BlueMax wrote:
FalsettoTesla wrote:
@Blue_Max, it's very good he has a father who understands what is going through though. Maybe your experiences with AS will be a help in making sure he doesn't have it quite so bad, or at least knows how to better cope with it.
I wish that were true... my ex-wife stole the kids from me and barely ever lets me see them. If it weren't for a temporary court order forcing a weekly visit of a lousy couple hours, she'd have eliminated me from her/their lives entirely. She doesn't care that my AS son and I were always EXTREMELY close and the divorce has really affected him.
I'll never understand the human capacity to ignore what's going on all around them and pretend they live in a different "reality".
At least you have those few hours. I don't know about parental rights laws where you are, but I'm sure if you're paying child-support/haven't had your parental rights terminated you can push for a professional assessment even if your ex-wife disagrees.
A lot of people seem to just see what they want to see. I mean, especially when it comes to their children. A lot of parents will say things like 'no one knows their child better than their parent', or 'mother knows best' or whatever. But I think - and I'm biased because I only have experience of being someone's child - that's BS. Granted the only support I have for this is anecdotal evidence - which is hardly evidence at all.
22 Jul 2012, 2:29 pm
