Re: pushing along getting the right tools

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How hard did you have to fight? My son has issues writing as well. He treats it like getting teeth pulled. He WANTS to use technology rather than write whenever possible. He has a planner that he never uses because it takes him too long to write things down. Surprisingly, one of his teachers actually complimented his handwriting the other day. I'm beyond my wits end with it. He's not on an IEP, but I'm not willing to fight for hours with him to get something handwritten. If he uses the computer and the teachers don't like it, too bad as far as I'm concerned. Oops, sorry for the vent.FawnFrom: Eleanor Oster <pearl@...> Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 8:07:24 PMSubject: ( ) pushing along getting the right tools

Well, when the issue of AS was first raised, I was pretty sure I didn't

want that label in Isaac's records. I have since reversed my stance on

that, since if he is acknowledged to have Asperger's, that means there

are certain tools available. One thing we're looking at is task

management software. Isaac's handwriting is so bad and so slow that I

think sometimes he writes down the assignment, but then can't read his

own writing. His teacher previously requested that he do his homework on

computer, which is not a problem in this household.

So I've set up an account with www.rememberthemilk.com and installed the

Android app on his cell phone. The school rule is that cell phones are

to be kept turned off during school hours, but I have gotten permission

today for Isaac to use his as an electronic organizer, keeping it in

airplane mode. I'm also going to see if he can be allowed to take

photographs of things like instructions on the board, rather than trying

to write everything down.

One good thing about San , this is Aspie Central! Well, here and

Redmond, Washington, home of Microsoft. So I don't think the Aspie label

is as big a stigma as it might be in some places.

I feel like we're at the beginning of this adventure, and I'm already

exhausted!

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Eleanor, San , CA

Aspie son Isaac, 10.5 years old

[Guest guest]

How old is your son? Why doesn't he have an IEP? One of the reasons

we're working so hard to get Isaac on track now and get the tools

officially approved is that he'll need them even more in later years.

I remember when I was his age spending hours TRYING to handwrite neatly,

and I just couldn't do it! My handwriting was (and is) horrible!

Fortunately they don't even seem to teach cursive any more, which is

fine with me!

Eleanor, San , CA

Aspie son Isaac, 10.5 years old

On 03/01/2011 14:38 , Fawn Kazmierczak wrote:

> How hard did you have to fight? My son has issues writing as well. He

> treats it like getting teeth pulled. He WANTS to use technology rather

> than write whenever possible. He has a planner that he never uses

> because it takes him too long to write things down. Surprisingly, one of

> his teachers actually complimented his handwriting the other day. I'm

> beyond my wits end with it. He's not on an IEP, but I'm not willing to

> fight for hours with him to get something handwritten. If he uses the

> computer and the teachers don't like it, too bad as far as I'm concerned.

[Guest guest]

Fawn,

My son was very similar and I had him tested for assistive technology through

the school. They came back and tried to tell me they didn't think he needed it

based on an observation of him doing a 10 minute book report! But I disagreed

with them and now have it in his IEP. In all his classes he has a wordprocessor

as well as the availability to use a computer, whichever he chooses. Good luck!

ne

> From: Fawn Kazmierczak <lostfranklingirl@...>

> Subject: Re: ( ) pushing along getting the right tools

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> want that label in Isaac's records. I have since

> reversed my stance on

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> that, since if he is acknowledged to have Asperger's,

> that means there

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> are certain tools available. One thing we're looking at

> is task

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> management software. Isaac's handwriting is so bad and

> so slow that I

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> think sometimes he writes down the assignment, but then

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> own writing. His teacher previously requested that he do

> his homework on

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> computer, which is not a problem in this household.

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> So I've set up an account with www.rememberthemilk.com

> and installed the

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> Android app on his cell phone. The school rule is that cell

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> to be kept turned off during school hours, but I have

> gotten permission

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> today for Isaac to use his as an electronic organizer,

> keeping it in

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> airplane mode. I'm also going to see if he can be

> allowed to take

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> photographs of things like instructions on the board,

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> to write everything down.

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