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aspiemom1
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23 Jan 2008, 9:36 am

Hi, I'm well old enough to be a mom to a 7 yr old diagnosed aspie, and a 5 year old nt with some aspie traits (consistent traits, not normal kid stuff). I am also a self diagnosed aspie myself. By that I mean, the more I read about aspergers, the more I see it describing not only my son, but myself as well to differing degrees. I have done the online aspie tests etc, and they always come out the same way (very likely aspie). Personally, I'm not sure if I will ever seek a true dx for myself, as there could be legal issues with custody of my kids etc, and there is a severe lack of resources for adults with spectrum disorders.

Anyways, my sons main interests are space (star wars included), dinosaurs, and nascar (I cant keep up with all the info he has on any of them, ugh). He is excellent in math and reading (though I think there is a bit of hyperlexia going on with him). He exhibits many signs of echolia, though that is as yet undiagnosed. He is ambidexterous, as am I. Currently he is mainstreamed, though I would love to figure out who to get him homeschooled so he can go at his pace instead of being held back due to NCLB. His school will not give him an IEP as of yet, though I am still fighting this.

We are in SE Tennessee.

Any questions, comments, message me.

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23 Jan 2008, 9:38 am

Welcome to WP!

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23 Jan 2008, 9:41 am

Welcome! I have a 10yr old NT daughter and a 9yr old diagnosed Aspie son.

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23 Jan 2008, 1:00 pm

Welcome!

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23 Jan 2008, 2:27 pm

Nice to meet you, aspiemom1.

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23 Jan 2008, 4:15 pm

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23 Jan 2008, 4:20 pm

Welcome to WP.

Why homeschooling - I can understand that they're holding him back work-wise but since Aspies have such problems with social interaction I'd figure that the more practice he gets now the better it will serve him when he gets older.

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aspiemom1
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23 Jan 2008, 5:12 pm

Hello again everyone. Thanks for all the welcomes. As for why homeschooling? well He can work at his own pace, and have the ability 2-3 days a week to interact socially with other homeschooled children at our local YMCA. Plus he has a little brother (2 years younger, and they are very close believe it or not). Plus theres swimming lessons and other outtings we can do to get the social.

His school doesn't do such a good job socializing any of the kids, but its worse with ASD kids because they get even less.

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23 Jan 2008, 8:10 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

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23 Jan 2008, 10:38 pm

welcome

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25 Jan 2008, 6:31 am

Hi and welcome to the Aspie community...

I have 2 boys age 9 and 14, the 14 year old has just been diagnosed with NVL... I was diagnosed with aspergers July 2007 myself

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