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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Update- My Now 23 Year Old Son and Facebook

jtou
Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 7:11 am 

Replies: 13
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He really only has one good friend, who he has known since kindergarten. He has his own set of issues, and may perhaps be on the autism spectrum to some degree. However, he has been able to have a few girlfriends, but is just generally so annoying that only my son has really been able to put up with...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Update- My Now 23 Year Old Son and Facebook

jtou
Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 2:15 am 

Replies: 13
Views: 2,146
Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it. He doesn't get along that well with his 19 yo sister, who is NT. He talks to her about what is happening on Facebook, but he kind of says what he knows will irritate her, and then finds it funny when she gets upset. Their relationship goes back and forth- s...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Update- My Now 23 Year Old Son and Facebook

jtou
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 10:31 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 2,146
My son is a 23 year old aspie. He has been working now at the same job for over six months, which is a big deal and something we're very proud of. Unlike his previous jobs, he hasn't really gone into the mode of "I don't want to go, I don't care." So that's a great positive. He still struggles socia...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Need Help With 22 Year Old Son

jtou
Posted: 28 Aug 2012, 11:37 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 9,603
Update- My son has now been working for almost two months. Five days a week, six hours a day. It is probably only going to be a temporary position, for 90 days. The pay is minimal, but I'm very proud of him for sticking to it. What's amazing is that so far he hasn't really tried to miss a day of wor...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Need Help With 22 Year Old Son

jtou
Posted: 23 Jun 2012, 4:35 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 9,603
Kicking my son out is really not an option I'd ever consider. As I noted, we tried that with my then over 50 year old brother several years ago. It did nothing but make me feel horribly guilty. You are right- there are a lot of kids not on the spectrum who are my son's age that live at home and don'...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Need Help With 22 Year Old Son

jtou
Posted: 01 May 2012, 12:34 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 9,603
When he first started complaining about migraines, we became scared he had a brain tumor or something. We had him checked out medically, but they found no problems, so we realized there was something psychological there. Our son had never really complained much before, and was kind of a "tough guy" ...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Need Help With 22 Year Old Son

jtou
Posted: 30 Apr 2012, 8:46 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 9,603
Thanks so much for the replies. To clarify; I would never kick my children out, with or without aspergers. My wife and I support him as much as we can. We did make him pay for his car insurance, when he still had money, but at this point,he hasn't worked in a while, so he has no way of paying rent. ...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Need Help With 22 Year Old Son

jtou
Posted: 30 Apr 2012, 2:30 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 9,603
I hope I don't ramble here. My 22 year old son is a complex character; the schools never really identified his "problem," and he was categorized as LD NOS (not otherwise specified). Later, they changed it to autistic, but even they acknowledged he had few autistic symptoms. He was very athletic, and...
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