Wwyd--involving another parent with a child on the spectrum?

October 6, 2010

I have so much on my plate, but this issue keeps creeping it's way on my plate.

My 1st grader nt daughter sits next to a boy whose mother I just met. The mom

saw me in the park near the school with my toddler and asked me if I was Jane's

mom. I said yes, and she said oh, my son talks about her all the time he just

thinks the world of her.

The woman is all over me (figuratively) and then she tells me that her ped.

thinks her son has asperger's, and went on a long tirade of not knowing what to

do, if she should get an official dx, and on and on. I finally told her that my

daughter probably " gets " her son as her big brother has asperger's. She seemed

curious at this point and I talked a bit more about my son and the struggles

I've faced.

She told me that she has the teacher watching out for her son and helping him. I

didn't ask for clarification as to what that meant, but the teacher is a first

year teacher! It was time to go and we both walked over to the school for

dismissal to get our kids. I offered her my phone numbers and ended up puttin

her number in my phone.We then got our kids and left.

That night I sent her a text to make sure I put her number in right (did it

without my glasses) and she texted back: yup, got it. I called her several days

later and didn't leave a vm. This has been almost 2 weeks now with no contact.

I'm figuring maybe I scared her off with my anecdotal info, but I really don't

know.

So, ff to now. My daughter is a chatty . She has been telling me that this

woman's son, , is stimming ALOT. I'm getting the feelin from my daughter

that the kid is going to be alienated soon as my daughter says he doesn't stop

doing it even though the teacher tells him and the girls don't like it when he

does it. What my dd says he does is to take his hands and swipe his lips

repeatedly. My daughter has talked about seeing on the playground and he

sits alone or walks around alone.

Can u see where I'm going with this? If the mom doesn't want to talk with me, I

just feel sick that this little guy is gonna fall through the cracks, or his

stimming will get worse. Any suggestions? I'm ultimately about helping this

kid--or any kid--so I find it really hard to turn the other cheek.

That night

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