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The cutest video of Lion Cubs hugging their trainer!

I moved in October and have only just started getting to sleep in my own bed. Have you made sure the lighting, temperature, and smell of the room are ok, for him. it can just be little things that stop kids getting to sleep. Also, get him to choose where things go in his room. Where he puts his bed, clothes etc. And I've found that having a fuller room with more of your own toys/belongings can help. Have you asked him why he doesn't sleep?

I pace all the time, also I flick each one of my fingers in sequence, hitting my fist into my palm, chewing the inside of my lip/cheeks.

You, Special_talent123 and everyone really!

Like A-S Warrior do you feel that you could have gotten more, if your educational setting was different?

I found that the teachers 'caused the most problem for me at school. My mum always believed that I could do well so I felt supported at home but at school all I would get told is that I was a waste of space, and how was I ever going to get any where in life if I carried on this way etc. it's crazy the stuff that teachers think they can say to kids!

A-S warrior - I felt the same, too many kids, arrogant teachers and boring lessons! Plus how was I supposed to observe/understand these kids when they didn't even understand themselves. In the end I just stopped going. Still pulled some good grades out the bag though. Don't know how I did it, was always considered bright but I didn't know I could do that. Just luck I guess.

It's weird when stuff like that happens. When I first heard Eminem's verse in Airplanes Part 2 I was like that! "Lets pretend he just stayed outside all day and played with his friends Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend And it wasn't time to move and schools weren't changing again He wasn't socially awkward and just strange as a kid He had a father and his mother wasn't crazy as ######"

Do you feel that you could have gotten more, if your educational setting was different?

School seems to be a big problem in for kids on the Autistic Spectrum. I only went to Main stream schools (7 of them actually) and I came out with 9 GCSE's. I'm just wondering how many of you on the spectrum came out of school with any GCSE's or O Level. I don't know of any kids at my secondary school that had ASD so I don't really know what qualifications (if any) kids with ASD typically get. Or is there even a similarity between us, at all? I hated school (as I'm sure many of you did too). I'm just curious to know what you got out of secondary school.

Main stream life whilst traumatic taught me so much too. being able to observe other people and try and "understand" them helped me immensely, I'm now able to appear 'normal' and even actually feel comfortable around people sometimes. Still learning everyday though!