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Recent content by camram

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    Video Game Tester

    Anybody out there a video game tester? My son has AS and his obsession for the past few years has been his XBox. He plays incessantly. He has expressed interest in being a game tester, but I have no idea how to get him pointed in the right direction. Any help?
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    CPS investigation

    He doesn't take medications. He won't swallow pills anyway. We do have some stomach medicine that we have to pop open the pills and dump em in applesauce so he will take it. He has complained quit a bit about his stomach hurting lately. But we also found out that he hadn't been eating lunch at...
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    CPS investigation

    He actually has 2 years because the school talked us into holding him back in first grade. They said he was too immature to go to second grade. Looking back we should not have done that...we should have pressed for evaluations. But at the time we didn't even know the school did evaluations for...
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    Home School

    He has expressed interest in game programming or game testing. He has been in a Computer Science class this year. He has an A and is usually the first one done with his work. That teacher is probably the best teacher he has had his entire life. My son had started talking to him, and he hasn't...
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    Talking in public and at school

    Yes...odd. And in the ARD when we questioned why she never contacted us, all she could say was sorry. Had we known in Oct or Nov that he wasn't going to the sessions, we possibly could have done something about it and things would not have progressed to where they are now. He was supposed to...
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    Home School

    Any advice on home schooling 17 yr old son with AS? I see various ways of getting HS diploma from internet, and also the choice of GED.
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    CPS investigation

    The school has decided that he had intent to cause fear by the statement he made and that AS was not a factor in the situation, but that they know he had no intent to harm and was only seeking attention. So they are putting him in an alternative school which is basically a jail within the school...
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    Talking in public and at school

    In all conversations the counselor told us that she was meeting with him and that he would communicate with her by writing down on paper. We were told by her today in the ARD that he has not come to the one-on-one sessions since October. We have had 3 meetings since October and never once did...
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    Talking in public and at school

    Thank you for confirming. I think this whole school district has no clue with Autism and AS. I've read tons of stuff and everything I read says it is. So I was very confused when she told me this. I think she was trying to make a case for herself not doing her job. He is supposed to be going to...
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    Talking in public and at school

    He has an xbox and talks all the time on it. He talks to his friends from school on the xbox, but not in person. I was surprised that the counselor told me it had nothing to do with AS. I think he doesn't like people looking at him. He says people stare at him and he doesn't like it. Could...
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    CPS investigation

    I am very worried about this too. We live in a very small town, and there is not much in regards to services. There used to be a support group, but when I found out about it, it was no longer active. We don't know how to get him to understand that he can't say things like that even if he hears...
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    Talking in public and at school

    My son does not talk in public or at school. The Special Education counselor at the school told me yesterday that not talking is not part of Aspergers or Autism. That he is making a choice not to talk. Is this right?
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    CPS investigation

    He doesn't even remember saying this. When we took the kids to talk with them, she asked the other two boys what he does when he gets mad at them. Both stated basically the same thing that he just tells them to go away. She laughed and said yea she remembers saying that to her siblings when she...
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    CPS investigation

    Yes, Child Protective Services. So had the meeting this morning. What was reported was that he stated that if his parents didn't leave him alone that he would kill them. Why do people report stuff like this to CPS and never say anything to the parents? So now we have to take the kids to them so...
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    CPS investigation

    I don't know who reported or what has been reported. I'm guessing at this point. This is the only incident that I know of. The librarian put her arms up and he hit her once in the arms. I don't think he hit her very hard. The school knows all about him...as does all of his teachers. They...
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