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difficult child with ADHD and Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (COBP)
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 580680" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Hi Biz, It's kind of confusing about Aspergers or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and friends. Many have loads of friends, many want friends but struggle, many prefer a friend, and some like to be alone. And the friendships are sometimes only with older or younger, or what we'd call more casual friends (my son connects to tons of people but has no one to call or go places with. All socialzation is done through groups I arrange or during school. He has lots of friends in these places though )</p><p></p><p>There are many symptoms and many combinations and some people lead essentially typical lives, even getting married and having successful careers.</p><p></p><p>Now, advocates. They come in different places and types. Your state department of ed should have a list as should your district sp ed dept. In our area we have a nationally known parent org that has branches in some states......they may have resources to find other advocates (PACER) and the website is a reference for sp ed law and procedures. Lots of forms for how to write letters too.</p><p></p><p>Most recently I used legal aid, the Disability division has a sp.ed. advocate. It is free and saved us! </p><p></p><p>There are also paid advocates, some are lawyers. Be careful and know what you're getting with these folks. Some are amazing and some just offer advice....costs can be reasonable to outrageous.</p><p></p><p>I've always used free advocates and they've been wonderful. Iprefer those that will actually attend meetings with me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 580680, member: 12886"] Hi Biz, It's kind of confusing about Aspergers or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and friends. Many have loads of friends, many want friends but struggle, many prefer a friend, and some like to be alone. And the friendships are sometimes only with older or younger, or what we'd call more casual friends (my son connects to tons of people but has no one to call or go places with. All socialzation is done through groups I arrange or during school. He has lots of friends in these places though ) There are many symptoms and many combinations and some people lead essentially typical lives, even getting married and having successful careers. Now, advocates. They come in different places and types. Your state department of ed should have a list as should your district sp ed dept. In our area we have a nationally known parent org that has branches in some states......they may have resources to find other advocates (PACER) and the website is a reference for sp ed law and procedures. Lots of forms for how to write letters too. Most recently I used legal aid, the Disability division has a sp.ed. advocate. It is free and saved us! There are also paid advocates, some are lawyers. Be careful and know what you're getting with these folks. Some are amazing and some just offer advice....costs can be reasonable to outrageous. I've always used free advocates and they've been wonderful. Iprefer those that will actually attend meetings with me. [/QUOTE]
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