Re: OT: Need info on Aspberger's ASAP

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Here is my best link for Asperger Syndrome in general. It also

includes listservs similar to this one, you can request to join.

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/index.html

Also, aggression in AS children is many times [but not always]

associated with high phenols, here is more information on that

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/phenol.htm

Who is " they " who wants to " ship him off " out of state? Have " they "

offered anything else besides this? Most medical people advocate drug

intervention first [altho I would prefer dietary/phenol intervention

first], so the thought of " shipping him off " as a first step, to me,

sounds very abusive. Are " they " charging him in juvenile court with a

crime?

" They " cannot keep him in a psyche hospital beyond 72 hours in most

states, without parental consent or a court order, so there are

options for the parents. Here is an advocacy group if you need

someone to help you regain this child.

http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/pa12.htm

If you would like to send me an email, I have many other links and

information for AS children and adults. Here is my site url, my email

address is here, as well as at the top of this message here.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/dmain.htm

Dana

> Could someone please let me know some good links/or advice for a

friend who

> has a great-nephew that was just diagnosed with this. The child is

eight

> yrs old and was diagnosed last Monday, after he was violent with a

teacher.

> My friend is in a panic, as they have sent him to a psyche hospital

for 10

> days and now they want to ship him post-haste to an institution in

another

> state. She said the parents are not equipped to deal with him (for

a lot of

> reasons) and the grandmother is trying to figure out how to stop

this from

> snowballing before they can figure out what has just hit them, and

how to

> help (according to my friend) this precious little boy who has

obviously

> fallen through the cracks. I have several general links, but

thought

> someone could point me in a more precise direction dealing with

aspberger's.

> Any help is appreciated. Thanks,

> Elsie (in TX)