My son has not been diagnoised yet but we suspect that he will be soon. Our 8 year does not act normal for his age and is very inappropriate with his actions at times. After years of struggling with him in school and behavior we have finally found some light at the end of the tunnel with just having him diagnoised with a disablity. Are there other mothers in the East Valley area with children that have this as well? I am interested in meeting other mothers/kids for support. I would like to know if you are a SAHM or do you work? I need to know what is better for our son.
Hi B.. I have a 3 year old son with High Functioning Autism. He was dx at 2 years 4 months. I'm on several yahoo groups and autism-pdd.net board. There is no playgroups that I'm aware of. But there is a Parents Night Out group - one for moms and one for dads and they meet between Mesa and Gilbert. I'm currently a sahm, but might be working with other autistic children like my son, in the future.
B.,
I'm sorry, I don't have personal experience with parenting a disabled child, but since no one has replied yet I didn't want you to feel alone...
I have a friend who's daughter has been diagnosed with a few different behavioral issues, and she has a nephew who has aspergers. I'll try to contact her ASAP (she works two part-time jobs ~ one at a preschool, the other for her sister-in-law, both are fairly flexible with her).
I know they've taken her to a "clinic" and have been very pleased with the results. She and her husband have attended seminars that helped them to parent a child with behavioral problems and it seems there has been a great improvement in the past year.
Anyway, so sorry your family is having to deal with this, I know that it can feel lonely and there are always people giving advice without understanding the whole problem.
Hang in there!
S.
Hello B., I read your post about your special Boy ~~truly he is a gift from heaven!!!
call or visit this address & you will find tons of information about your special child, support groups
networking & etc
Aspergers parent network
15821 S. 35th way
Phoenix###-###-####
I have a 17 year old grandson I raised.since he was 13 months old...he truly is a gift from heaven~ a computer whiz~ he does every thing, installs programs, repairs,
trouble shoots he does it all!!!He wants to make it his lifes work~~ he will be going to college next fall He is a very smart child~ but in some things he really needs help~ God made him that way so i could love him more~~
enjoy your son while you can~~ in mean time talk to every one, read,read & read every paper you can get your hands on about aspergers..years ago i started a 3 " notebook ~~now it is full of clippings notes about aspergers,and is a wonderful tool for me to help my sonI elected to stay at home & help Josh as much as i could, I started a in home child care, to provide him with playmates so i could observe his interactions with other children,behaviors & etc. I continued it al these years.so i could be home with him...I am glad i did for i feel i gave him the best i could by helping him every day 8 to 10 hours on educational drill on computer I purchased programs about math,reading english foreign language & etc for him...he was always busy learning somehing on the computer. He has a job working 15 hours a week every afternoon after school(he gets out at 11:00) & rides bicycle 12 miles total round trip everyday ~
toook him 3 years to learn to ride a bike but he DID IT !!!
He is graduating @ age 17 with honors~ if it sounds like i am proud of him, Yes you are right!!almost forgot abgout his recent accompolishment last week he took the A+ computer certification test part one & passed with flying colors~Dec. 14 he will take the 2nd part of the test this certifies him to work on computers in any shop any where! they are truly a gift from GOD.Hope this info helps! Joshua's Mom
