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Less unusual than you might think. Many autistic children have great difficulty recognising faces so using hair to distinguish people is a perfectly understandable idea! Simon

Bids guide to stopping smoking: Dear fellow forum members: I am going to try (yet again), to quit smoking. So I am serving fair warning. During the next while I will ask you to completely disregard anything I may say, as I have been known in past quit attempts to become quite irrational, and even, shall I say, a wee bit nasty. So If I say something you may find offensive, please disregard it, and do not take it personally, it is just my addiction talking. Above all do not confront me on it, I know (again from past experience), that I will be looking to pick a fight, so don't give me an excuse. Much as this may surprise you, I can be one nasty B**T*H, when I am in the mood for it. Yes, I know, you would not expect this of me, but consider yourself warned ahead of time. Just go away shaking your head, and say to yourself, she is sure having a hard time of it, she could use my support ) On the other hand, if you too are looking for a fight, I may just be your babe.. try me on, you never know what you will get, I may scrap like a lioness, or I may just burst into tears, your guess is as good as mine. This said, if you should have any one whom you may think need a good dose of reality therapy, or just a general telling off, steer them my direction, I will gladly oblige. Come to think of it should you have an enemy or two you would like me to yell at, or possibly a relative, or errant child you would like chastised, I will be at your service. I do ask that you do not send me on any foolish errands as I become quite remorseful when I recover my senses and I know I will have enough apologising to do on my own without the added burden of chasing down people I do not know to express my heart felt apologies. This has been known to send me into a deep depression, and God Knows, you do not want that! If you think my testiness is bad, you don't want to see the Poor, poor pitiful me side, it is down right sickening. I will be using the aid of Nicotine Replacement, and this helps me considerably, but has the unfortunate side effect of making me a little manic. So let me buzz, let me clean, let me whiz around. Have some understanding that I will walk into a room half a dozen times before I will remember why I went there in the first place. But know, I have been known to actually get something accomplished. It may be useless, and meaningless, but it will get done. So if any of you have any useless, meaningless tasks that require no thought process to accomplish, send them my way. I will be suffering from CRS (Can't remember ****). I will not mind them, as I will forget them as soon as they are done, Hell I may forget them as I am doing them. Do not offer me a cig. I will be eternally grateful at the time, but will come back later to claim your first born and all other descendants you may propagate. If you have no intention of propagating I promise I will haunt you, after what will surely be my early demise. Do not ask what I intend to do with said first borne, and their antecedents, you do not want to know! I will have available to me, all kinds of things to abate my oral fixation, most healthy, but some not. You are welcome to have some, as long as you leave me enough to combat my needs. Don't ever take the last one. YOU WILL BE SORRY! Under no circumstances touch my water bottle. I have spit in it, so you takes your chances ) This said, I do hope you can all be supportive of this. It is one of the hardest things I will ever do. I do not ask you to quit with me, you can if you want, but I do ask for some understanding, or at least to just ignore me.

Happy 5th Anny, but I think being at the hospital was a bit more important! Simon

Welcome back! Simon

It is heartbreaking when this happens, and most families with Autistic children have had to deal wiith it at one time or another. It has got better since the boys went to special school as eveyone in their classes is Autistic so they are not left out in the same way. Ironically enough a party consisting almost entirely of Autistic children is much less stressful than a party full of 'normal' children. Simon

Any forum has to strike a balance between unquestioning support for anything a poster says and over-vigorous debate. At times people have strayed towards one side or the other but I am reasonably comfortable with where we strike this balance most of the time. There will be poeple on either side of this who do not feel the forum meets their needs, and I am sorry if you feel you can no longer continue on the forum. You will howeve be very welcome if you wish to return in the future. When you were here the first time there used to be a list of people who had logged in during the previous 24 hours at the bottom of the main page. I have just noticed that it is no longer there and to be honest I have no isea why but I can promise you this not for sinister reasons or because members no longer come here! What you see now is a list of members active in the last 15 mins. Simon

Having read your post my gut feeling is that your son does not belong in mainstream education. I am sure that any LEA would like to reintegrate your son after a year or two, but that my be a battle for another day. If you have the chance to withdraw R friom his current setting into somewhere more suitable I would strongly advise you to take it as things do appear to be treaching crisis point, and the sooner he gets the help he needs, the better the outcomes in the loner term. Simon

Sorry to sound ignorant, but what is BESD, is that the same as EBD? Simon

Hello and welcome to the forum. Our eldest son (11) has Aspergers, ADHD and dyspraxia and it is a potentially explosive combination! You have found a place where people understand where you are coming from. Drawing a boundary beuween ASD's and ADHD is especially difficult as so many of the issues apply to both. Don't be hard on yourself though, it is a lot to take in and you are human after all! Does your son have a statement? Simon

Thanks BD The mods would be very grateful if we could have a copy of any emails that are causig concern. Thanks Simon

Congratulations! It should be a nice little windfall when it arrives as it will be backdated to the date when you first requested the form. Simon

I think we need to be clear about what we are discussing here. I have no problem with people meeting online and then in real life but that is NOT what sites like the ones mentioned in the original post are for. They are aimed at people looking for short-term emotionless physical encounters and are arguably the very last place someone with no experience of relationships should be looking. Simon

I was a late starter too when it came to relationships, being in my twenties before I had my first girlfriend. I think you will only get hurt if you try and find a short cut. If you find the right person it won't matter that you are inexperienced physically and nothing that could happen through a site like that will help you to find a proper relationship. Simon

Sorted! Simon

Congratulations! I know you haven't had an easy time over the last few months so it is wonderful to hear some good news! Simon

In December a paper was publushed entitled : Pediatric fatality secondary to EDTA chelation by Arla J. Baxter a; Edward P. Krenzelok in the journal of Clinical Toxicology: The summary is as follows: Simon

I would be very wary of chelation. Bluntly there is no peer-reviewed eveidence that it works and there are concerns about it's safety inclusing a British child that died in America a couple of years ago. I would not put my child at risk in that way. Simon

I saw her on Telly the other day and was really pleased to see the BBC moving away from the 'young and physically perfect' stereotype that has taken over all forms of childrens telly over the last few years. The fact that parents are complaining shows how small-minded some people are, I certainly hope the BBC stands form on this one.

Good Luck! Simon

<'> This must be horrible for you, but it is the right thing for everyone in the long run. Simon

Thanks everyone. Took all four kids (Two Autistic, two NT) out for a Pizza which was as chaotic as you might imagine but good fun! Simon

I know you have had a horrible few months. Hopefully this is a sign that things are turning the corner. Good luck with the baby! Simon

Laptops with 17" screens are great if you will use the mainly at home as they fold down well, but you may well find them a bit of a pain if you have to take them into work/college every day. What are you looking to buy one for? Simon

Bid So sorry to hear about your Mum. It must be a very difficult time. Take care. <'> >< <'> Simon

Your first letter doesn't need to go into too much detail as you will be asked for a parental contribution as part of the process.. There is a model letter you can use at: http://www.ipsea.org.uk/sevenfixes.htm#RequestingAssessment Good luck! Simon