pushing along getting the right tools

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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