I have a question. I occasionally talk about my grandson, whom I'm 99.9% certain has autism. He's having lots of problems at school, and for months I've been trying to tell my daughter that he was more stressed this year, possibly because of the teacher, which is causing him to act out more. 1st grade, he had some issues but the teacher wasn't calling home almost everyday with complaints. She'd just shrug me off. Apparently, they had a school thing last night and she noticed when the teacher mentioned 'his zone' he got this scared look on his face, so now they're ready to try to get him in a different class.
One thing, it frustrates me when I KNOW something is going on and no one will listen to me. It also kind of hurts my feelings that, knowing I have autism (I'm sure they can see that I'm not nuts), that they just can't accept that he might. It does make me wonder how they see me. But it can't be that bad when my son in law has repeatedly told me he would be happy for me to live with them if I ever needed somewhere to go. But they have decided to go with ADHD to get him in this program at school that might help, and I guess one of the things is that if he starts feeling out of control he's allowed to get up and go into the hall and get a drink of water and things like that.
Question 1: those diagnosed with ADHD, and then later discovered the autism - was the help for ADHD helpful? And how do you feel about it? (I know they often go hand in hand, but I'm just afraid they'll be missing some important issues).
Question 2: How do you feel about this? His teacher, apparently, every morning tells my grandson he can join the rest of the class when he is ready, leaving him to sit in his chair while the rest of the class is on the floor doing whatever. Apparently, that has to do with 'his zone'.
One thing, it frustrates me when I KNOW something is going on and no one will listen to me. It also kind of hurts my feelings that, knowing I have autism (I'm sure they can see that I'm not nuts), that they just can't accept that he might. It does make me wonder how they see me. But it can't be that bad when my son in law has repeatedly told me he would be happy for me to live with them if I ever needed somewhere to go. But they have decided to go with ADHD to get him in this program at school that might help, and I guess one of the things is that if he starts feeling out of control he's allowed to get up and go into the hall and get a drink of water and things like that.
Question 1: those diagnosed with ADHD, and then later discovered the autism - was the help for ADHD helpful? And how do you feel about it? (I know they often go hand in hand, but I'm just afraid they'll be missing some important issues).
Question 2: How do you feel about this? His teacher, apparently, every morning tells my grandson he can join the rest of the class when he is ready, leaving him to sit in his chair while the rest of the class is on the floor doing whatever. Apparently, that has to do with 'his zone'.
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