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Asperger's Syndrome
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My little brother is 19 and he was diagnosed when he was 13. He is doing his leaving cert this year. His teachers love him because he is so good, he does everything that they tell him to. He doesn't really have any friends though, he only mixes with older people, and young children love him. He is really kind and helpful to everyone. Doesn't get jokes or sarcasm, zones out with people are talking to him sometimes and he doesn't make eye contact either. As a child he could quote every ad from tv, and he speaks with an American accent.
He's very independant though because he was never treated differently at home, he goes off on the train shopping by himself all the time. When my friends called over he used to make tea for us and bring it up on a tray with biscuits just to be nice! And he knows loads of interesting facts. (Some not so interesting)!!
Just wanted to say you described my little boy and have given me a boost in my hopes for his future.
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Just wanted to say you described my little boy and have given me a boost in my hopes for his future.
My 9 year old son was diagnosed with Aspergers just over 1 year ago. His previous teacher brought his symptoms to our attention the first question she asked my Wife was our son born in America because of his accent. We do travel to America every year so we thought nothing of it. He got picked on in school one day and he lashed out at the other child, His teacher said that he will have to be punished. My sons reply was that when he gets home he will Stab himself. After speaking with his teacher again she gave us some information on AS. We were in shock that what we were reading was everything our son does or has. We had to bring him to get diagnosed privately with a child Psychiatrist. His school said that it would take up to 2 years if we went through the school system. We could not wait that long he would be ready for secondary school by then. The Psychiatrist said that our sons intelligent level was that of a 21 year old.He is in 3rd class and does not have any friends in school. He loves his own space. He loves his laptop and is always on Wikipiedia. He will gather enough information on a subject or a Toy until 1 day he stops and moves to an other subject. He has gone through Greek history, Roman history, Pirates and European wars at the moment he his main subject or topic is the American Civil war. My son is a very kind child he is also very polite. He has a SNA in school who is brilliant with him. But his biggest problem is that if he loses in a game or things don't work his way he lashes out at me or his mother calls him self a loser and tells us he wishes he was dead. At one point he used to draw pictures to explain his feelings one of his pictures was of a grave stone with his name on it. We have seen 2 other Psychiatrist with him in the last year. He is on a list to see an Occupational therapist and we have just been informed that it will take up to 3 years.0 -
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tony.aspergers wrote: »At the moment, there is absolutely bugger all reliable support for adults with AS in Ireland. Until someone sets up a national scheme for support, we are all going to have to try and exist on our own...!
Aspire used to be quite good at one time, but they don't return calls or answer email these days, seemingly!
You are totally right. My son is almost 18 and was all geared to start a brilliant course especially for people with asperger's but it got shelved due to cutbacks.
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