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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 58433" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi, Mrs. Smith.</p><p>I have a spectrum son and your son sounds extremely "normal" for a spectrum kid. They don't have a lot of interests. in my opinion your lucky your son has a friend. Mine has school chums, but he has no interest in interacting once home. I have to send him to summer school to get him out of the house (he is 14). Because I'm around the house, it's ME he'll talk to about the various videogame scenarios non-stop. He is very fluent, but does not hold normal conversations. My intensive attempt to widen his interests failed. Even when I forced him to do other things, he'd come up to me (or CALL me) and start talking about his obsessions. Yes, this includes when he would be at things like kid oriented activities. He never interacted on a deep level with other kids and is always anxious to get home, although he is very well acclimated at school and likes to go. Once home, he is DONE socializing and likes to hang with the family, doing his obsessions.</p><p> I'm not sure there is much you can do, or if it's bad for spectrum kids--my son seems pretty happy. He is just very focused on only a few things and I can't get him to focus on anything else no matter how hard I try. The older he gets, the less I can intervene and make an impression because he is growing up and not as amicable to my suggestions. My son is mainstreamed except he spends one period in Special Education, and has a modified cirriculum, which he needs. He's doing well, and doesn't need medications to maintain good cheer, but he's very quirky and different, and I doubt I can change that if he doesn't want to change. Welcome to the board. Others will pop in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 58433, member: 1550"] Hi, Mrs. Smith. I have a spectrum son and your son sounds extremely "normal" for a spectrum kid. They don't have a lot of interests. in my opinion your lucky your son has a friend. Mine has school chums, but he has no interest in interacting once home. I have to send him to summer school to get him out of the house (he is 14). Because I'm around the house, it's ME he'll talk to about the various videogame scenarios non-stop. He is very fluent, but does not hold normal conversations. My intensive attempt to widen his interests failed. Even when I forced him to do other things, he'd come up to me (or CALL me) and start talking about his obsessions. Yes, this includes when he would be at things like kid oriented activities. He never interacted on a deep level with other kids and is always anxious to get home, although he is very well acclimated at school and likes to go. Once home, he is DONE socializing and likes to hang with the family, doing his obsessions. I'm not sure there is much you can do, or if it's bad for spectrum kids--my son seems pretty happy. He is just very focused on only a few things and I can't get him to focus on anything else no matter how hard I try. The older he gets, the less I can intervene and make an impression because he is growing up and not as amicable to my suggestions. My son is mainstreamed except he spends one period in Special Education, and has a modified cirriculum, which he needs. He's doing well, and doesn't need medications to maintain good cheer, but he's very quirky and different, and I doubt I can change that if he doesn't want to change. Welcome to the board. Others will pop in. [/QUOTE]
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