Re: Re: Aspergers Teen

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I know exactly how you feel and this group is a wonderful place for support, ideas and guidance on where to go next. My 16 year old daughter has no friends of her own. When one person is nice to her she is on them like white on rice and it scares them away. I have tried and tried to tell her she has to back off and take it slow but she just doesn't know how. As we received her diagnosis late also, I am new to things like social stories and am about to embark on trying that. Good luck and keep reading here. It definitely will help and encourage you.

in AL

From: <kristenwallen@...> Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 7:01:25 PMSubject: ( ) Re: Aspergers TeenWelcome, you've come to the right place. This board is full of supportive, loving, non-judgmental people. It's my saving grace!My son is 13 with Sensory processing disorder (aspergers) and is being treated for Bipolar. We're just starting the teen years, but so far middle school is kicking our butts!Do you have health insurance? If so I'd start w/ his primary care doctor and ask for a referral to a psych. for an evaul. If you do not have insurance there may be many things you could qualify for. I'm sure there are many other with tons of advice on that. We started by

googling mental health help in our county and state searching for direction. You can even try the dept of health and human services for links to help. You may even get a recommendation from your city/counties Child protective services. Believe it or not we received 10 free counseling sessions from our cities organization that runs an "orphanage" type facility. Children in foster care see counselors and depending on your income your child may qualify for that too. I feel for you about the your son wanting friends so badly he'll hang out with anyone, even those that really aren't the best influence. My 13 yr old doesn't really have any friends but would befriend anyone that would give him the time of day. I've yet to find a soultion to this, sorry :(I know you feel alone, I think in a way we all do. Unless you're living the day to day chaos like we all are people just can't fully understand. I hope after meeting everyone here you won't

feel so helpless. After reading all the posts/stories you'll see we all go through the same type craziness. We can all lean on each other, vent, cry and laugh together. Hang in there!>> Hello all, I am new to this forum and am hoping to get some support. My son is 17 we had a horrible time getting any help or diagnosis in fact we are still trying to seek out the proper help for him now that he is a teen. > Our issues right now are depression along with the aspergers, he doesnt have blow ups like he did when he was young he has intraverted alot more than when he was little. He has very bad judge of charcter and is very desperate for friends and he will do anything to have them. That causes alot of trouble because alot

of these kids are not the best influence on him. He seems to gravitate to the bad kids, he has no self esteem at all. > I am scared and worried for his future, I have tried everything I know of to help him and feel like it has all been in vein. I have no idea if anyone else is going threw this either, I feel completely alone and have no support what so ever.>------------------------------------