young male aspies, and Roxanna's comment

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I noticed Roxanna's comment, at the bottom, in another thread..

My 19 yr old DS likes everything orderly, no clutter. And I notice

when he is stressed, he will go around the house and find any paper

that is no longer needed and throw it away or, if it has our names or

personal info, he'll shred it. He has the cleanest room in the house.

I have to hide anything that I want to save. LOL

But, I did want to ask if your son lives at home and how that is

going? My son is at home and attending college classes. I am still

looking for a support group or therapist in the area who is familiar

with Asperger's, let alone works with young adults. And my DH is

finally coming to the realization that our DS will not 'just' move

forward in life as quickly as other young men.

I'm curious how others are dealing with this. I still cry about it at

times, though I'm not sure DS is feeling lonely, or if it's just me

thinking he is.

Sue

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Roxanna said...

" Some of the symptoms remind me a lot of my own ds, who is hfa and

now 20 yo! When he was a little guy, he would cling to me for dear

life all the time. Naturally, everyone would comment on it as if I

caused his problems and that was one symptom of it. lol. When he was

older, middle school age, he started shredding paper as his way to

stim/burn off anxiety.. "