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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I really should know better |
| DeansMom |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2008, 2:18 pm
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| Schedules! :D I've come to learn they are my savior. Being a single mom who has to work, I'm not always available to keep my 12 year old exactly on his schedule. So we have Wipe of Boards all over the house with everything he needs to do each day, with check off boxes, and the more stuff he gets don... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Emotions |
| DeansMom |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2008, 1:57 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Thank you all so much for the advice. We have been trying the "Deep breath in, let it out slow" until he can compose himself enough to talk. It used to work pretty well, but due to recent events at home, all of the techniques i've used in the past have not been working to well lately. A couple of mo... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Finally a place people will understand..... |
| DeansMom |
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Posted: 18 Feb 2008, 2:30 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,823
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| This site can help you when you don't know where to turn. I have come here many, many times to ask what to do when I was at the end of my tether. And the wonderful people here helped me. There is also a group on Yahoo called Autism/Asperger's. Those people are super supportive as well. The key to i... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Emotions |
| DeansMom |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 9:59 pm
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| being new here, I'm getting little overwhelmed trying to read everything, so I'm gonna ask this one because it's my most dificult thing to handle with my son. Dean (12) has emotional outburst over the smallest things. For instance, in first grade, he did not break through the line when playing "red ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
| DeansMom |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 3:16 pm
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| What is your first name? Donna Age: 34 Location: Middle of the Mojave Desert, between the tumbleweed and the Joshua tree, otherwise known as Boron, CA. Hobbies and Interests: Photography, skating, reading, movies Why are you here? To learn anything I can to help my son, and to find people who unders... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Finally a place people will understand..... |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2008, 3:01 pm
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Replies: 25
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| Could you be more specific? What makes him unique besides the official AS label? At the time I was noticing things different about my son, I had not ever heard of AS. To me, i didn't see anything really "wrong" with him, and I still don't. I viewed him as unique because I had not seen the symptoms ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New to AS and Wrong Planet |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 8:57 pm
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Replies: 23
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Hi Jen!
It is nice to meet you. I am also new to Wrong Planet and I am thrilled that there are people here that my son and I can talk to that understand what we have gone through, and help us as we continue to learn about AS.
Donna |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Inappropriate Comments? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 8:03 pm
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| I agree with sartresue, you definately have to have a sense of humor. When my son was about 11 we visited my mother, who had recently died her hair. instead of saying something like "grandma, you colored your hair" he said "holy moley grandma, what happened to your head!". Not the best visit with gr... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What is it like to be a Parent of an Aspie? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 7:32 pm
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Replies: 146
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| my son is almost 13 years old, and I've raised him and his brother (16) by myself. I can tell you being his mom has been both a test of my patience and brightness to my days. He gets extremely moody sometimes, which is difficult to handle because I hate to see my boy in pain. He literally will cry o... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Finally a place people will understand..... |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 25
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| WOW! less than 24 hours and all those replies. I feel more welcome here than i do in my hometown! :D Thank you so much for the warm greetings. it will be nice to talk to people who I don't have to explain my entire childs medical history to so they can understand why he acts the way he does sometime... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Finally a place people will understand..... |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2008, 12:22 am
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Replies: 25
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| Hello all.... I just found this site today, and I am thrilled that there are people here that I can relate to. My son is 12 and was just recently diagnosed with AS. I have known since he was about 3 that he was unique, but it took this long to get a diagnosis. I, too, was told by doctors that I was ... |
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