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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 363491" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg, I am not hopeless. I want my son to have the life he was meant to have and is happy having. High achievement in the workforce is not important to me as long as he does work to stay active and is housed and cared for. If he can do it himself one day, good. If not, we will have the situation covered for when we no longer can't. My goal for him is not to become "typical." Right now he has no desire to date or marry. If that doesn't change, I don't care. It's his life and he is wired differently and the things that many parents think are vitally important, he does not. I want HIM to be happy, not me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I'll be happy anyway as long as he's content and I think he will be. He has that sort of contented personality.</p><p></p><p>My son's hobbies are videogames and watching cartoons and riding his bike...not marketable skills there. In time, perhaps he'll develop more of an interest in the workings of a computer, but so far he is only about the games. Efforts to focus his narrow interests on other things have failed as he is, like most on the spectrum, into his obsessions. He will do other things, but his mind is always on his obsessions. He even has a huge notebook with every game he ever played listed, classified, etc....same with movies...lol. It must have taken forever for him to do that!</p><p></p><p>Although some kids do well in homeschool some kids ca not adjust to homeschooling too. Lots of kids have trouble either learning on their own or from a parent. I still say, it's very individual...I say take advantage of all your school and community resources because you'll be out there one day, even if it's with some help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 363491, member: 1550"] Marg, I am not hopeless. I want my son to have the life he was meant to have and is happy having. High achievement in the workforce is not important to me as long as he does work to stay active and is housed and cared for. If he can do it himself one day, good. If not, we will have the situation covered for when we no longer can't. My goal for him is not to become "typical." Right now he has no desire to date or marry. If that doesn't change, I don't care. It's his life and he is wired differently and the things that many parents think are vitally important, he does not. I want HIM to be happy, not me ;) I'll be happy anyway as long as he's content and I think he will be. He has that sort of contented personality. My son's hobbies are videogames and watching cartoons and riding his bike...not marketable skills there. In time, perhaps he'll develop more of an interest in the workings of a computer, but so far he is only about the games. Efforts to focus his narrow interests on other things have failed as he is, like most on the spectrum, into his obsessions. He will do other things, but his mind is always on his obsessions. He even has a huge notebook with every game he ever played listed, classified, etc....same with movies...lol. It must have taken forever for him to do that! Although some kids do well in homeschool some kids ca not adjust to homeschooling too. Lots of kids have trouble either learning on their own or from a parent. I still say, it's very individual...I say take advantage of all your school and community resources because you'll be out there one day, even if it's with some help. [/QUOTE]
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