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Really? How nice of you to say so. It took ages to load between questions. Do you want to know my score? Are you sure? 16 I've never read Henry V1 But you have to remember that I'm very old And when I was at boarding school, I was allowed 2 books from home, and one of my choices was Shakespeare.

Last time I saw Kellyanne, she had a small, very happy boy snuggled upon her chest. And I thought what a perfect design for a mummy...any future wife is going to have some tough childhood memories to compete against!

That just goes to show, as with most things to do with ASDs, that it often depends on the area you are in. In my local,quite small, Waterstones, the AS books are in the Health and Medical section, they always have Tony Attwood's book there and usually several others that are ASD-specific. The staff are also lovely with B, and we use it as one of our three meeting up places in town. My pet hate phrases are 'he doesn't look autistic' 'but he'll grow out of it' ( said less often now he's older) and 'oh dear, what a shame, with his sister being so clever'

I'd wait and see then, he sounds very typical of many 5 year old boys, in the mismatch of social skills and academic ability. I'd also watch his peers and see if you can spot the gap with them too, as although you are already an experienced parent, boys are different to girls in my experience. It sounds as if his school are very switched on, which is a good thing, and maybe he does have AS. I'm sure that together you will work it out.

No, that was the forum's computer. It's obviously ageist, so when Pearl and I reach 100 and are still posting, we will no doubt be deleted. Like Logan's Run with an extension. We will fight back you know!

Has there been any research into levels of adrenaline in the blood, and whether there is an endorphine rush afterwards? Talking off the top of my head, but that's what I've wondered with B. And I'm another believer in the effects of the moon on certain behaviours and emotions. but then, I'm hippy dippy and proud!

What makes you feel that a dx of Asperger's might be made? What behaviour is he demonstrating that you feel matches with an ASD?

It's my birthday on Tuesday and no-one but my mum has remembered. I may have to point out the importance of recognising this festival more forcefully than I have been. MING THE MERCILESS SAYS THAT ALL CREATURES WILL MAKE MERRY ON PAIN OF DEATH! I'm off to make a banner to hang in front of the telly.

I've pm'd you.

Here with a loaf of bread beneath the bough, A flask of wine, a book of verse and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness- And wilderness is Paradise enow. See, you never asked us! Got given my copy by OH in 1983 because I loved it so much. I love Klimt too.

Be grateful to the satnav. If it hadn't been so useless, then perhaps you wouldn't have had time to get all that unwinding and venting out of Bill. Sounds like you have a good communication system between you, and that some positive stuff will be the result. Growing up is so hard!

Can't be amazingly brave if you weren't frightened to begin with. Well done both of you!

Haven't got a clue...but FANTASTIC POST MUMBLE! G has a sticker on her laptop, courtesy of a Terry Pratchett convention. It says 'Anthill Inside'

No, I think you're spot on. I have had three good years in a row, so obviously I have double the trouble this time! Next year's look a much better prospect, provided I don't get moved to a different year group.

<'> I would back what Lisa and Pearl have said. Sometimes under incredible, sustained stress, your brain switches off and your body takes over. And you have no control at all when that happens. Like falling asleep, which is what B does, and it's not his usual grumble and snuffle, more like a coma. For every student that enjoyed the show, there will be more that were embarrassed and worried because they didn't know what to do or how to help, and feel that they could/should have acted. Hall managers sound human, but you need to sort out the main source of the problem in order to begin to have control.

I can't wait to see the back of my current class. I actually dislike 2/3 of them. I have never had such a large number of egocentric, immature, arrogant, spoilt, socially-disfunctional and over-empowered monsters in my career. They are truly horrible. There are 9 that I don't avoid in the street. Counting the days...

What's with the rabbits? Is it something to do with being called Warren, or do you just like bunnies?

I remember you, you called my lovely Mac a toy computer! Although your contribution does prove my point, some of us can spell and some compute and some...etc.

That's what they think of their dad but not me. Perhaps it's because I can drive, buy the groceries and sort out funds for entertainments. Or maybe they love me anyway.

I read that too quickly, I thought you wrote " You've just reminded me that I will be 20 next year too - very scary! "

When I first read Lya's posts, I thought that you must be a young, techno trendy type, because you use a lot of the same abbreviations and stuff that my daughter does. She used to laugh at me because I wouldn't text her before she showed me how to get punctuation and capital letters on my phone. She said I was being pedantically *nal. I pointed out that rudeness meant no roast potatoes at the weekend, so we made up. I rarely make spelling mistakes because when you type minutes per word, and you have to look at each letter as you hit it, and if you are only using three fingers, its easy to check as you go hobbling along. When I'm tired or unwell, I go down to using two fingers...to type that is. So some of us find spelling a bit tricky sometimes, and some of us find computers tricky most of the time. And some of us are practising jokes. We can all stagger into the future together.

<'> It sounds as if Bill and B would have a lot in common, we haven't had a Krakatoa incident for a while, but when we do... B is always very calm and will apologise afterwards, but it's the way that it takes everyone else in the vicinity three times as long as him to return to normal. B just sleeps after an episode. It's not easy when they're bigger, heavier and stronger than you either.

My boy is an enthusiastic scout. Try a search on this forum, the topic has been covered several times, and scouts have an inclusion policy. I know that we have a student that posts here called mumble rocks who is very involved and recently did a lovely information video that she created. Search!

No insult taken, Annea, of course you have met poor, inadequate teachers who seem to put their own needs constantly before the children. It would be foolish to claim that being a teacher makes you perfect, and although most do a good job, some a fair one, there are always the few that don't. And they are the ones that you remember. Neither is what I write next intended to upset anyone here on the forum. I have met many lovely parents whose children have got the support and love they need from their families. Nothing to do with intelligence, money or circumstances. Just raw parenting at its best. Most parents I've met are doing a good job against the odds, and their children benefit. But the hardest policy I have to read in school is the child protection one. The one with Appendix 2, that details the different sorts of abuses and some of the signs and indicators to watch for. Because I can think of a name and a face for almost every point mentioned, and sometimes several. By 2022 when I retire, the list will have grown longer, and there will be more names and faces and situations that make my skin crawl and my stomach heave and give me nightmares. But I always hope that each new child I meet, and each parent I come to know will result in my list of happy families growing, and so I build up my store of positive thoughts. That's why I never comment. on any of the Forums that I use, when someone complains about the involvement of Social Services, the police et al in their lives. Because I don't know all the facts, and I'm only hearing one voice. Sometimes the authorities get it wrong. And sometimes they don't. Good teachers, bad teachers, good parents, bad parents. The whole range exists.. And if I left teaching? Who would fill my boots? A good teacher or not? How can I abandon the opportunity to perhaps change someone's view of the world, or have mine changed by someone? I went on strike because I don't think the system works, and the only thing necessary for evil to flourish is that good men do nothing.

You start at the left-hand side of the range of optics at the bar, and order your first shot... and then you see how far you can get before you fall over, or are escorted from the premises. Not me, of course. I never got past the gin