Re: broken heart need your ideas

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nina, my heart goes out to you and dad. this is a tough road for sure. i cant offer much here because my son is more lower functioning and it is clearly obvious that something is wrong. what we get a lot of is stares. but because he is obviously disabled, not much making fun of.

i have a friend though whose child is very high functioning and she expresses the same sentiment. so, whether our kids are high, low, or medium on the spectrum, it's a challenge. i have found that educating the people your son interacts with is very good. just explaining to the other kids what some of your son's challenges are. some will get it and some wont.

i wish there was a magic pill that would make all this go away. because my son is now almost 14 yrs old, i have dealt with soooo much over the years, i have just accepted the fact that people will stare, make fun and say bad remarks. it is mostly due to ignorance. once i explain my son's situation, most people become very sympathetic and even try to be my son's friend. oh well...

vicki

Re: broken heart need your ideas

Tonight my husband came home a little sad from our son's cub scouts meeting, saying tonight was really the first night he saw the difference of our son compared to the other boys in his den. Our son loves Bros. & he is very good at it, so...he tends to verbal stim. Tonight my husband said that the other boys were making fun of him saying hey "make him say 'this or that' about ".

my question to you all is: what should I give him to focus better,pay better attention, socialize & interact with his peers.

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I know kids can be cruel but it breaks my heart that they make fun of him,

I want to be with him every second of the day to protect him! But that is impossible.

Please send me some of your ideas, currently he is not on any supps/meds save for multiple vit., enzymes & I have tried respen a patches but he pulls them off even in the middle of the night.

Thank you all sooooooo much, this group is the only group I can turn to for ideas.

Thank you

Nina