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Whats his thing? computers/art/music? whatever it is he focuses on most is the way to guide him to a future career, thats what the ADOS told me to do for my daughter, her thing is computers and technology, try not to worry for his future as he may pick up on it and become anxious, as hard as it may be just go with the flow if you can, he will let you know if it gets too much for him,(anxiety/behaviour) then step in, whatever his focus guide him in that direction, i raised my child for 12 yrs before she was diagnosed aspergers, she has never been treated differently from other children, as much as we have to adapt they also can learn to adapt. Just takes more time and patience.

Hi candice, my daughter is 12 and just recently diagnosed aspergers but like yours when she was little she was super friendly, never stopped talking and would talk to anyone but she also had her routines, everything had to be in its proper place, even in the supermarket, if i put something back on the wrong shelf she would freak out until i put it back in its proper place, it was because of her sociability i refused to have her assessed when it was first pointed out to me by a doctor, boy was i wrong, have to say though she is completely different from the sociable child she once was. Back on point tho lol yes she can be sociable and be on the spectrum.

sorry that meant to say 6/8 weeks

Hi, my daughter went through 3 assessments, the whole thing took around 6/weeks if thats any help

Thank you all for your advice, theres a lot to take in, it might take me a while, im a single parent too, my family have never been great child minders, im lucky in that i have the kind of job i can take her with me though, she's a great kid though, very helpful, works well with a bit of responsibility (not too much) she has a lot of pent up anger from the way she was treated at primary school, she is seeing the school counsellor for that now, hindsight is a wonderful thing eh

I'v just joined today, iv been looking for support groups in my area and nada so far, a week ago i was told my 12 yr old daughter has aspergers syndrome, everything makes sense now looking back over the years, iv been left kinda high n dry though, i dont know what my next step is, does she see a specialist regularly? How will it affect her future? how should i react to her? that kind of thing, someone at work told me i should get her statemented, i dont even know what that means never mind how to go about it, the school are helping me in some ways but i need a lot of info and advice any little info would be greatly appreciated. She is in mainstream school, we've had some problems with her being aggressive with other kids and lashing out but now that we've had this diagnoses they are willing to help her. Thanks