
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.

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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
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Here are some of my experiences:
I wouldn't normally give this as its going to be in my book getting published, but I'll put it here...
I did attend public school. I was in both special education and mainstream classes. I could not eat in the regular lunchroom and to tell you the truth, school was a severe nightmare for me. People would drop books just to make me start screaming and holding my ears and moving things on me so I would start flipping out and stim with my voice, etc. During the assemblies, I buried my head into my lap and couldn't handle that. As I got older, I stayed w/ the psychologist during those times and he had a schedule to calm me down with the change and everything. I would take off my shoes and socks to stop the bad feeling, pour water on my desk, and lay my head in it, line things up, get into trouble for sloppy handwriting and being slow, make noises and be told to be quiet, get lost in the reading, and I should have been diagnosed in the first grade. However, the teachers and schools I went to were too afraid to say anything until I got into HS. The abuse from others was more than anyone could handle...the police had to get involved in a few cases as I got older and started to verbalize some of the things that were happening. I started to bang the walls and lockers in the band room where I went to vent and my band director would calm me down and sing or play an instrument for me. I would kick the garbage cans and have meltdown (especially from a spec. education teacher who should not have been one). The psychologist would come and get me out of the situation. A few of my teachers were terrible. P.E. was a nightmare too. I wouldn't understand directions and would always be the one that everyone said, "No, I don't want to be next to her". It was horrible, but then I met a girl and she had special needs too so we always had to stick up for each other and even pretend just to get through the day. The teacher was terrible, too. In HS, the psychologist exempted me from P.E. and some other classes. Sorry to sound so negative, but it is just that is the way it was.
In Elementary school, kids would do every thing they knew they could for every sensory overload they could. I was dragged across a field and thrown dirt clumps at during recess when I was trying to stare at the bark on a tree. The girls had trapped me on the bus and in the bathroom so they could take my lunch card. I would then get in trouble for misplacing it. I was told to mimic things they were doing/saying that I did not know were inappropriate. EX: My teacher had a miscarriage, and a mean girl told me to go up to her to make her feel better and say, Sorry you lost your baby, B****. I did not know it was inappropriate or hurtful, as I was mimicking. Luckily, the teacher knew I would never talk that way. There was other abuse as well in the mimicking area, but I do not want to go into details, as it is very personal and traumatic. They also would tell me that they were going to kill my family and me if I said anything, which I then did not for a very long time. (Years) They used to say how my cat, who really saved my life for all those years of school, was going to be dead when I got home and how her head was going to be in the freezer. They would make loud noises, change my environment; you name it, they did it. In HS girls pointed out me to people who were walking by and said Look at that girl of there shes retarded., and would make it so I would mimic or echolalia, sometimes things that were inappropriate so I would get into trouble. My parents never knew, because I kept quiet, and to be completely honest, I was relieved to be home, and away from the millions of people, noises, smells, etc. In the P.E. room in JHS, I was sprayed with four diff. perfumes, which made me gag and throw up in the sink. The girls used to always do things and the boys as well. I would try to join a group and they would say, We dont let retards in our group. They would hide my work and tape it under the desk, etc. I had picked up a chair when the teacher had left the room to get something, because I wanted to throw it at them, but I did not get the chance to. Because of the frustration, I would grit my teeth so hard that I almost broke them and needed braces, etc. School was a nightmare and people would not listen to me You will not always know your child is being abused, but if they are on the autism spectrum, most likely they are in some way or another. It needs to be stopped. I went to a 1st grade classroom where a boy had Aspergers so I explained to these kids both individually and as a class (not using the word autism, nor pointing the boy out) but used lessons in Dont make funyou dont know the reason behind the behavior, etc.
I think all teachers need to do this, starting at a young age.