would you explain your son's AS behavior to the other parents?

March 22, 2011

DS is 4 and we are bravely entering the world of pee wee soccer! And I have

also bravely volunteered to coach his team. I knew going into this it could be

good, as in fun and a bonding time, or it could go badly since DS is very

defiant and very argumentative, esp with me.

So we go to our first practice and all is going very well. He is there, even

though not really " getting " what the drills were about, but he wasn't arguing or

melting down. About half way through the 30 min practice he tells he is

thirsty. This is one of the things he can obsess about. I tell him that we

will get a drink later. yeah, stupid me didn't bring a water bottle.

Thankfully he didn't freak out at the lack of water.

Moving on to the next drill I find DS way off to the side playing by himself.

Pretty par for the course for him and frankly I am glad he is not disrupting

everything. He had just had enough and was ready to go toss some rocks. Every

now and then I would call to him and encourage him to come and join us, but he

really was fine to be all alone.

One of the dads who was helping went and brought DS over and DS did the last

little drill with us and it all ended well. I have thought about whether or not

I should mention to the other parents that DS has Aspergers and at times may

seem to zone out or at other times, he might freak out. But on the other hand,

I don't want to make more of something that today really went okay. I do know

that during our 7 week season, they are bound to see a complete meltdown at some

point.

What would you say to the other parents, if anything? there are 7 four year

old boys on the team including DS.

karla

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