Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

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I've really enjoyed reading all the responses to this email. It was nice to hear from a bunch of people whose kids were diagnosed a little later in life. My son is 14 and was diagnosed with asperger's not long ago. Many of the traits you all describe sound so familiar. One thing I did not hear about, though, was motor skills. My son has very poor motor skills and some things like not feeling when there is food on his face. He has trouble tying knots and his handwriting is poor. The latest neurologist we spoke with referred to this as 'clumsy child syndrome.' Anyone else have a similar experience?Thanks! From: Lora JB <lorajjb@...>Subject: RE: Hello, We are new...Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 8:01 PM

My son is not a teenager. He is ten, but he sounds exactly like your son. My son can fixiate on random topics and stay with them for a few months and learn everything about it and then he'll move onto a new subject. When he was four, he was fixated on geography. He could spell every country on the globe (even those tricky former Soviet Union countries) and knew all capitals and longitude - latitude lines etc. Then when he was 4 1/2, he picked up a book about presidents, and suddently he was fascinated with them. All my neighbors used to get a kick out of asking him some random number (1-44), and he could tell you which president it was, the vice president, the home state, and any other random facts. One day when we were in a grocery store, he started a conversation with the cashier, and as he always does, he asked her name and then birthday, and when she told him her birthday, he announced that

she had the same birthday as McKinley (she didn't know that he was the 25th president, until he told her.) Then he moved onto composers because he started piano lessons. His current obsession is 1920s and 1930s gangsters like Dillinger. He's read very sophisticated 500-page biographies on a couple of them as well as countless other books. The interesting thing is that he compiles this info and then moves onto another topic, but remembers almost everything from all the subjects he's studied, even the ones way back when he was four.

My son does fine academically, but -- like your son -- can totally blow a test if he is not interested in it. He's usually pretty good with math, but doesn't like doing a bunch of problems in a row. He prefers word problems. The other day, I gave him a work sheet to do on multiplying decimals. He did everything fine until problem 14, and then he just started writing random answers without doing any work I asked him why, and his answer was he just didn't feel like doing any more.

We've also decided to homeschool, and it's working well for him.

Unfortunately my son also doesn't socialize as much as I would like him to. He prefers talking to adults, and whenever I go to the homeschool park groups, he triest to spend the entire time talking to the other mothers rather than their children.

I know it can be hard on a mom, because you want him to have friends, but as long as he seems happy....well, that's all we can ask for...

All the best,

Lora

Autism and Aspergers Treatment From: cmurray326@...Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 03:17:10 +0000Subject: Hello, We are new...

My son was recently diagnosed with a mild case of Asperger's. He is fifteen? Anyone else have a teenager diagnosed? He has OCD, fixates on historical topics, and doesn't like to socialize. Does sound fimiliar? Anyone else experienced this? Just looking for some support.Thanks,Cheryl

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My son is the same way. It's quite common for aspies to be considered clumsy. My son's handwriting is atrocious, although he has worked very hard at it. He is also very uncoordinated, and it just takes more work for him.

Lora

Autism and Aspergers Treatment From: mmseeley@...Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 06:20:49 -0800Subject: RE: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

I've really enjoyed reading all the responses to this email. It was nice to hear from a bunch of people whose kids were diagnosed a little later in life. My son is 14 and was diagnosed with asperger's not long ago. Many of the traits you all describe sound so familiar. One thing I did not hear about, though, was motor skills. My son has very poor motor skills and some things like not feeling when there is food on his face. He has trouble tying knots and his handwriting is poor. The latest neurologist we spoke with referred to this as 'clumsy child syndrome.' Anyone else have a similar experience?Thanks!

From: Lora JB <lorajjb@...>Subject: RE: Hello, We are new...Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 8:01 PM

My son is not a teenager. He is ten, but he sounds exactly like your son. My son can fixiate on random topics and stay with them for a few months and learn everything about it and then he'll move onto a new subject. When he was four, he was fixated on geography. He could spell every country on the globe (even those tricky former Soviet Union countries) and knew all capitals and longitude - latitude lines etc. Then when he was 4 1/2, he picked up a book about presidents, and suddently he was fascinated with them. All my neighbors used to get a kick out of asking him some random number (1-44), and he could tell you which president it was, the vice president, the home state, and any other random facts. One day when we were in a grocery store, he started a conversation with the cashier, and as he always does, he asked her name and then birthday, and when she told him her birthday, he announced that she had the same birthday as McKinley (she didn't know that he was the 25th president, until he told her.) Then he moved onto composers because he started piano lessons. His current obsession is 1920s and 1930s gangsters like Dillinger. He's read very sophisticated 500-page biographies on a couple of them as well as countless other books. The interesting thing is that he compiles this info and then moves onto another topic, but remembers almost everything from all the subjects he's studied, even the ones way back when he was four. My son does fine academically, but -- like your son -- can totally blow a test if he is not interested in it. He's usually pretty good with math, but doesn't like doing a bunch of problems in a row. He prefers word problems. The other day, I gave him a work sheet to do on multiplying decimals. He did everything fine until problem 14, and then he just started writing random answers without doing any work I asked him why, and his answer was he just didn't feel like doing any more. We've also decided to homeschool, and it's working well for him. Unfortunately my son also doesn't socialize as much as I would like him to. He prefers talking to adults, and whenever I go to the homeschool park groups, he triest to spend the entire time talking to the other mothers rather than their children. I know it can be hard on a mom, because you want him to have friends, but as long as he seems happy....well, that's all we can ask for... All the best,Lora

Autism and Aspergers Treatment From: cmurray326@...Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 03:17:10 +0000Subject: Hello, We are new...

My son was recently diagnosed with a mild case of Asperger's. He is fifteen? Anyone else have a teenager diagnosed? He has OCD, fixates on historical topics, and doesn't like to socialize. Does sound fimiliar? Anyone else experienced this? Just looking for some support.Thanks,Cheryl

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Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read.  And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written.  His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper.  I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?)  It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.

Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway.  We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might  be the asperger's.

There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son).   My wish for all of our children is that they can learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism.  This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.

melani

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Wow, yes, that sounds familiar. My son excelled in track (until chronic

fatigue sidelined him a couple

of years ago).

We've been really blessed: my son's grandfather was a wonderful man:

a public figure, exceedingly

gifted, tremendously loved and well known in certain circles. He made

friends everywhere he went,

and I would say his life was a resounding success. But those of us who

knew him well could see that he

clearly had Asperger's, before the term was used. We can also see so

many of his traits

in my son. It's great that we can point to him as a role model, and

because my son is so like

his granddad, it's helped us see his Asperger's in a much, much more

positive light.

On 1/6/2011 3:30 PM, mmaysen wrote:

> Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching

> him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a

> sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of

> of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it

> motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to

> tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.

>

> Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice

> they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while

> walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big

> feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.

>

> There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora

> mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they can

> learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness,

> advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have

> asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance

> among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it

> in a flash.

>

> melani

>

>

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The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc.

From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they can

learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

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Handwriting same here. My son does enjoy and excels at swimming. He was on a t-ball team last year and he liked it. Plays a mean outfield. Started karate one on one lessons and the discipline is starting to pay off. No video games yet. He prefers to play outside which I don't mind. But I've looked into the game (can't remember name now) where you don't need a controller, you are the game? Does anyone have a child who enjoys this? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: " R. Tucker" <srt12780@...>Sender: Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:45:50 -0800 (PST)<Autism and Aspergers Treatment >Reply Autism and Aspergers Treatment Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc. From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they canlearn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

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Hi there,

That is the XBOX 360 Kinect. My son loves it and the whole family can participate. We play bowling and ping pong. It is awesome.

Hi ,

My son does not like sports either. Also, he has never perfected cursive handwriting. He gets really upset. Also, not a fan of math. Loves history! Have a great day!

The Murray's

From: "amandaakp@..." <amandaakp@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 9:03:18 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Handwriting same here. My son does enjoy and excels at swimming. He was on a t-ball team last year and he liked it. Plays a mean outfield. Started karate one on one lessons and the discipline is starting to pay off. No video games yet. He prefers to play outside which I don't mind. But I've looked into the game (can't remember name now) where you don't need a controller, you are the game? Does anyone have a child who enjoys this? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:45:50 -0800 (PST)

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Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc.

From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they can

learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

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Hi there,

My son has poor motor skills. Clumsy at sports and really struggles with curvise. Also, took a long time to tie his shoes.

Cheryl Have a great day!

The Murray's

From: Seeley <mmseeley@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 9:20:49 AMSubject: RE: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

I've really enjoyed reading all the responses to this email. It was nice to hear from a bunch of people whose kids were diagnosed a little later in life. My son is 14 and was diagnosed with asperger's not long ago. Many of the traits you all describe sound so familiar. One thing I did not hear about, though, was motor skills. My son has very poor motor skills and some things like not feeling when there is food on his face. He has trouble tying knots and his handwriting is poor. The latest neurologist we spoke with referred to this as 'clumsy child syndrome.' Anyone else have a similar experience?Thanks!

From: Lora JB <lorajjb@...>Subject: RE: Hello, We are new...Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 8:01 PM

My son is not a teenager. He is ten, but he sounds exactly like your son. My son can fixiate on random topics and stay with them for a few months and learn everything about it and then he'll move onto a new subject. When he was four, he was fixated on geography. He could spell every country on the globe (even those tricky former Soviet Union countries) and knew all capitals and longitude - latitude lines etc. Then when he was 4 1/2, he picked up a book about presidents, and suddently he was fascinated with them. All my neighbors used to get a kick out of asking him some random number (1-44), and he could tell you which president it was, the vice president, the home state, and any other random facts. One day when we were in a grocery store, he started a conversation with the cashier, and as he always does, he asked her name and then birthday, and when she told him her birthday, he announced that

she had the same birthday as McKinley (she didn't know that he was the 25th president, until he told her.) Then he moved onto composers because he started piano lessons. His current obsession is 1920s and 1930s gangsters like Dillinger. He's read very sophisticated 500-page biographies on a couple of them as well as countless other books. The interesting thing is that he compiles this info and then moves onto another topic, but remembers almost everything from all the subjects he's studied, even the ones way back when he was four. My son does fine academically, but -- like your son -- can totally blow a test if he is not interested in it. He's usually pretty good with math, but doesn't like doing a bunch of problems in a row. He prefers word problems. The other day, I gave him a work sheet to do on multiplying decimals. He did everything fine

until problem 14, and then he just started writing random answers without doing any work I asked him why, and his answer was he just didn't feel like doing any more. We've also decided to homeschool, and it's working well for him. Unfortunately my son also doesn't socialize as much as I would like him to. He prefers talking to adults, and whenever I go to the homeschool park groups, he triest to spend the entire time talking to the other mothers rather than their children. I know it can be hard on a mom, because you want him to have friends, but as long as he seems happy....well, that's all we can ask for... All the best,Lora

Autism and Aspergers Treatment From: cmurray326@...Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 03:17:10 +0000Subject: Hello, We are new...

My son was recently diagnosed with a mild case of Asperger's. He is fifteen? Anyone else have a teenager diagnosed? He has OCD, fixates on historical topics, and doesn't like to socialize. Does sound fimiliar? Anyone else experienced this? Just looking for some support.Thanks,Cheryl

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Sounds like my 9 year old. We joke he'd trip in an empty field. He's always been that way--falls out of his chair at school, nearly fell into the Christmas tree just today. He's left-handed, would not cross mid-line until he was 7 and his handwriting is still a struggle. He used an Alphasmart in 2nd & 3rd grade, now they have given him a laptop in school for 4th grade (and they have to stay ahead of him technologically because he loves computers and electronics). Still can't tie his shoes. He likes to ride his bike and run, he'll happily play team sports but he's terrible and doesn't understand why the other boys get upset (sigh). He did the tongue thing for years, until he was almost 8 (I have the pictures to prove it, including at least one school photo). He's also ADHD and

Tourettes, so we have our hands full trying to guide him--and in dealing with his high-strong drama queen twin sister (who has her own issues). Marilynwww.marilynsattic.net, your source for books, music and moreFrom: R. Tucker <srt12780@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 8:45:50 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc.

From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they can

learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

[Guest guest]

Sounds like my 9 year old. We joke he'd trip in an empty field. He's always been that way--falls out of his chair at school, nearly fell into the Christmas tree just today. He's left-handed, would not cross mid-line until he was 7 and his handwriting is still a struggle. He used an Alphasmart in 2nd & 3rd grade, now they have given him a laptop in school for 4th grade (and they have to stay ahead of him technologically because he loves computers and electronics). Still can't tie his shoes. He likes to ride his bike and run, he'll happily play team sports but he's terrible and doesn't understand why the other boys get upset (sigh). He did the tongue thing for years, until he was almost 8 (I have the pictures to prove it, including at least one school photo). He's also ADHD and

Tourettes, so we have our hands full trying to guide him--and in dealing with his high-strong drama queen twin sister (who has her own issues). Marilynwww.marilynsattic.net, your source for books, music and moreFrom: R. Tucker <srt12780@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 8:45:50 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc.

From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they can

learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

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Thank you!!Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: JAMES W MURRAY <cmurray326@...>Sender: Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:55:22 -0800 (PST)<Autism and Aspergers Treatment >Reply Autism and Aspergers Treatment Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- Hi there,That is the XBOX 360 Kinect. My son loves it and the whole family can participate. We play bowling and ping pong. It is awesome. Hi ,My son does not like sports either. Also, he has never perfected cursive handwriting. He gets really upset. Also, not a fan of math. Loves history! Have a great day! The Murray's From: "amandaakp@..." <amandaakp@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 9:03:18 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- Handwriting same here. My son does enjoy and excels at swimming. He was on a t-ball team last year and he liked it. Plays a mean outfield. Started karate one on one lessons and the discipline is starting to pay off. No video games yet. He prefers to play outside which I don't mind. But I've looked into the game (can't remember name now) where you don't need a controller, you are the game? Does anyone have a child who enjoys this? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: " R. Tucker" <srt12780@...> Sender: Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:45:50 -0800 (PST)<Autism and Aspergers Treatment >ReplyAutism and Aspergers Treatment Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc. From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they canlearn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

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Thank you!!Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: JAMES W MURRAY <cmurray326@...>Sender: Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:55:22 -0800 (PST)<Autism and Aspergers Treatment >Reply Autism and Aspergers Treatment Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- Hi there,That is the XBOX 360 Kinect. My son loves it and the whole family can participate. We play bowling and ping pong. It is awesome. Hi ,My son does not like sports either. Also, he has never perfected cursive handwriting. He gets really upset. Also, not a fan of math. Loves history! Have a great day! The Murray's From: "amandaakp@..." <amandaakp@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 9:03:18 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- Handwriting same here. My son does enjoy and excels at swimming. He was on a t-ball team last year and he liked it. Plays a mean outfield. Started karate one on one lessons and the discipline is starting to pay off. No video games yet. He prefers to play outside which I don't mind. But I've looked into the game (can't remember name now) where you don't need a controller, you are the game? Does anyone have a child who enjoys this? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: " R. Tucker" <srt12780@...> Sender: Autism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:45:50 -0800 (PST)<Autism and Aspergers Treatment >ReplyAutism and Aspergers Treatment Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc. From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills-- Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they canlearn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

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My son doesn't really like Math or handwriting either.

From: "amandaakp@..." <amandaakp@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 11:58:48 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:55:22 -0800 (PST)

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Hi there,

That is the XBOX 360 Kinect. My son loves it and the whole family can participate. We play bowling and ping pong. It is awesome.

Hi ,

My son does not like sports either. Also, he has never perfected cursive handwriting. He gets really upset. Also, not a fan of math. Loves history! Have a great day!

The Murray's

From: "amandaakp@..." <amandaakp@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 9:03:18 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Handwriting same here. My son does enjoy and excels at swimming. He was on a t-ball team last year and he liked it. Plays a mean outfield. Started karate one on one lessons and the discipline is starting to pay off. No video games yet. He prefers to play outside which I don't mind. But I've looked into the game (can't remember name now) where you don't need a controller, you are the game? Does anyone have a child who enjoys this? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

From: " R. Tucker" <srt12780@...>

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:45:50 -0800 (PST)

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Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc.

From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they can

learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani

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My son doesn't really like Math or handwriting either.

From: "amandaakp@..." <amandaakp@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 11:58:48 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Thank you!! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

From: JAMES W MURRAY <cmurray326@...>

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:55:22 -0800 (PST)

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Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Hi there,

That is the XBOX 360 Kinect. My son loves it and the whole family can participate. We play bowling and ping pong. It is awesome.

Hi ,

My son does not like sports either. Also, he has never perfected cursive handwriting. He gets really upset. Also, not a fan of math. Loves history! Have a great day!

The Murray's

From: "amandaakp@..." <amandaakp@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 9:03:18 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Handwriting same here. My son does enjoy and excels at swimming. He was on a t-ball team last year and he liked it. Plays a mean outfield. Started karate one on one lessons and the discipline is starting to pay off. No video games yet. He prefers to play outside which I don't mind. But I've looked into the game (can't remember name now) where you don't need a controller, you are the game? Does anyone have a child who enjoys this? Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

From: " R. Tucker" <srt12780@...>

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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:45:50 -0800 (PST)

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Subject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

The handwriting, the position, the tongue, and the shoe issue are all my son, age 8 with AS!!!! He however does not enjoy sports. He will trip going down the hallway, stairs, getting into the van, walking down the asile at church, etc.

From: mmaysen <mmaysen@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:30:53 PMSubject: Re: Hello, We are new... motor skills--

Yes, my son has handwriting that is very difficult to read. And watching him write, I can see the painstaking effort he puts into it, just to get a sentence or two written. His tip of his tongue sticks out of the corner of of his mouth and he leans down nearer the paper. I believe they called it motor dysgraphia. (?) It also took him quite a long time to learn how to tie his shoes, and, yes, it still is something he does with focus.Although he enjoys a few sports; tennis, running, hiking, biking (notice they are nearly all solo sports), he also can trip over his feet while walking down the hallway. We used to think it was because he has such big feet, lol, but now we know it might be the asperger's.There are some amazing and unique talents these children have (like Lora mentioned with her son). My wish for all of our children is that they can

learn to appreciate their talents, love themselves for their uniqueness, advocate for themselves, and not feel bad or 'less than' because they have asperger's or autism. This will likely require a new level of acceptance among the NT population, too. If I had a magic potion for this, I'd use it in a flash.melani