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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: fairy tales

tessa2919
Posted: 11 Jul 2010, 1:54 am 

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Definitely! If you think about it, lots of fairy tale characters could be on the spectrum: The Seven Dwarfs--they needed Snow White to clean their house--executive functioning problems? Cinderella--lost track of time and ran away from the Prince without so much as a goodbye--Aspergirl? Jack and Jill...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: When should a child be told about their diagnosis?

tessa2919
Posted: 10 Jul 2010, 9:58 pm 

Replies: 36
Views: 5,856
I told him they were testing him for Asperger's Syndrome. Of course, he said "What's that?" I explained that Asperger's is a type of autism. I told him that it isn't bad, but it does mean that he thinks differently than most people. That seemed to satisfy him, and maybe that's why he hasn't asked an...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: When should a child be told about their diagnosis?

tessa2919
Posted: 10 Jul 2010, 9:21 pm 

Replies: 36
Views: 5,856
My eight year old son has Asperger's. I'm wondering what age I should talk to him about it. We do not hide his diagnosis from him. We talk openly to each other (my husband and I), but he has never asked us any questions about it. Can any teenagers or younger people with Asperger's give me some advic...
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