Re: Re: aspie asked me why I can not run or play like other children?

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Thank for your kind support.

It was very painful before when she used to asked me "why I can not run or play like other children? I knew she was clumpsy, but I did not know her knees were bad at that time...

Two years ago in summer camp everybody switched to the other team because she fell down so much that the team abandoned her....she asked the doctor why she can not be like other children?

Then the same year the school started the school band and I enrolled her in private music lesson.

It has been very good for her so far....

Acceptation came with pain for us. I am very active and she is just the opposite of me.

( ) Re: recommend sports or activities best suited for our  kids? > > One size does not fit all when it comes to sports. Think about what you son likes and work with that. One of my son's best friends (also AS) loves the water and swims whenever he can. He's not on a swim team, but at least he is getting some exercise. > > My son can't stand to get his face wet and so won't even take a shower (but he will take a bath). So for my son, team sports didn't work and swim lessons were a disaster. He likes running and was on the track team in middle school for awhile and he did go on lots of Boy Scout hikes. But the one thing that has stuck with him has been Aikido. We looked at other martial arts and Aikido was the one for him. It stresses self defense. The lessons end with everyone doing some meditation. The kids are all expected to help sweep up the floors and keep the dojo clean. There are a lot of rules about when to talk and when not to talk and where to put your shoes, and so on, which my son finds comforting because he knows exactly what to do when he's there. I knew it was the right place when I saw that the warm up exercises were the same ones that the OT person at school asked my son to practice when he was in first grade. I've heard through the grapevine that there are a lot of kids with development issues in martial arts, so the teachers may be more welcoming to a quirky kid than other places. Most martial arts schools welcome visitors, but you may want to call ahead and ask if you and your son and watch one of the children's classes.  >