My son is 14 and has Aspergers. He feels very isolated. Everything I find in my area for kids on the spectrum has to do with trying to make him “typical”. Sure he has to function in the world, and maybe the services can help with that, but no services can change who he is, and none of these services help him learn to be OK with who he is, and always will be. That is what I want for him. He needs a space where he can be him, and that is ok, so he can learn to be ok with who he is.
We have clubs for racial minorities, religious groups, as well as gay and lesbian kids, but nothing for spectrum kids. Places where they can be them, around others who are like them. I want to create a space like that. I want to create a space for Aspergers, or very high functioning Autistic kids to come, and be able to be themselves, interacting with others like them in the ways they choose.
I am now in the process of looking for model programs. I want to research other providers who have created things like this for Spectrum kids.
Does anyone here know of any programs or groups who have tried doing anything like this? Do you know of any adult Asperger’s groups that I might be able to contact to gather ideas from? I would appreciate any leads you might be able to give me.
Becky
21 Jan 2009, 8:53 pm
