Our Aspergers Teenage Boy

Dad reports:
Tommy still sleeps. At 2 oclock he woke long enough to try to recover the blanks and pillows I took from him at 11am. In the process he knocked over his desk chair. I rushed upstairs to make sure everything was alright and took back the covers to which he groused, “it’s not fair!” and I replied, “it’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon.” That has been our entired dialog today.

I guess he’ll be up all night complaining that he can’t sleep.

I hope Tommy doesn’t turn into this guy. He has the potential.

Dad reports:
1:30pm Tommy snoring.

Dad reports this morning:
Thursday Tommy was sent home early from school and stayed at the grandparents. On Friday is slept through the day (his suspension). Friday evening we all gathered for dinner at Shoney’s and Tommy wandered in wearing the same clothes he wore on Thursday. Hygiene is a foreign concept that will forever elude Tommy. He had words with me Friday even about a bath and I said, “ok. You make a choice. 1) bath 2) lay in bed and read or 3) go to sleep.” My initial instructions were to get a bath or give up his glasses and go to bed. I left the house to pick his sister up from a school function and for him to make his own choice. He ended up choosing bath but not without a little more anger from him. He first went into library mode and occupied the ivory throne for over an hour while he read a book. I finally said something to him and he responded angrily but got in the tub and remainder there for 3 hours. At 11:30 he was in his bed reading and I suggested he get some rest. Again at 1:30am I suggested he rest but didn’t force the issue. I have no idea when he actually went to bed but I suspect he won’t wake until this afternoon then we will have battle over his school work that he was supposed to do yesterday.