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Hi, I'm troubled by news in nearby town. A 16 yr-old boy with

Aspergers killed his classmate. This is my biggest fear after reading

a few books about As.

Now, my son is on the long waiting list for testings for PDD/Autism.

He is having hard time at kindergadern. After a few incidents, he is

more isolated from his peers. More than a month, he did not mention

that he played with any other kids in school.

Getting help from the school district is a long and painful process.

We still haven't had an IEP or any services for him. Since he has

started school, he shows more and more autistic signs, and regessing,

especially, his emotions. He was a happy boy, we didn't really

thought that he had any problem, rather than his speech and a very

picky eater. He was bright and friendly, the best big brother anyone

would wish have. How could a little boy like to greeting to everyone

he saw have social problems? I feel like I'm loosing a bit of of him

everyday. I am having time to accept all these. Why him? It broke my

heart when he made me promise that all his fears would be gone when

he got up in the next morning.

I really don't know how to help him feel a little safer in school.

Snow

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I was told by the diagnostic doc that dx'd my daughter aspergers that

she would " be a handful " during puberty and she has shown some

aggression (mild) but lots of mood swings and attitude. There are

meds that can help with that. SHE can't take anything due to seizure

activity, but thereare meds if it gets to be a prob.

I think what you read is a very rare incident. Most aspies are just

happy to be alone or back off during confrontation, that I know of.

TEACCH and OASIS may have answers and Tony Atwood's book " Why Does

do that? " Is a great resource. it's not expensive and you can

find it on amazon. It explains SO many behaviors in laymens language

and it makes sense!

I love the book and refer to it often.

In the meantime, your child is young and you need to write requests

(keep copies) for testing, get it out of school if insurance will

cover it, I did but my kids have SSI Medicaid which helps a lot. I

home school my daughter, my youngest with PDD-NOS goes to school for

now.

Keep pushing for help for your child. OT, Neurocognitive testing,

speech/language evals are indeed important. If you have a TEACCH

center nearby, ask for counseling, it is free.

You're doing what you can, I just suggest keeping a paper trail

(letters, not phone calls and keep copies!) and outside intervention

as much as possible. An educational psych can also dx autism. Keep

that in mind.

Prayers and best wishes,

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> Hi, I'm troubled by news in nearby town. A 16 yr-old boy with

> Aspergers killed his classmate. This is my biggest fear after

reading

> a few books about As.

> Now, my son is on the long waiting list for testings for

PDD/Autism.

> He is having hard time at kindergadern. After a few incidents, he

is

> more isolated from his peers. More than a month, he did not mention

> that he played with any other kids in school.

> Getting help from the school district is a long and painful

process.

> We still haven't had an IEP or any services for him. Since he has

> started school, he shows more and more autistic signs, and

regessing,

> especially, his emotions. He was a happy boy, we didn't really

> thought that he had any problem, rather than his speech and a very

> picky eater. He was bright and friendly, the best big brother

anyone

> would wish have. How could a little boy like to greeting to

everyone

> he saw have social problems? I feel like I'm loosing a bit of of

him

> everyday. I am having time to accept all these. Why him? It broke

my

> heart when he made me promise that all his fears would be gone when

> he got up in the next morning.

> I really don't know how to help him feel a little safer in school.

>

> Snow

>