does anyone have a speical kid?? (26)

HI all
i am a mother of 3 beautiful kids and i adore them.
but my middle son has asbergers syndrome.
and for the last 2 days he has been on a mad trip.
which usually happens every week anyway
but for some reason he seems to be worse this week

im tired i cant sleep im terrified he will get up during the night and do something (which he has done before)

i was wondering is anyone kids like this
that you could give me some information on it that could help me get him his siblings and myself through with out pulling my hair out

sometimes i feel like im 90 instead of been 26.
im getting depressed alot cause i dont have anyone to talk to about it no one understands wat its like.
im not feeling sorry for myself or anything a bit of advice would be great if anyone knows anything about it

thx people

You should feel sorry for yourself it’s a perfectly normal emotion for some one in your situation , as long as you don’t let it consume there is nothing wrong with felling sorry for your self , I have to say I don’t have kids let alone a was take every thing that he could use to hurt himself out of the bedroom and lock him in special needs one so I don’t know hat your going threw , my first reaction when you said he might get up and do some thing but what do i know I am sure there is an asburgers association that has better advice , if you want to talk there is allways some one on the forum's

I'd ask your doctor if there is a local support group or maybe check online for support. Sometimes the best people to talk with are those who have traveled the same path.

You have mail

Hi

Tried to mail you but you have a block on....

Anyways, I have a 14yr boy with High Functioning Autism . Door is open if you need to chat.....

There are a few of us on here who have been where you are now, you are not alone with how your feeling .........


Maggie

I have 5yr old diagnosed with Autism, probably high functioning or Asbergers... he's too young yet for a full diagnosis.

Door is open for you here too, although I may end up picking your brain too!!

You will find that Aspies and Ausies are more or less them same, not much of a difference, its based on their IQ.
I found that the diagnosis was only helpful in his education , not anywhere else. His IQ is off the charts, considered a genius, yet has great difficulty in writing which then affects his exams, schoolwork etc.

Fighting a battle these past 7 years to get the OT to sign off on letting him use a laptop in school, the teachers want it, he wants it, yet the auld biddy believes he needs to keep his fine motor skills.

Having kids like ours can be so stressful, I found that it was the external battle with the medical proffession the hardest....

a lot!!

My niece (aspie) uses a laptop all the time in school, her typing skills are far better than her handwriting skills. For her Junior Cert last year she was allowed a scribe, her SNA did the job and her results were all A's. Totally unexpected both at home and at school... she showed them!!

My point is... go to the school principal about getting a laptop, that's how my brother worked it.

Its different here in the North, we have to have the OT sign off on it. The school have put pressure on her, but she is holding her ground on this issue, even though she was the one who diagnosed "Acute Sensory Difficulties"!

I had great difficulties from the begining with the medical proffession here, as I had his diagnosis done privately. The waiting lists were far to long at that time. Going privately initially closed all the doors for the therapies, 10 years ago, within the NHS who provide them.

I ended up chasing services one by one, speech and laungage etc..

Its been a hard slog battling, yet, it taught me to be a stronger person.

He could read, yet he couldnt write by the time he left primary scholl, no matter what I did or said to the Eduaction Board. He was placed in the bottom tier of the 1st years, with the possibility of being moved into the "Unit" if he didnt improve..

2 Years ago, he broke all the fingers in his right hand, then and only then did they give him a scribe for his exams. I received a phonecall from the school, who were stunned when he scored 100% in every subject!! They tested him again with higher standard work, resulted in moving up 5 levels, and now sitting his GCSE getting A* at present..just goes to show what a simple thing can do for the child and lessen the stress for the parent.