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I have a son that was just diag. with A.S. I'm looking for info and I'm overwhelmed if anyone who has already done this can point me in the right direction I would be greatful.

I don't know if this is helpful, but.....

I am an adult with AS with a happy marriage and good career. School was a difficult and rocky road, but I want you to know there is as much potential for a good life for a person with Asperger's as there can be for anyone.

I hope you will find empowering knowledge to help you and your son discover talents and abilities to enrich his future.

Best wishes to you both and welcome to Wrong Planet.

All I can say is this: Don't expect him to turn out to be the next Albert Einstein or whatever just because you might've read about some Asperger's Syndrome stereotypes implying we're all geniuses and whatnot. What might be the case for some, won't be for every person labelled with AS.

Just be realistic with your son's future, not idealistic; we all want our kids to be the best, but that'll lead them to a downward spiral of regression if we forcibly impose our high expectations onto them; and love him dearly for who he is (not saying you don't).

Welcome to wrong planet.

There are many, many resources out there--it is overwhelming.

Please tell us more about your son--his age and perhaps what you see as the biggest concern now.

BeeBee

I second what BeeBee said: welcome to WrongPlanet! Try not to be too overwhelmed, perhaps it would be best to check out the AspiePedia Wiki and then just ask some more specific questions about your son?

welcome....if you're looking for resources that's good, just don't read anything that is over 2-3 years old...it's scary, and it's inaccurate. You might want to take a look at http://www.autismlink.com
it's based here in western PA, but has links to resources in all 50 states. Feel free to PM me if you like, I'm a social worker and therapist who works with aspie adolescents, and am also aspie myself.

My son is six years old and he is in first grade, his toughest challenge right now is his handwriting, I'm the only one who can read it. He tries very hard, he goes to ot twice a week, but so far I have seen little to no improvement. He did ok in kindergarden, but now he is starting to struggle on the exams, even in subjects that he knows well like math. His teacher seems open to ideas of how to help him, but she has no experence teaching kids like him, nor do I. He is a very smart little boy and now his selfesteem is starting to suffer. I need to learn how to teach him and Im looking for any info that can help me to do that.

Aspies often have a lot of issues with bad handwriting. If I were you, I would get it looked at: if it's bad enough he may have dysgraphia. I used a laptop in my later years at school which was good, and given that computers are taking over the world, it seems rather pointless to stress over handwriting! I know laptops are expensive and he would be pretty young to have one, but if he's getting distressed about it or if his teacher is giving him a hard time, it's worth a thought... just get REALLY good insurance for it!

there's many resources out there, and have dysgraphia too but, at least my hand writing is legible. computers help alot too, and this book is full of info you are looking for-aspergers syndrome, a guide for parents and professionals, by tony attwood. your son is still very young so this is a good time to get him all the help he needs for life.

I second the laptop idea. If he doesn't already know how to us a computer keyboard, it might behoove him to start getting some lessons. Many Aspies have absolutely horrid handwriting and many just end up using a comp to do many of their assignments.

Talk to the school about possibly working this in.