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Hi, again Oops! Forgot - add to the list pumps, water features, ponds. We too have a budding plumber/electrician/engineer I think! Helen

Hi, Are you sure we don't have the same son here? My son's obsessions are: 1. Drains 2. Fans 3. Lamposts 4. Electricity - in general (sockets, plugs, wires, circuit breakers, junction boxes etc) 5. Floods 6. Anything electrical - cd players, laptops, printers, etc 7. Bouncy castles - the fans of course!! 8. Gutters 9. Windmills 10. Emergencies! (See flooding!) 11. Compressors 12. Engines 13. Petrol 14. Lawnmowers & strimmers Can't think of any more but that is more than enough! How do we cope with all these obsessions? Don't know - not sure we do cope! Indulge him if we can - within reason of course. I think I have mastered the art of going hmm and yes at the appropriate moments when he is ranting away about the above things! Obsessed? Of course he isn't obsessed! Helen

Hi, Thanks for that welcome! Don't feel so bad about waffling on like that. I think I am going to wait and see what happens with Joe starting school but I will be onto them if he doesn't get the help and support he needs. Great forum by the way - I've read loads of things that I'm sure will help make life easier for all of us! One thing that I have noticed is that I have a knack as does my mother of getting Joe to co-operate with doing certain things. My husband on the other hand seems to constantly put Joe's back up by the way he asks him to do things. Sorry - think that should be on a different section! Helen

Hi, Everyone I'm new here so hope I get this right! My name is Helen and I have got a 4 year old son who has been diagnosed with Mild Asperger's Syndrome (some days I think he is not so mild mind you!!). He has always been a bit 'odd' in my opinion but I just thought it was him being him! Anyway his problems were picked up fairly rapidly by his pre-school who referred him to the Pre-School Support Worker who in turn referred him to our Community Paediatrician. We had a home visit from her and she diagnosed him then and there. All happened very quickly - for which I am very grateful. I hear so many people having to fight to get their children assessed. Since being diagnosed, his playgroup (which he has now left) got funding for him which allowed a one-to-one worker to help him. He has come on in leaps and bounds and now is so much better with coping with life than he was. Joe starts mainstream school in September and to be honest although he is much improved I think he will not get the support he needs when he goes there - will be one of 29 children with 1 teacher and 1 assistant. He needs in my opinion somebody by his side to motivate him and keep him on track. Unfortunately he doesn't have a statement as we were told he is not a severe enough case to even bother applying for one. We'll see how it goes but I have some doubts. Needless to say I will be straight down to the school if things aren't going to plan! I have a 2 year old daughter too but she is showing no signs of having AS and in fact I find her behaviour fascinating because I never saw 'normal behaviour' when Joe was little. We are struggling at the moment as Joe thrives very much on routine so I can't wait for him to start school and get back to some sort of routine. Sorry - seem to have waffled rather a lot. So glad to have found somewhere where I can compare notes with other parents. I laughed so much when I read the posts about eating/diets etc! That is the one thing that does my head in - I can cope with the rest of his behaviour! Helen