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How do you deal with a child who doesn't "Buy In" to the whole education process?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 394394" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the subject of Asperger's ad being sociable - my difficult child 3, whose diagnosis is full-on autism, is very sociable and always has been. The social side of autism is not being socially withdrawn, but socially immature and often inappropriate. For example, difficult child 3 liked to hold hands with his friends when he was tiny, and continued to try to hold their hands when the other boys were getting to that "yuk! We don't hold hands, it's gay!" stage. In fact, it was the reason difficult child 3 got pushed out of a tree and was concussed because he landed headfirst on a rock from a 2 metre fall - he had tried to hold his friend's hand and his friend pushed him away instinctively. There was no intention to cause injury, but the other boy had got to the inhibition stage, and difficult child 3 did not. Interestingly, difficult child 3's sensory issues then kicked in - he was not, at that time, very aware of pain if he had something else to distract him from it - he had been eating an ice block up the tree and dropped it when he fell. Despite the head injury, he was only concerned for the ice block and when he found it he picked it up and began to eat it again, quite content and totally unaware of his head injury.</p><p></p><p>Asperger's is similar to autism, it also has varying degrees of severity, and milder Aspies can easily slide past without being identified. The brighter the individual, the easier it is to miss.</p><p></p><p>We have an adult friend at church who is 55, has only just been diagnosed with Asperger's in the last few months. He is very sociable with some people. husband commented last night that he saw our friend on the commuter train last night walking from carriage to carriage apparently looking for him so they could sit and chat. There was about a 10% chance that they would both be on the same train, but Aspie friend was just looking for a friend he recognised, to talk to. Not about anything of great personal importance, just looking for a friend. We had all chatted together after church on Sunday, we all get on very well. But commuter trains are a challenge to move through, it was unusual behaviour.</p><p></p><p>If you use Asperger's as a working hypothesis, even in the absence of a diagnosis, you might find some things falling into place more easily for him and for you.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 394394, member: 1991"] On the subject of Asperger's ad being sociable - my difficult child 3, whose diagnosis is full-on autism, is very sociable and always has been. The social side of autism is not being socially withdrawn, but socially immature and often inappropriate. For example, difficult child 3 liked to hold hands with his friends when he was tiny, and continued to try to hold their hands when the other boys were getting to that "yuk! We don't hold hands, it's gay!" stage. In fact, it was the reason difficult child 3 got pushed out of a tree and was concussed because he landed headfirst on a rock from a 2 metre fall - he had tried to hold his friend's hand and his friend pushed him away instinctively. There was no intention to cause injury, but the other boy had got to the inhibition stage, and difficult child 3 did not. Interestingly, difficult child 3's sensory issues then kicked in - he was not, at that time, very aware of pain if he had something else to distract him from it - he had been eating an ice block up the tree and dropped it when he fell. Despite the head injury, he was only concerned for the ice block and when he found it he picked it up and began to eat it again, quite content and totally unaware of his head injury. Asperger's is similar to autism, it also has varying degrees of severity, and milder Aspies can easily slide past without being identified. The brighter the individual, the easier it is to miss. We have an adult friend at church who is 55, has only just been diagnosed with Asperger's in the last few months. He is very sociable with some people. husband commented last night that he saw our friend on the commuter train last night walking from carriage to carriage apparently looking for him so they could sit and chat. There was about a 10% chance that they would both be on the same train, but Aspie friend was just looking for a friend he recognised, to talk to. Not about anything of great personal importance, just looking for a friend. We had all chatted together after church on Sunday, we all get on very well. But commuter trains are a challenge to move through, it was unusual behaviour. If you use Asperger's as a working hypothesis, even in the absence of a diagnosis, you might find some things falling into place more easily for him and for you. Marg [/QUOTE]
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