3ofa6pk
10-12-2002, 12:57 AM
Does anyone else have a child with Asperger's Syndrome?
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lank
10-13-2002, 11:14 AM
perhaps a silly question to ask on this forum... ;)
i myself have it, and i've written in the following thread on my own experience with it:
http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000291.html
i myself have it, and i've written in the following thread on my own experience with it:
http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000291.html
Dillard02
10-14-2002, 03:35 PM
I have a twelve yr. old daughter that does have AS. It is very difficult at this age (I am finding out). It seems more males have it than females. There is alot of information about it on the internet. Have you been to the Oasis site yet? There is alot of info. on that forum as well as this one. If I can help in anyway, let me know.
allimac
10-15-2002, 04:25 PM
yes my son is 16 and is asbergers ....
krazykatie
10-28-2002, 12:29 AM
My boyfriend and his brother and probably others in his family have it. I know that sounds like a oximoron with all the symtoms and characteristics of aspergers. I'm 17 and he's 19. Anyone have any ideas and suggestions for me on how to help him out and make sure he knows I'm there for him?
joncarol92
10-28-2002, 01:54 AM
My ten year old daughter has it, and so does my 35 year old husband. This is almost a nightmare situation. As you can imagine they are at odds quite often, but now that we know what the problem is everything is getting easier to cope with.
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memehegan
10-31-2002, 10:23 PM
interesting that your husband has it, hwo did you find out? Or should I say when. I suspect that my boyfriend may have it, I have said again and again he is like an adult carbon copy of my son, he is warm, loving and affectionate with us, but is very uncomfortable outside of our immediate friends and family. -meme
krazykatie
11-01-2002, 10:22 PM
That's exactly how my boyrfriend is, but he still won't let his parents or anyone else hugs him he instantly goes fridged.
lank
11-07-2002, 09:47 AM
krazykatie,
if you want your boyfriend to know you're always there for him, perhaps it'd be best just to tell him (working up some context beforehand could be helpful, since he's likely socially apt enough that it'll be odd to him to have something like that coming from nowhere ;) ), since if he doesn't know it already, subtlety in that regard may pass unnoticed.
i myself lost my girlfriend just over a year ago because of communication issues. not that it's unique to asperger's syndrome, but having it doesn't help...
if his inability to be hugged is really an issue, see if you (and family) can build up to it with lesser, smaller physical contact. i enjoy physical contact, but i have a guard at some level that has to be put down when i feel it coming. it appears all too naturally and quickly, and in some situations it can be a good thing, i'm sure, but in others, as well you know, it can be bad. even sitting at my computer typing i can become quite stiff and tense, without even meaning too, and it takes a conscious effort to relax myself.
i'm tired, and i don't know where i'm going with this, or if there's anywhere really to take it, so at this stage i'll cut it short and say good night.
good night. :)
lank
if you want your boyfriend to know you're always there for him, perhaps it'd be best just to tell him (working up some context beforehand could be helpful, since he's likely socially apt enough that it'll be odd to him to have something like that coming from nowhere ;) ), since if he doesn't know it already, subtlety in that regard may pass unnoticed.
i myself lost my girlfriend just over a year ago because of communication issues. not that it's unique to asperger's syndrome, but having it doesn't help...
if his inability to be hugged is really an issue, see if you (and family) can build up to it with lesser, smaller physical contact. i enjoy physical contact, but i have a guard at some level that has to be put down when i feel it coming. it appears all too naturally and quickly, and in some situations it can be a good thing, i'm sure, but in others, as well you know, it can be bad. even sitting at my computer typing i can become quite stiff and tense, without even meaning too, and it takes a conscious effort to relax myself.
i'm tired, and i don't know where i'm going with this, or if there's anywhere really to take it, so at this stage i'll cut it short and say good night.
good night. :)
lank
krazykatie
11-07-2002, 05:31 PM
He's fine with physical contact with me. But not with anyone else. I just have to work on it. Maybe some day he'll say it back. I think it will take quite a while before that happens. Oy, he's got me hooked.