Dad reports:
A question brought up at last night’s support group for which I did not have an immediate answer was
What can you do to help a person be on time?
The particulars are that the person has certain rituals that must be followed before leaving the house but if a ride is scheduled (say a bus or respite) the rituals are causing the person to be late.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Dad reports this morning:
Yesterday we received a call from Tommy around lunchtime. He apparently had just woken and had breakfast as he spent the first part of the phone call describing the food. He and bio-dad drove straight from Knoxville to Boston and got in at 2am. As I tried to discuss the trip Tommy again reverted to food with “I’ve never had a northern McDonald’s before. What I mean is I’d never had a chill bowl from McDonald’s before.”
When asked how he was getting along with the girls his response was “they are in school but we were thinking about driving by and making faces at them.”
Last night we had our monthly support group. It was a small, intimate group (as expected for a busy December) and we had much fun and great conversation. The Aspie ages were adult, 17, 14 and 14.
Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder.
... In Asperger's Disorder, individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood.
...Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior.
... leaves no space for age appropriate, common interests. ...
We will document our trials, tribulations, good times and efforts to give our son a normal life and perhaps help other Asperger parents in the process.