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diagnosis changed from ADHD to Asperger's - FRUSTRATED!
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 449543" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Something I meant to include - we went through the fascination with fire also. All three younger kids. easy child 2/difficult child 2 and difficult child 1 went to the same mainstream high school (two years apart) and travelled together. They used to hang around the shops near the school, especially the tobacconist's, who either sold them or gave them (so they said) old but interesting lighters. difficult child 1 would bring home broken lighters and fix them. "He gave it to me," he would tell me. We kept confiscating every lighter we found - as I type this I look up to a high shelf and can see a brass locomotive cigarette lighter. Nobody in this household smokes or has ever smoked. The kids just wanted to play with lighters. And matches. And candles. And the barbecue. And the outdoor pizza oven. We kept finding lighter fluid that difficult child 1 had bought. We'd find cans of it under the couch, or even in his bed. His best friend (also Aspie) is reported to have poured a can of lighter fluid over his hand (at school) then set fire to it. He told me didn't expect it to hurt so much. He never did it again, he told me (that young man is getting married next week, incidentally).</p><p></p><p>All we could do, was keep confiscating stuff. I don't think making either of our firebug problem kids light an entire box of matches would have done a thing. But hey, if it does work for you, I am glad. I just know what our kids were like...</p><p></p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 now has candles in her apartment. She is older and more responsible. difficult child 1 no longer is as fascinated with lighters, although if there is a fire (such as a barbecue) he will, like his little brother, poke sticks in it to watch the stick burn down. That's when I fetch a bag of marshmallows. I also teach the kids how to cook properly; if you're going to play with fire, you may as well be productive!</p><p></p><p>Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is very much a facet of Asperger's. Not in every case, but in a great many of them.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 449543, member: 1991"] Something I meant to include - we went through the fascination with fire also. All three younger kids. easy child 2/difficult child 2 and difficult child 1 went to the same mainstream high school (two years apart) and travelled together. They used to hang around the shops near the school, especially the tobacconist's, who either sold them or gave them (so they said) old but interesting lighters. difficult child 1 would bring home broken lighters and fix them. "He gave it to me," he would tell me. We kept confiscating every lighter we found - as I type this I look up to a high shelf and can see a brass locomotive cigarette lighter. Nobody in this household smokes or has ever smoked. The kids just wanted to play with lighters. And matches. And candles. And the barbecue. And the outdoor pizza oven. We kept finding lighter fluid that difficult child 1 had bought. We'd find cans of it under the couch, or even in his bed. His best friend (also Aspie) is reported to have poured a can of lighter fluid over his hand (at school) then set fire to it. He told me didn't expect it to hurt so much. He never did it again, he told me (that young man is getting married next week, incidentally). All we could do, was keep confiscating stuff. I don't think making either of our firebug problem kids light an entire box of matches would have done a thing. But hey, if it does work for you, I am glad. I just know what our kids were like... easy child 2/difficult child 2 now has candles in her apartment. She is older and more responsible. difficult child 1 no longer is as fascinated with lighters, although if there is a fire (such as a barbecue) he will, like his little brother, poke sticks in it to watch the stick burn down. That's when I fetch a bag of marshmallows. I also teach the kids how to cook properly; if you're going to play with fire, you may as well be productive! Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is very much a facet of Asperger's. Not in every case, but in a great many of them. Marg Marg [/QUOTE]
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