pennyindorset

Just popping in to wish everyone a Happy and enjoyable christmas, I don t pop in much these days due to work and were in the process of moving, but every now and again I do pop in and read messages, as for me as everyone here Christmas is a very difficult time of the year,specially stress levels I just hope everyone has a christmas to look back on and not one to be forgotten May all your troubles be small ones, just remember take a deep breath ..............Merry Christmas everyone,from Penny & Family xxx

I m in the 'Purbecks' in Dorset

Hi Lemony, my son has Aspergers too and is 12, welcome to the forum and I hope you find much support and comfort on this forum,trouble is i hope you have plenty of time cos theres so much interesting info and threads to get thru. Penny

Were going to see this film on tuesday and were looking forward to it but i hear the lumpa s are not in it and singing there song is this true? Penny

A quick Hi to you all, again I m just off to work but only for a short while, will try and pop in later tonight and do some more posting,thanks for saying HI. And Cutie.....your not alone

Hi my son was in mainstream and found it hard coping there, he too was labeled different by other kids with certain name calling, also bullied, he also had full time one to one and at the gae of 91/2 still could nt read or write,mainstream just wasn t the place for him, he started in an autistic base of a special school just 2 months before his 10th birthday and within 6 months was reading and could write a little bit, he was in the autistic base one year and did so well he was 'promoted' to the special side of the school, he is now top in maths(but always was even though he couldn t read) and doing really well in most of his other subjects and actually wants to go to school(when in mainstream he had to be forced to go), I recommend a special school to anyone, i was put off at first cos of the stigma but its the best thing i agreed to concerning my son .

Has your GP refered your daughter for an assement yet, you may find that if by the time she s starts at school the school will pick up on anything of concern and usually help in a referal to. I would say trust your instinct, you are a mum and have other children so will spot any differences that are of concern, don t take no for an answer.

My son was about 10 when he started doing his laces after a few visits to the OT, he has dypraxia and i think they find it hard to do more than one fiddly thing at the same time, he finds it hard to steer and brake on his bikd at the same time, its very common so don t worry, also my son even now that he ties his laces doesn t do it the normal way but another way the OT showed him which is to make two loops and then tie. Sop hang in there they ll soon catch on to doing it.

Hi there, I m a mum to a boy on the spectrum, he used to have one to one when in mainstream, my biggest tip is to make as much of your work with him fun(they can get bored very easily), praise praise and more praise, and you will need patience,once you have an understanding of each other and they trust you they ll be putty in your hands, Penny

Just saying Hi to old and new, I haven t been in for ages, I m off to work soon and had a n hour to spare so thought I d pop in. Hope everyones coping with the summer hols,I think its a case of grin and bear it I m in the Dorset area to those who don t know me and welcome any contact with someone nearby,my son is 12(going on 18) and has Aspergers/SEN,I m a working mum too,I go to work for a break anyway will obv be popping in now its the BIG holiday,hope to catch up with old and new alike.Take care all

Can I add too that since my son has been on Risperdol family and school life has improved, reading MBROWN s letter from school was like reading my own sons reports a couple of years ago, things couldn t of gotten any worse from then(he was on a form of prozac then) but since changing to Risperdol my son has got calmer, concentrated better at school and is showing a few emotions which he never did before, I too didn t want my son on medication but we tryed every other avenue, I put it all down to the Risperdol.

Hi Keyworker, my name is Penny and I too have a son with Aspergers, he goes to a special school and is doing great (unlike when he was in mainstream) hope to catch up with you soon, Penny

I can see alot of similarities between our sons, my son too is always moaning that i leave sockets switched on and has to turn them off, lewis will react better to a social story than being told, is obessed with cars but not to the point that its time comusing (only hear bashing).......he s fav car at present is the mini cooper. Lewis too is my height and very very strong, I am now at the point if I have to retrain him I find it vertially impossible, but haven t had to do that since march when he was in hospital for an operation which in the end wasn t donew because he totally freaked out and was sedated twice and took at one point 6 of us to restrain him(leaving me a wreck as this carried on for 4 hours) he assulted a couple of nurses and trashed part of the ward we were in and I got bit while he tryed to escape the ward..............something I never want to go throu again. He does get funny at appointments but I feel this is more a sensory issue as he doesn t like being touched, he s walked out of a dr s and dentists appointment many a time leaving me feeling

Hi there, my son has Aspergers and is on risperdal(risperdone AKA) this is for his aggression and vilence as he used to trash the house and hit me and his siblings too, since being on risperdal he is sleeping better and hasn t hit me once, it gets the with me, even though he still has meltdowns but not so bad and much more rarer(hope i haven t spoken to soon) He has to have regular heart monitors done (every 6-12months) as it can (but rarely) effect the electrics of the heart. May i also add he was on prozac b4 that which i feel make him more hypa and didn t really improve his behaviour atall, but children react differently, what might work for one may not work for another.

Comic Carrott opens school's �1m home Comedian Jasper Carrott officially opened Sunfield School's new house for autistic youngsters today (Monday April 5) following a mammoth �1m appeal. The Birmingham comic unveiled a plaque and `cut the ribbon' at the new purpose-built home for 12 children with severe learning disabilities at just after 2pm this afternoon. He and his wife Hazel joined Sunfield supporters, staff, parents and trustees to celebrate the completion of the project. Standing in a wind-swept marquee-covered courtyard outside the new house, the television funnyman also presented a certificate to seven-year-old schoolboy Patrick Cragg, on behalf of Hagley First School, which raised �300 towards the appeal through selling pens and pin badges. Fighting against the blustery weather, which proved the ideal side-kick, he said: "It's been a wonderful experience. Over the last two years I've met the most wonderful people. "The thing that has amazed me most about this project is how the whole region has contributed. It has been my privilege to help." And he joked: "I can go home now!" The veteran funnyman became involved with Sunfield nearly two years ago when he presented a new minibus on behalf of the Variety Club Golfing Society. Soon after he became patron of the Woodman School and later raised �164,000 towards the new house appeal when he appeared on television quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? with his daughter Jenny. He also raised money through his Christmas Cracker event at Birmingham's NEC in 2001 and compered two outdoor classical concerts at Hagley Hall - which each raised �10,000. Professor Barry Carpenter, Sunfield chief executive, said: "In realising this dream we are extremely grateful to Jasper for his invaluable support, and to the generous donors who have given us not only financial support but who have encouraged us to achieve what has been a huge and complicated project." Members of the community will be able to have a look around the new house at a further open day tomorrow (Tuesday April 6) between 10am and 4pm.