i have time to lol

omfg...just my son has aspergers and not severe autism like the little lad in this article, but i have friends who have severly autistic children....and i know they dont feel like their kids shouldn't have lived. what a truely awful and plain nasty thing to say. it does seem evident that the family featured in this article dont get much (if any) help though, or have a full understanding of ASD