Asperger's Syndrome

by Mulan 36 Replies latest jw friends

  • Gamaliel
    Gamaliel

    pettygrudger,

    No. It's a fight every year. The argument is always that he is doing fine academically and his behavior has been without incident for a couple years now. (All A's on report cards we just got yesterday!!) The teachers don't seem to get it at first, but he's taken out of class for an hour a day for work with the specialists. After a few days or weeks, the teachers start to see that he really is different and has special needs.

    Of course, the District tries to keep costs down. My wife has been a school administrator and Assistant Principal for the last 10+ years and has a lot of political pull in the District even though she works in an adjacent district. Otherwise, we wouldn't win the fight.

    I agree that he will continue to need services and we will continue to request them until high school if possible. He doesn't listen well to complex questions, so he'll need more work on that if he's going to continue to get good grades.

    His biggest issue will be the teasing by the more athletic minded as he gets older. He's tall and thin and still has a bit of the toe-walking and "flapping" that will be misinterpreted. At home he still flaps his arms like a bird as he runs around the house. He's learned to control it in school so far.

    Gamaliel

  • ColdRedRain
    ColdRedRain

    Hey, I came to this thread really late. I've just been trying to make my transition out of the borg and I decided to take a little break from this board. It's only by coincidence I found this thread.But I can give you some perspective on this disorder from the horse's mouth.

    Imagine living in a country where you only knew 7% of their entire language. You couldn't communicate beyond the "See Spot Run" level. Now imagine trying to find a job in that country by only knowing 7% of the entire language. Then imagine if everybody in that country was xenophobic or just thought that your lack of understanding of their language was a sign of some sort of psychosis or schizophrenia.

    Well, that's Asperger's Syndrome. 93% of all communication is nonverbal and at often times, if you don't nonverbally communicate well, you're thought of as "weird" or people shun you. It's hard to find a job, form relationships or do anything interpersonal, because most communication is nonverbal. I've found an Aspie girlfriend so hopefully she could understand, but then again, one of my former girlfriends was also on the Autistic spectrum and she pretty much was a B.I-itch. (A Rush Limbaugh reference).

  • Gregor
    Gregor

    It is quite common...

    Offensive picture removed by moderator.

  • Odrade
    Odrade

    That's extremely offensive Gregor.

  • BurnTheShips
    BurnTheShips

    Deleted - posting violation [obscene material]

  • AudeSapere
    AudeSapere

    Gregor - Not only is that offensive, it's hijacking a serious thread. And this from someone who so agressively and militantly protested the same behavior of the gay members just a few short months ago.

    -Aude.

  • mkr32208
    mkr32208

    Oh grow a sense of humor! That is gross but the sandwich stuff covers more than most bikini's!

  • Gregor
    Gregor

    My deepest apologies to any who were offended.

  • BurnTheShips
    BurnTheShips

    Well thanks for the laugh, I had to wipe the keyboard.

    BTS

  • ohiocowboy
    ohiocowboy

    Gregor, you had plenty of time to EDIT your image and remove it if you were sorry.

    Illness is not something to make fun of. It just makes the person(s) that have it feel worse...

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