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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 667942" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>To answer your question -</p><p></p><p>My oldest son sustained lead poisoning at a day care center in the early '90's when he was a toddler; he is 25 now. After years of having him classified as OHI, in 9th grade we bit the bullet and fought for a change to Asperger's. He doesn't have AS but it's the closest way to describe the lead poisoning damage he sustained. The change enabled us to switch him to a school that specialized in Aspie kids and he graduated HS. Although he is exceptionally smart, he quit college because he refused to take English and I refused to pay any more. He lives in his childhood bedroom, plays video games and works occasionally. Today, he and 2 friends went shopping, He called me and asked if I would buy him clothing because his friends' parents were. When I refused and told him to get a job, he told me I was the worst person in the world and I hung up on him. I just bought him new sneakers and work out clothes last week.</p><p></p><p>Difficult Child just turned 21 and is in college. His diagnosis was OHI due to chronic ear infections but he was really ODD. He absolutely believed that he was an adult and should be treated as such and permitted to address adults as peers. This began when he was 5 years old. Now that he IS an adult, things are much better because he is a peer to a large extent. It was tough when he was a teen because he was intellectually superior to most of the adults he encountered and he doesn't suffer fools. He's more tolerant now; I think that helping the two youngest boys, both of whom are dyslexic, to study, helped him realize that intelligence doesn't just mean being the "smartest" kid in your class.</p><p></p><p>For Odin - have you tried Melatonin? Youngest boy says it helps. Is he in AP Euro? That's one of the hardest classes there is. Difficult Child got a 5 on the test and was one of about 9 students in our highly rated HS who did (out of more than 100 who took it), but Difficult Child is a certified genius with no Learning Disability (LD)'s or attentional issues. Youngest boy began in it last year, but dropped out. He is doing APUSH now. If Odin is not a history geek, it might be better to just drop it and let him be the top student in a regular class. Youngest boy IS a history geek and he dropped Euro and became the best student in his class. He wasn't challenged but he was calmer and readier to take on the AP challenge as a junior.</p><p></p><p>Good luck -</p><p></p><p>Sven</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 667942, member: 3493"] To answer your question - My oldest son sustained lead poisoning at a day care center in the early '90's when he was a toddler; he is 25 now. After years of having him classified as OHI, in 9th grade we bit the bullet and fought for a change to Asperger's. He doesn't have AS but it's the closest way to describe the lead poisoning damage he sustained. The change enabled us to switch him to a school that specialized in Aspie kids and he graduated HS. Although he is exceptionally smart, he quit college because he refused to take English and I refused to pay any more. He lives in his childhood bedroom, plays video games and works occasionally. Today, he and 2 friends went shopping, He called me and asked if I would buy him clothing because his friends' parents were. When I refused and told him to get a job, he told me I was the worst person in the world and I hung up on him. I just bought him new sneakers and work out clothes last week. Difficult Child just turned 21 and is in college. His diagnosis was OHI due to chronic ear infections but he was really ODD. He absolutely believed that he was an adult and should be treated as such and permitted to address adults as peers. This began when he was 5 years old. Now that he IS an adult, things are much better because he is a peer to a large extent. It was tough when he was a teen because he was intellectually superior to most of the adults he encountered and he doesn't suffer fools. He's more tolerant now; I think that helping the two youngest boys, both of whom are dyslexic, to study, helped him realize that intelligence doesn't just mean being the "smartest" kid in your class. For Odin - have you tried Melatonin? Youngest boy says it helps. Is he in AP Euro? That's one of the hardest classes there is. Difficult Child got a 5 on the test and was one of about 9 students in our highly rated HS who did (out of more than 100 who took it), but Difficult Child is a certified genius with no Learning Disability (LD)'s or attentional issues. Youngest boy began in it last year, but dropped out. He is doing APUSH now. If Odin is not a history geek, it might be better to just drop it and let him be the top student in a regular class. Youngest boy IS a history geek and he dropped Euro and became the best student in his class. He wasn't challenged but he was calmer and readier to take on the AP challenge as a junior. Good luck - Sven [/QUOTE]
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