Asperger Syndrome Support Group
Asperger syndrome - also referred to as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's, Aspergers or just AS - is one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and is characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills, normal to above normal intelligence, and standard language development.
any parents waiting for dx.Our 11 had an appointment with camhs on mon 12th he was refered there by a peadetrician who says there is nothing wrong with him apart from a little depressed even though he fits the bill as far as asd is concerned.Because he has no official dx he gets no supprt at school been labelled from nursery as naughty and its followed him right the way through school.School admits he gets bullied but say he brings it on himself as he should try to fit in better! He crys when he comes home from school because eveyone hates him.He is excluded from a lot of group work at school because the other children dont want him in their group.For example in drama he is made to sit aside and read a book.He says if the teacher forces others to work with him they make up stories so he is removed that makes him angry he sometimes lashes out and obviously gets in more trouble.If he gets hit im told he irritated the other child.I honestly dont know what to do.The only good thing about school seems to be the fact that academically he is very bright and mostly behaviour is good in lessons he got level 5 in all his sats.I just hate to see him so unhappy any advice would be appreciated
Posted on 11/19/07, 08:11 am
Posted on 11/19/07, 08:11 am
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cahms said that hes not suffering from any psychiatric problems and that they havent ruled out social communication issues but it could be just his personality.Im more confused than before if its just his personality why do certain noises drive him crazy? Why does he struggle so much with change?Why is he able to achieve high marks academically but cant tie his own shoes or wash his own hair?Why does he sit for ages just staring into space just in his own world unresponsive to anything going on around him?Why does he have the most major tantrums over seemingly the smallest things where he hits bites and scratches himself and anyone watching can tell he has no control over it?Hes 11 now and im so scared that his whole childhood is going to be blighted by this as it has already.I hear so many stories of people getting a dx in their late teens or later who feel that they have been robbed of their childhoods wrongly labelled as weird,anti social,agressive,badly behaved all the labels apart from the right one which may have offered them some support or at least some answers.My son says "I know im different but I dont know why and I dont know how to make it better" .Camhs said that the peaditrician who assesed him before had told them she had assesed him for as.This was the one who said hes a little bit depressed we were in her office for 45 minutes and she didnt even speak to him.At one point he went up to his baby brother and tickled and kissed him and she said "oh he wouldnt do that if he was aspergers they dont interact and show emotion that way"Camhs asked if she had even done a checklist she had at the end of appointment asked me to hurry up and fill it in because she had another appointment and didnt even look at it when i was finished.National autistic society have said to ask gp to refer us to someone specialsed in aspergers because some children can put on a show of complete normality for short periods of time so i guess that is what ill do I also plan to start keeping a diary.Nobody has shown an interest in school reports even though they reveal a huge amount of his problems at school I have brought them to every appointment only one who has read them is gp who seems to be only one taking me seriously.
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