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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 580952" data-attributes="member: 15799"><p>Welcome. The others have given you some really great pointers. In our case, stimulants were awful for my Aspie. He is on a non-stimulant that he takes twice a day because ER form didn't work the way it was supposed to.</p><p></p><p>One thing I noticed is that as the school work got harder, where he reached his "threshhold", he started doing and saying the same things as your son is. In my case, he was in 3rd grade and his questioning the purpose of school continues even today (he's 14.5). These comments only come when he is anxious or frustrated over work he doesn't understand or is too hard or too long for his taste. He has a point. In his case, he's going to probably be working manual labor as a career and be perfectly happy doing it. Any schooling after high school is not going to happen. He knows that and I know that so I have a really hard time convincing him that it's worthwhile when even I don't believe that in his case.</p><p></p><p>We were able to find a REALLY good Occupational Therapist (OT) that had experience with kids on the spectrum. The things she tested for and discovered were HUGE when it comes to ability to do school. I'm glad we found her and I wish everyone could find one like her. That's where I would start. difficult child 1 has trouble seeing black letters on white paper, holds the pencil too tight (brain doesn't register pressure) so he was starting to get carpal tunnel, he is sensory seeking but at the same time has some sensory avoidance, certain noises and smells send him through the roof, etc. All this information came from our Occupational Therapist (OT).</p><p></p><p>Welcome to our little corner of the world. This place is awesome and the people here are the most supportive, understanding, and knowledgeable in the world as far as I'm concerned. They've kept me sane and on the right path.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 580952, member: 15799"] Welcome. The others have given you some really great pointers. In our case, stimulants were awful for my Aspie. He is on a non-stimulant that he takes twice a day because ER form didn't work the way it was supposed to. One thing I noticed is that as the school work got harder, where he reached his "threshhold", he started doing and saying the same things as your son is. In my case, he was in 3rd grade and his questioning the purpose of school continues even today (he's 14.5). These comments only come when he is anxious or frustrated over work he doesn't understand or is too hard or too long for his taste. He has a point. In his case, he's going to probably be working manual labor as a career and be perfectly happy doing it. Any schooling after high school is not going to happen. He knows that and I know that so I have a really hard time convincing him that it's worthwhile when even I don't believe that in his case. We were able to find a REALLY good Occupational Therapist (OT) that had experience with kids on the spectrum. The things she tested for and discovered were HUGE when it comes to ability to do school. I'm glad we found her and I wish everyone could find one like her. That's where I would start. difficult child 1 has trouble seeing black letters on white paper, holds the pencil too tight (brain doesn't register pressure) so he was starting to get carpal tunnel, he is sensory seeking but at the same time has some sensory avoidance, certain noises and smells send him through the roof, etc. All this information came from our Occupational Therapist (OT). Welcome to our little corner of the world. This place is awesome and the people here are the most supportive, understanding, and knowledgeable in the world as far as I'm concerned. They've kept me sane and on the right path. [/QUOTE]
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