hello, im new, but i need some help on a 14yo that may/not have as

January 10, 2008

i have a 14yo son who is half black, half native american, and half

white. i know it dont add up, but he is all 3. he was diagnosed last

year with AS at a clinic that deals with children and mental/social

behavorial problems.

at the time of his initial visit he was 13. he had already been

labled adhd and had been tried on aderol, but it only made him get in

more trouble at school than what he was to start with so we took him

off of that and looked for help at another clinic for kids in our area.

i have know him for 10 years and in that time he has been a 'hand

full'. in any situation it seemed to take an extreem measure or brute

force to get him to stop doing what he was doing and then he would

argue his side of the story until he thought that he convinced you.

timeouts, grounding, taking all his toys and preventing him from

seeing his friends never have worked. it was almost like he had a

world of his own to go into to get away from all of it.

when you talk to him and he is in trouble he mumbles, talks in a

mono tone voice, stares through you and splits hairs on every issue.

we have taken to making him answer with only a yes or a no on many

questions and walking him through his actions and the outcome of his

decisions.

at 13 he was still wetting the bed, deficating in his pants (said

he saw nothing wrong with it), arguing with his 4 yo sister saing

things like 'mine, mine, mine, mine' and seeming to be passed by his

7yo brother in maturity levels. he has little intrest in

girls(sexually). no sign of body hair to speak of. teritorial of his

stuff, but lacking the same respect for others things or space. can

not keep his hands to his self. really alot of things that you expect

from a 5 yo.

on the bright side, he is a very smart kid though. he scores good

on all tests, has been in the gifted programs, builds complicated lego

projects and completes them in record time, reads alot, enjoys paint

ball games, movies and alot of the other things that a 14yo should.

i have no family history to go on to speak of, but his dads side

of the family seems to have mental issues such as black outs, thumb

sucking and so on in a few of them.

he suffers from migraines and that is all. he is NEVER sick.

right now he is on ablifly and it seems to help take some of the edge off.

any ideas would be great. thank you

January 12, 2008

it is 5:30 am ill try to answer this later when im actually "awake" or well what is considered awake for me i just had to remark on the half black half native american and half white i had to laugh not making fun of u just thought it was funny and that i actually know u meant one third black,one third white and one third native american so i guess this is proof ur brain can still somewhat function while half asleep lol Vickie WwW.SparkleTags.Com----- Original Message ----From: nfsus <nfsus@...>Autism and Aspergers Treatment Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:27:45 PMSubject: hello, im new, but i need some help on a 14yo that may/not have as