My son with Aspergers doesn’t want to go school and just wants to play computer games

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1. This almost described my son to a “T”! But my son is 10 and has been like this almost since day one. His obsession and focus is computers and video games. He is now learning how to program his own & wants to start creating them. We always limit his time on the computer (if we didn’t he would sit there all day without moving!) and he has to earn this time. I do not want to take it away completely, as this is an interest that can possibly carry him through life with a good job so he can support himself and be independent. Our goal now is trying to teach him that the computer is not all that is important…

   Comment by Lela — April 7, 2009 @ 1:03 pm

2. I was up late last night worrying about this exact subject. I’ve already moved my 3rd grader to an alternative school that has 3 short days supplemented with home school. I do as much school work on the computer as possible. He is high-risk Asperger’s and ADD with no medications. (Little brother is PDD-NOS in public school, special class.) The tips in this article are great. We’re going to get him real computer training so he is job ready in 10 years. I force him to play math games on his DS before Pokemon and outdoor play inbetween as well. He would sit for 14 hours in one position if we let him. Thanks for the article!

   Comment by Deb — April 7, 2009 @ 1:24 pm

3. My six year old aspie son similarly does not always want to go to school and would rather stay home and garden and perform science experiments all day. As we all know, one of the key things with asperger’s is the ability to focus intently on what they really like to the exclusion of everything else, which includes school. Parents and school districts are team members though, and together they can come up with a plan to the benefit of the aspie child. We meet each year on a formal basis with the Principal and Teacher and give a heads up as to what can be expected. This is really helpful to them as they have so many children to watch out for and facilitating resources for them to know how to best work with your child is important. We came up (teacher/parents) with a buddy system so that he has someone to look forward to seeing at school. He is also allowed to go to “nature” or “science” center once work required is accomplished to his best ability, meaning no rushing through the work. When he comes home he takes his snack and then goes outside for about one hour before having to begin on homework. This activity allows him to settle down when homework time begins. Asperger’s makes it necessary for parents to be disciplined, as a family. Hope this helps a little.

   Comment by Saskia — April 7, 2009 @ 1:49 pm

4. Video / Computer Games are a major problem for my son almost 13. He was homeschooled 4th thru 7th grade. The last year of homeschool was a challenge and the games added to the problem. I began allowing games so I could use it as a reward but it evolved into a ‘right’ in his mind.
   The ‘games v. school’ battles escallated to the point school was minimized. His behavior became increasingly agressive (there are some domestic & visiation issues present) until it was necessary to place him in a boarding school. There his anger, conflict resolution, etc were addressed and NO video games of any type are allowed on campus. Now when he comes home we are working toward his ability to regulate his time on the video games himself. Now, he plays for an hour plus the time to complete the session he is working on when the hour is up; which usually takes another 15 minutes. This plan is not perfect but is amenable to all and his consequences for not abiding by the rule is that he looses his video privledge the following day or days; depending on the severity of the infraction.

   Comment by Kathy Perilloux — April 7, 2009 @ 3:04 pm

5. I Live with my girl friend now and her son just turned 17. He has been hospitalized 5 times in the last 6 months as he has decided when he does not want to do something, like going to school he threatens to kill himself and tries to do bodily harm to himself. Whether the threat is real or not we have to do a 911 run to the ER and go through hospitalization etc.. We have been so close to getting him in home therapy, out patient thearapy and now residental placement, but he does the suicide mode before we can get started. Were frazeled at this point. I guess adolescent and aspergers and can be a hard situation for any child.

   Comment by Ken Rosen — April 7, 2009 @ 3:08 pm

6. I identify with all of the above. Only difference maybe, we’ve pulled our ten year old Aspie out of school, and are homeschooling him via the ‘unschooling’ technique. More information at our EinsteinsClubhouse.org website.

   Hats off to Dave Angel for a wonderful wonderful resource. Thanks, DAVE!

   Comment by John Lionheart — April 7, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

7. Our son Keegan is 13 years old. We have had the so called “normal” carry ons at school with bullying and not wanting to go to school until he attended high school. He is in his second year, still gets bullied and often threatend but has support from a learning centre (only through me basically being a “bully” to get Keegan recognised and have more support within the school). We have channelled his gift through a school holiday programme called Bubbledome in NZ which he builds computer games etc. We have also had him doing graphics, technology at school. This I feel is the only way to go about this situation and accept your child is going to be great later in life with things he enjoys or focuses on. Taking his computer away from him if he behaves badly is the only thing that hits home, especially if he does not do his homework.

   Comment by Vicki — April 7, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

8. our 20 yr old acts like a 16yr old, if he uses pc to much his personally get aggrisive also it good to hear that we are not alone

   Comment by PAT HOWARD — April 7, 2009 @ 5:07 pm

9. I have 3 kids with autism spectrum disorders, two are Aspies. I was fed up the other day and said I’d like to move up a mountain away from computers and T.Vs and get back to nature. My 9 y.o smiled (Aspie) and said “sure Mum, we’d get a better reception up a mountain”. Computer contol gets so difficult with 3 kids all addicted and all very clever on the pc. School has been an issue for all 3, and I am constantly dangling carrots to bribe. My son also loves the garden and the school started up a gardening club, now in it’s 3rd year and yielding wonderful vegies for all the special need kids involved. It’s absolutely great!

   Comment by Leanne — April 7, 2009 @ 7:24 pm

10. This sounds like my son – he is 14 years old – and is extremely hard to get off the computer. On school days – he is not allowed to go on the computer before school. We now have a password on the computer, so he can only gain access when we allow it.
    One big problem we have, is he wont tell us anything he does at school. His response is “stuff”. The more we want to know, the more determined he is, in not telling us.

    Comment by Karen — April 7, 2009 @ 8:20 pm

11. Being a visual learner, the computer has been a savior for children with autism who have tapped on to a world of their own. Overuse, as anything else must be in moderation or it may becomes addictive. As adults and as a professional in the field of special education, we must be more vigilant and not let it babysit our children and be a substitute for real friends. It is difficult enough without having the skills to formulate lasting friendships or develop social skills for some children. Imagine how it multiplies the problem if you lack these skills. Students I have worked with loved the computer games but were only allowed a very short period of time daily after all academic work was completed. It was timed with a visual clock, and a reminder written near the screen every 5 minutes. Transition time for going home was a nightmare for one student who had autism. But ending his school day in the structured relaxed time with a computer game proved to be a perfect solution.
    I would recommend less computer time at home and use it more at school with structure and a written plan in place. This strength can be used to build his needs on an IEP.(Individual Education Plan) Parent input is vital. Communication with teachers are important.

    Comment by terri hartley — April 7, 2009 @ 10:41 pm

12. My son is 12 and never wants to go to school. He would much rather stay home and play – this includes games on the computer. I often thought school just interfered with what he wanted to do with his day. On Friday he told me he felt lonely and left out at school, that he knew he didn’t fit in. There is a lot more to it – this conversation lasted over 2 hours! I am glad he opened up for a change because he usually just says that school is boring. In reality he is suffering every day that he attends school. The computer games and his toys are his escape and he needs them when he comes home to calm down and feel better. I may not be able to change a lot of the things that go on in school but he now knows he can talk about it and I do have empathy for his situation. I will meet with the teacher next week and see what changes can be made.

    Comment by Debi — April 8, 2009 @ 7:55 am

13. Wow, all your stories are mine too! My son is 12 and is a TV/computer fanatic. Doesn’t really care about the rest of the world and we always have to force him to get involved in other activities but given a choice he would always opt out. And as parents we are to blame because there have been times when its easier to keep him busy doing what he loves. We try to curb the TV/computer stints but it doesn’t always work.

    He says he doesn’t understand why he has to go to school. He attends a special needs school. Besides the subjects he enjoys; science, history, geography, the rest he says is really boring. As a result he is disruptive in class and can be quite agressive despite the fact that is a very small 12 year old (looks about 8/9)He also swears a lot of school and recently in a situation that he got really upset about he swore at his entire class and the teachers that were present. He really got into trouble at school and we will have to see how he does in the next few months. He knows that if he continues the school may ask him to leave. I am working closely with his teacher, school psychologist and principal to try and get him to a place that includes discipline, understanding why school is important, why his participation is important. But it has been really hard. I’d love to know how things continue with the other people who blogged.

    Comment by Megan — April 8, 2009 @ 8:45 am

14. My son is 10 yrs old with high functioning asperger’s and has been homeschooled for the past two years. As far as video games go he would play them all day if I let him and there are definetly days when he spends more time on them than I would like. I do try and take advantage of every learning opportunity that is available in something that he is doing on the computer. And he is self motivated to learn about things he is really interested. He does his own reasearch about questions he has and we talk about them. Another thing that I would suggest to parents is to try and get their son or daughter involved in activities that they enjoy along with other kids, even if it’s computer related. It will help with social skills and give them a common ground to relate to other people. Find an interest that is their passion and be involved in perpetuating that. It does take time and patience to listen to our kids and find out what makes them “tick”. But if we keep the doors open to communication and really listen to them they will let us know what we need to do to guide and support them and keep them on track.

    Comment by tracy beaudry — April 8, 2009 @ 9:59 am

15. My daughter is 12, doesn’t want to go to school, would love to stay home, play video games and be on the computer all the time if allowed.

    She will create reports on subjects that interest her in great detail. Her continual fight with disorganization and inability to follow a routine causes a lot of anxiety with school. The lonliness she experiences at school contributes to her anxiety, she is unable to figure out how to transfer between classes and interact with people. Her lack of social skills also make her anxious at school because she knows that she is different and what interests her peers just doesn’t make sense to her. She escapes in books, games and computers as a coping mechanism after the 8 hours of turmoil she experiences at school.

    I do believe she has it easier than male asperger individual’s do because she is just classified as “weird.” She is made fun of but not to the extent she would be if she were male, she is attractive but isn’t interested in what preteens are. Also if she bursts out in tears, in a meltdown, girls are more accepted in this type of behavior than boys are.

    Her school doesn’t have any programs to support social skills or her Aspergers. They are trying to accommodate her but it has been pretty dismal, in middle school the safety net kind of disappears.

    I have thought about homeschooling her but am trying to balance letting her have a safe haven in her computer and videogames when she comes home from school and keep her in school. I am trying to see if I can get the school to get some computer virtualization school programs in their curriculium because this is where I think she would excel.

    Comment by Bonnie Murphy — April 8, 2009 @ 10:16 am

16. My 11 year old son would play video/computer games all day if I let him. He is limited to one hour a day (plus time to exit) and that is only if his bed is made, bedroom floor picked up and one homework assignment completed. If he doesn’t get off or throws a fit then he loses his privilege the next day or couple of days depending on the severity of the fit. I used to make him do all his homework first, but he is so far behind that he got completely overwhelmed and refused to do any. The teachers and I are working on a plan with him to have only one assignment a night as that is all he can seem to handle, and that’s on a good day. He is also having a miserable time at school. For example, the Friday before our spring break he cried on the way home because he was slapped by one child for being annoying, written on with a pen by another, called various names and is just all around made fun of and shunned. The week before he had a “kick me” sign taped to his back. If he wasn’t so disrespectful to me and violent at home I would love to home-school him. But he doesn’t listen to most things I say and our home suffers for it. We just got an ASP diagnosis last month, so I’m hoping we will start learning how to help him.

    Comment by Julia B — April 8, 2009 @ 10:30 am

17. My nine year old son does the exact same thing. We changes his school half way through last year and the change did him will till now he started not wanting to go to school and I took his PS2 off him which caused all out war in our house. I dont have any advice but letting you know that your not alone in this situation I am still learning to deal with some of his naughty behaviours.

    Comment by Georgina Goble — April 8, 2009 @ 5:41 pm

18. Your stories sound so familiar..I have a 6 yr old aspie. When are the schools going to start providing the’ right’ learning environment for our kid? Why should it be such a struggle for them, just because they are different and in many ways brilliant? Just felt like asking the question. Right now we homeschool, it’s not easy, but it’s easier than being bullied and miserable!

    Comment by Kris Costello — April 9, 2009 @ 9:09 am

19. Kris,
    My ten year and I are fellow travelers on the homeschool trail. It ain’t easy, that’s for sure, but it is so much more gentle on my son than the rude and crude public school system. By January of this year, son had NO friends that he talked to or played with during the entire school day. Except for the occasional interaction with the teacher, he existed in social isolation. In kindergarden he had a dozen friends, they got whittled down to zero in four years as his Asperger condition solidified. He wasn’t being alright bullied but the isolation was merging into ostrasization and the other kids starting to whisper that he was weird. How much shame is a kid supposed to endure in order to uphold the dictates of a state mandated one-size-fits-all approach to education? He is so much happier at home. I am lucky enough to have a (barely) minimal income and expense situation where I can stay home most of the time too. We live frugally. And yes he does play video games, and he plays them really well. He prefers a couple non-violent nintendo series of games, Mario Kart racing, and Monkey Ball (hand / eye coorination work). He has set a few world records on both according to the competition on Youtube.com and is self-learning videography and related skills to document and show off his special talents. I read that the (now famous) Japanese designer of the Pokemon games started much the same way, an Asperger kid obsessed with video games. But he wouldn’t stop playing and it led to his career. Actually my son credits the Nintendo “Animal Crossing” game with teaching him how to read. The summer after second grade, he pestered me time and again to read to him the word bubbles by which the game characters communicate with the players, until, in self defense, I sat up a table for his video game next to my computer table, and that way I could look over and read for him when asked. At the end of the summer, I was suddenly surprised when one day he started reading all of it out loud, even long hard words I had no idea he knew at all. Not only that, but he developed a love of doing internet research (with me his secretary) on dinosaurs, game trivia and videos, lizards, frogs, bugs, fish, etc. A lot of joy and creativity following his bliss.

    We go to a Berkeley Calif homeschool association weekly picnics, but none of the other kids are Aspergers and he is very shy to the point of not wanting to be there. I anyone reading this is from the area, similarly afflicted, or, rather, similarly gifted, please email me

    Comment by John Lionheart — April 10, 2009 @ 12:19 am

20. so the person commenting about the “13 year old with high functioning aspergers”… i am that person and i will have u know… first of all… i would much much rather be doing something with my friends. but alot of them live far away or they r busy alot. and when i am on the computer… im usually IMing my friends or on this website where u can put together outfits. but i would much rather be with my friends. oh wait idk if her comment went through but still…

    Comment by Lisa =) — April 10, 2009 @ 1:00 pm

21. Our 13 year old daughter has finally been referred for home tuition and I am becoming concerned that she is becoming more dependent upon the home computer and television – but like a lot of the parents, we have to work – what can we do.

    However, I will say to everyone, that as hard as it is, she does not stop talking when we get home from work and it costs a fortune in the latest hobbies (lego at the moment) we as a family can do more as her general level of anxiety is lower.

    I so often feel we are going through a minefield, every “normal parenting process” has to be revised, every comment thought about in an aspie view, but I am now at the stage where if it works we do it, hence the computer and the tv. Think we are going to relent and get a wii soon to encourage exercise – can anyone else advise on this?

    Caron

    Comment by Caron — April 11, 2009 @ 4:11 am

22. my son turned 14 about 2 weeks ago… he stopped wanting to go to school when he was 8 ears old. i had no idea he had aspergers as he was onlu diagnosed about 6 months ago. the psychologist told me that i should get home schooling as if my son didnt want to go to school then he would not go and if he did go would find it too hard and stressfull. he is much happer now with home schooling but its hard to get teachers for each subject. my first tutor walked mid term and i have had to get two new teachers. the psychologist saysa he is able to go back to school now only problem is i cant get a school to take him as he missed so much time off.best of luck.

    Comment by catriona — April 12, 2009 @ 12:01 pm

23. i wish i had a way to talk with some of you. my son is 15 and i often need another parents advise. my son also threatens and wishes he was dead. he wants me to be dead. he is mean to me and feels it is my fault he is different. i love him being on the computer as it is the only time he seems to be happy. he plays on line so he yells at kids from all over the world. hopefully they don’t understand english as he gets mad. if there is anyway to have email addresses so from one parent to another we would have someone to talk with, please let me know

    Comment by wendy harris — April 13, 2009 @ 7:20 am

24. My 11 year old son makes me feel like my world has come to an end. He states he doesn’t like school and all he does is play computer game – one specific one, I think the game has added to his condition as he tends to play this for hours on end, we’ve tried to to take the laptop off of him, but this doesnot seem to phase him what so ever, infact he will resort to creating paper drawings and draw football characters, then play them against each other, when he is done he will line them up. He would do this for hours and hours, talk to himself in the process. We ask him to go to bed at 8.30pm -9pm he doesnot sleep sometimes till the small hours of the morning. Sometimes I go to his bedroom and ask him to go to sleep around 3am as he’d be talking to himself all the while. Come time to get up he is knackered and cranky, we are late to school 4 out 5 mornings! At school he is tired adding to his already problems with concentration. It seems to never rain but pour from my end!!!
    I can’t think of any positives to share at the moment as I believe we are going through a very rough patch at the moment.
    Maureen.

    Comment by Maureen — April 14, 2009 @ 6:53 pm

25. I notice many family members make comments that they wish there was someone they could talk to; well, most towns and cities now have support groups nearby. I would suggest that you make an effort to locate the group in your area and attend. If you cannot locate one, then start one. Most churches will allow you to use an area in their facility to have a group meeting, or even use the local library to meet. This will also be a social event for your child while the adults get to share information, and discuss problems in their lives. I wish you all the best. Barbara

    Comment by Barbara — April 15, 2009 @ 8:40 am

26. Hello Maureen
    My heart goes out to you , i know how hard it can be. My son is obsessed with his xbox and gets very frustrared and angry when we ask him to do other things that are not xbox related for example we all went out tonight because it was my daughters birthday and my son sat in the resturante and refused to eat anything because he wanted his xbox, it is 11 oclock at night and i am trying to get him of the damn thing, he gets very cross at this. His life revolves around the xbox and it seems like that is the only time he is happy. My son is on sleeping meds because without them he does not sleep, its very difficult and i can relate to how you feel.

    Comment by Claire — April 16, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

27. Oh dear, my son too, is currently refusing to go to school. He started secondry this year and finds the social stuff very hard, feels overwhelmed and lashes out. Because he can’t manage he’s been offered a placement in the support centre within the school but refuses to go. All adult involved think it would suit him better and have tried to help him feel better about it but to no avail. I don’t know whether or not to be the tough parent and insist he goes (using threats to take away stuff or not visit his grans). I am worried about his mental health if I do this as he often feels like life is not worth living and has talked about wanting to kill himself

    Comment by Rachel — April 20, 2009 @ 4:57 pm

28. I have a son that is 11. I have been fighting the school for years, Please, if yiu gave a non-violent Aspie, do not allow them (te school) to put them in a disruptice classroom or with bullies. Our chilfren are special and all have talents. we need to help them find what it is. The majority of teachers and administrations in regular ed. schools do the minimum for our children. I am now battling my school system. Sadly, I am a teacher in the same school. T am being shunned by my peers now and they have a law firm fighing against me. I will not let them destroy him. I jave more to say but I qill stop now. Det layers and or child advocates. Please listen to your chilfren. Shadow them for the day….Gof Blrss you all and please my son is foing what your dids are doing ‘IE’ video games…..Again, please listen to your chilfren……unless you have someone in the school you can trust with your child. I have many legal bills, but I will not lose my son or let them hurt him emoyiomally amymore. Wish me well . I think we have much in common. Goodnight

    Comment by pamela azar — April 24, 2009 @ 8:13 pm

29. I love reading the comments- it makes me realize my family is not alone. We only recently received my 14 yr old son’s diagnosis (aspergers) but researching has made me feel I (or someone) should have seen the signs much earlier. At times I am simply overwhelmed and can hardly deal with him. He is bigger than me so physically removing him from the computer/tv is not even possible and he has a meltdown many times when I tell him it is time to turn off the computer/tv.
    I met with his school to request a 504 or an IEP. The lead actually held up her hands and said (holding hand high) “this is his IQ (130) and his grades (holding up other hand to be equal) are here – there is no where for us to go”. I really wanted to scream – I am primarly looking for assistance for him socially/emotionally. However he will begin high school (honors courses) in the fall and I do not want his grades to suffer when he falls behind or can’t finish a test in the alloted time (this already happens but he is still able to maintain A’s because the work he does compelte is always right).
    His younger (11 yr old) does not understnad why he is so aggressive/angry at times. I feel bad for him – she has frinds and goes places but he does not have that. It try to do things with him when she is with her friends but I know it is not the same. Suggestions… for anything.

    Comment by Michele — April 29, 2009 @ 6:54 pm

30. reading all the comments can i ask a question.my son starts school in september do all aspis hate school. my son doesn’t like pre schools he says it is boring and no one likes him ,this is heart breaking

    Comment by sarah — May 8, 2009 @ 3:53 am

31. My son has just turned eight and is primary 3 ever since he started schoold he has hated it talks about wanting to blow it and all the teachers up. still trying to get him diagnosed why is it such a long process I reall feel for him. He says he hates himself and I feel at a loss on what to do. His teachers have no idea and keep him in a playtime as he is one of the children who cannot handle the playgroun! That is a great help!.

    Comment by karen — May 28, 2009 @ 4:27 pm

32. My son is 14 years old and he failed 8th grade. I tried everything to help him in school and spent more time on the phone with the school than any person should ever have to spend. Four to five times a day I was being called and my son began to refuse working in every single one of his classes. I finally was forced to pull him from school and am going to home school him but work something with the school district to allow him to be in athletics. He loves to do his work home schooling and he has finally quit playing video games completely. I actually had to start him back in the 2nd grade as he has been passed by his teachers without teaching him. We adopted him last August. He likes playing other board games like Monopoly and that teaches him finances as I let him be banker. Just try to find interests that are productive and let him go for it and nurture those. My son has had a history of teachers who do not know how to deal with Aspies and this school was no different. His behavior is so much better now since we pulled him from school and started teaching him at home.

    Comment by Anita — June 9, 2009 @ 9:48 pm

33. My 10 year old son just finished the 3rd grade today. This was a very stressful and unhappy school year, topped off with end-of-grade testing. Next year, the classes will only have a part-time, shared aide. I am pulling him out to homeschool- most of the teachers agree that it will be the best way for him to learn, and we can offer so many more opportunities. The problem is that he now insists that he needs to go to school with the other kids and be like them. These are the kids who have ostracized him and/or just ignored him. I can’t make him see that he didn’t have any friends, and I wouldn’t do that to him. This is going to be a very tough beginning, as his younger NT brother is still in public school. Hopefully, it will all work out…

    Comment by wendy — June 10, 2009 @ 2:01 pm

34. Someone else posted this, but I am also glad to have found this forum and read these posts. It does feel sometimes that we’re the only ones that are dealing with things like this. My son is 14 and we tried the public school and a private Christian Academy, but neither were right fits for him. We live in Minnesota so we were able to get him into a charter school geared towards math and science. This was much better, but as he got older it just wasn’t working anymore. I was meeting with the school administration and teachers all of the time. I told them to call my cell in emergencies and the home phone for the rest of the time because the number of calls that I was getting was ridiculous and the things that I was getting the calls for was typical Aspie behaviour. I told them that they needed to learn to deal with this behaviour, that’s why they get more funds for special needs. Anyway, we found a new charter school in MN that is just for Aspie’s and high functioning Autism children. He will start that next year. I’m not sure what your states have to offer, but MN has charter schools that are on-line and then the kids go on campus 2 or 3 times per week. I believe they have ones that are totally on-line now. There are also private schools that are geared toward LD children – though the tuition is outrageous, the one that we were thinking about has an attorney that can help with public schools not being able to teach these children and having these funds put towards the tuition. Another idea is that we went on-line (I think it’s yahoo groups) and found two groups within our area that were for Aspie parents and kids to get together and do things together. Finding friends like him (they all link in their video game consoles and have a great time) and going to movies and restaurants with the kids and parents increased his confidence greatly – Best of luck!!!

    Comment by irene — June 11, 2009 @ 7:02 am

35. I saw that you needed people to let you know when school ends and starts in other countries. In Canada, the school year ends on June 26 and the first day of school will be September 1st.

    I am looking forward to reading your summer tips for kids on the Autism Spectrum. We have a 10 year old son with Aspergers. He’s doing pretty well, but we’re always open to new ideas.

    Comment by Pam from Canada — June 12, 2009 @ 2:14 pm

36. My son is 11 and has only one interest, playing his DS or video games every spare minute he has. Like so many with Aspergers, he has no friends. It seems like everytime I find a child that he communicates with well, and a friendship is formed, they move to another state. He never shows anger just sadness over his social difficulities. Is there any group any one knows of that might meet in the Inland Empire (around Riverside, Redlands, Temecula, CA) that might get aspies together to make friends? I’ve heard of some support groups for Asperger parents, and Asperger adults. How about one for the kids? One other boy we connected with that had Aspegers immediately related to my son. Any info, out there would be greatly appreciated. He is so lonely…..

    Comment by Ronnie from Riverside — August 11, 2009 @ 10:04 pm

37. i need urgent help, my son is almost 16, and no one is willing to help me ?? because of his age and because he will not talk to anyone, ihave a social worker and cams have been in contact. but because he wopnt sit down and talk to them, they cant offer me any surrport, he does not go to school, he has not been since the start of year 10, its been 18 months now . all he wants to do is play computer games all day. he says that nothing is wrong , but school cannot help him anymore as he only wants to work in animal welfare, but i feel despair as the life he has at the moment is not normal??????????

    Comment by lesley — November 11, 2009 @ 4:56 pm

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