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Yes of course

If you said " a little bit" he might have thought no because it was a lot more than a little bit

Think you should start with what the books purpose is. Good luck.

At playgroup he used to be far different than the other children. Finally nursery said they thought he had autism and he should be refered to the doctor.

Luke says he deals with the bad stuff by just keeping positive and thinking about the good stuff....it's in the last chapter of freaks, geeks and aspergers syndrome.

Well hopefully I shall find out in less than an hour whether it is just his perception or not as one of the other mother's (who works with a lad with asperger's too) said she'd ask her ds if mine was being bullied....I do hope she did and got an answer one way or the other....don't know which I'd rather tbh Wish us luck either way please.

Yes I've not been here long and everyone has been so great already.

What happened when you got the diagnosis? Who saw you to get it? My son has had input from SALT, the educational psychologist etc too..... Good luck with it anyway and hope you get all the help you deserve.

Help in what way? Where did you hear that?

Yes you can't post too much ....glad you are enjoying it here

I got mine from smiths.

My ds never is able to explain that he is ill until he's really bad - so yes like actually at the toilet being sick. I think it's a mix of not thinking that telling me will help and not knowing how to explain it.

I contacted her after the programme and my friend (who knows her) said she'd have appreciated it because she got quiet a lot of negative e-mail after But tbh I never considered she'd have time to reply at all. Do you mind me asking why you would like to contact her?

Oh thank you....going to add it to mine too

Do I stand much chance of getting the school to purchase it? I might see if they have it work (I work in asecondary school). Thanks again.

Thank you - at least they are acknowledging that he has asd now too.

Sorry to be stereotypical here but my opinion is that most boys hand writting is that way anyway - and as it's mainly boys with asd then you probably would find a correlation - but it would be pretty meaningless (sorry jmo).

Yes it does and the school are offering to help with that - guess I'm a little scared that it is happening the way he describes it though. Thanks that was very reassuring though.

My ds' score. I had to read and explain most of it - and even then it wasn't answered how I saw things for not wanting to upset him. Maybe Result: 41. Your score isn't an achievement, it just is. Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives. You scored 32 or above. Do with that what you will.

In that case I would go for the job I'm afraid to say - what happens if you turn it down and then someone else pulls out of the earlybird. Chances are the earlybird could be rescheduled and there maybe more parents able to attend then.

This is exactly what his teacher said to the educational psychologist and they are trying to "do" things to help him - but yes it's all that he's not being bullied - and I'm finding it hard to digest when he's telling me and is so upset. I guess what I haven't said (sorry didn't think to until I read something) is that when his 2 year old brother jumps on him (playing) and rubbing his mouth against him - he feels that his brother is attacking and biting him, he's not and I have witnessed this. Sometimes he thinks his dad is trying to "kill him" and really gets scared - when he just messing about too. I'm so confused - I guess I believe the kids aren't nice to him but not as bad as he is saying and I don't understand how to understand where he is coming from BUT also don't want to ignore it incase it is just bullying. OMG do I sound confused? Thanks again - it means a lot.

Well it doesn't help that my son cannot explain situations either. He told me that this lad (T) strangled him at school. But when I went to the school I was told that my ds had attacked T and knocked his glasses on the floor. Then T's mother came to tell me to "have a word with my ds" She admits that her son said he was calling my son a loser during the game of football but then my ds attacked him. Knew nothing about the strangling. Well that alone sounds like they've wound him up and wondering why then he attacks him - but the school didn't mention any of this - and neither did my ds. I keep going up - and they don't think he "needs" the home-school link book anymore If they're saying it's not happening I can't see how the footage will be shown. They did say they are going to help him with his social skills and organise more structured and supervised events at break....it just concerns me more that this may only be happening in his head I guess. Thanks for the help and advice.

Thanks - but he just insists this bullying is occuring and everyone else is saying it isn't. It's most odd.

My ds is saying everyone hates him. That they kick his shoes off him and kick them around the playground. They call him willyboy, says he wears pants and go "ugh" when they find out things are his - which they previously liked. No that in itself broke my little heart...BUT....everyone says it's not happening. He has a MDSA as a buddy at lunchtime and she says that the kids play with him. I went and spoke to his teacher and she said she knows nothing about it (my ds would have told someone if someone was doing something wrong especially to him). I even gone as far as getting parents to ask their kids now. Does anyone have any experience or advice on this matter? We're quiet concerned because he's not good at stories and making things up that sound truthful so are wondering where this is coming from. When he lies (even to cover his own back) he does it so badly you know it's not the truth. Am very concerned. Been told he's borderline asd (aspergers). Thanks.

Yes I do that too. Oh the other bit of advice I was given is that when I was less anxious about it and it was less of a "problem" for me the more likely it wouldn't be an issue and he'd eat normally - don't know how much of that is true but made the wait easier. Things going any better?