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Last day of school ... My life, as I know it, is now over
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 437854" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Easter Seals has camps (for free, I believe) for High Functioning autistic spectrum kids. (The kids need to be capable of taking care of themselves). I think most of his boredom is due to that (and that's also why he wants computer 24/7). Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have a low imagination and have no idea how to amuse themselves without props so they don't know how to handle it without videogames or television. I am not convinced they outgrow this particular trait, but school and later on work make them unable to do it all day. It forced interaction.</p><p></p><p>Also, have you considered summer school? My son MUST go to summer school. It is mandatory otherwise he too would sit on his computer/video system all day. I'm not totally against letting Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids spend a lot of time with the stuff they love to do, because of the imagination deficit, but I *don't* want it to be the ONLY thing he does. Thus, summer school and, if we can this year, a week at Easter Seals camp. He could use learning social skills and life skills, which they teach at camp, and interacting with other young adults who are like him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 437854, member: 1550"] Easter Seals has camps (for free, I believe) for High Functioning autistic spectrum kids. (The kids need to be capable of taking care of themselves). I think most of his boredom is due to that (and that's also why he wants computer 24/7). Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have a low imagination and have no idea how to amuse themselves without props so they don't know how to handle it without videogames or television. I am not convinced they outgrow this particular trait, but school and later on work make them unable to do it all day. It forced interaction. Also, have you considered summer school? My son MUST go to summer school. It is mandatory otherwise he too would sit on his computer/video system all day. I'm not totally against letting Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids spend a lot of time with the stuff they love to do, because of the imagination deficit, but I *don't* want it to be the ONLY thing he does. Thus, summer school and, if we can this year, a week at Easter Seals camp. He could use learning social skills and life skills, which they teach at camp, and interacting with other young adults who are like him. [/QUOTE]
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