RE: Is this something your AS child has trouble with as well? & Scouting Q added

[Guest guest]

Sheri,

My name is Ann and I just have to ask you something. Did you grow up in

Illinois? I used to have a friend by the name of Sheri Kane growing up. My

Maiden name is Beranek. My son age 7 has AS.

Ann

( ) Is this something your AS child has trouble with

as well? & Scouting Q added

My 13yo AS son has issues with this also....In a twist, though, he

feels the need to tack on " ...Sarcasm, Mom " when he's being

sarcastic. It's quite a tension breaker usually.

He loves to READ joke books, and then re-read them OUT LOUD! I'm sure

this is his way of trying to " learn " what humor is all about. You can

tell, as he reads a joke, if he " gets it " or if he's asking for you

to explain it.

He was just dx'd 2 1/2 years ago, and services in our area are

woefully lacking, especially in the school's spec.ed provider (All of

the school districts (there's about 15) in St. Louis County pass the

buck to the Special School District of St. Louis....We're struggling

through the learning curve on AS issues with the districts....his

teachers is more than willing to learn, but next year he goes to high

school, and a whole new world.

Our biggest issue right now is Scouts....trying to get the leaders &

other Scouts to accept, understand, and then accomodate his

issues....we're still stuck on step 1. Are any of you're AS or HFA in

a main-stream scout troop?

[Guest guest]

My maiden name is Kane, but I was born & raised in N. St. Louis

county....I'm 35...you're name doesn't ring any bells...sorry.

[Guest guest]

Oh well it was worth a shot. Weirder things have happened. Take Care. P.S. I

am 37.

Re: ( ) Is this something your AS child has trouble

with as well? & Scouting Q added

My maiden name is Kane, but I was born & raised in N. St. Louis

county....I'm 35...you're name doesn't ring any bells...sorry.

[Guest guest]

My son is 14 and just started HS this year. He didn't do well w/ Scouts

because he doesn't work well in groups. However, he is in Encompass

Adventure Counseling. They kayak, canoe, rock wall climb, ropes courses and

go on camping trips. They also mountain bike. It's usually 2 or 3 Adult's

per 4 Teenagers. It's worked wonders on AJ's self-esteem. He is still

learning the hard way how to get along with his peers, but in this group he

actually gets jokes now. He can recognize sarcasm good and sarcasm bad now.

I don't know if it because this is all guys or because we survived the worst

of puberty and he is growing up a little bit now but I know I see a

difference. For years he wouldn't let me hug him or touch him and now I

open my arms and give him the choice to hug and he has never turned me down.

The first 3 times I cried & cried. He had so little emotion when he was

younger, I'll take all the hugs I can get.

Good Luck.

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sheri Kane

Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:17 AM

Subject: ( ) Is this something your AS child has trouble with

as well? & Scouting Q added

My 13yo AS son has issues with this also....In a twist, though, he

feels the need to tack on " ...Sarcasm, Mom " when he's being

sarcastic. It's quite a tension breaker usually.

He loves to READ joke books, and then re-read them OUT LOUD! I'm sure

this is his way of trying to " learn " what humor is all about. You can

tell, as he reads a joke, if he " gets it " or if he's asking for you

to explain it.

He was just dx'd 2 1/2 years ago, and services in our area are

woefully lacking, especially in the school's spec.ed provider (All of

the school districts (there's about 15) in St. Louis County pass the

buck to the Special School District of St. Louis....We're struggling

through the learning curve on AS issues with the districts....his

teachers is more than willing to learn, but next year he goes to high

school, and a whole new world.

Our biggest issue right now is Scouts....trying to get the leaders &

other Scouts to accept, understand, and then accomodate his

issues....we're still stuck on step 1. Are any of you're AS or HFA in

a main-stream scout troop?