As a single mom of two very wonderful children, a mom knows when something is wrong. And that one day came for me just recently. I had been noticing that my son was a little different than the kids at the school he was going to. Didn't make friends, always was looking for an excuse to not go to school, and struggled for hours after school to complete his homework. Once he finally was failling his forth grade year, i chose to take him to get an assessment done and see his doctor. That was the day i learned my son had autism (asperger's syndrome)!
He is now getting to ready to start school in fifth grade now but will now have the help he needs to pass his classes. He has a wonderful social worker he sees every week that is helping him understand why he thinks different than kids in his class. But my biggest challenge i am learning is how other people don't understand. My son uses his hands to communicate and feel, but i get so many people that yell at him every where we go. They look at my son and think that just because he looks normal he doesn't have a situation and just yell at him before saying something to me. then i have to deal with an upset son cause someone has yelled at him. Any suggestions how to help this situation?
For all the wonderful children with autism, to me you all and my son are more special than you could ever know! My son is so creative and can do things i never could imagine. And for that that is what makes him "mommy's love of her life! "
Plano, IL