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04-07-2014, 08:56 PM
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My son has Asperger's Syndrome and is at the higher functioning end of the spectrum. He had a horrible time in school since he was "different." He was bullied continually and would get himself into trouble when he would respond inappropriately toward the bully. Life got better when he was 16. When he graduated high school he went to the local community college that had an autism support group. I began to see a lot of growth in him at that time.
He transferred to a 4 year university 12 hours from home, moved into the dorm with a group of other roommates, became active on the housing councils and this year is the President of one council. He has had a couple of girlfriends, is a member of the debating team and best of all--------GRADUATES IN 5 MORE WEEKS!
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04-07-2014, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DaffyKD
My son has Asperger's Syndrome and is at the higher functioning end of the spectrum. He had a horrible time in school since he was "different." He was bullied continually and would get himself into trouble when he would respond inappropriately toward the bully. Life got better when he was 16. When he graduated high school he went to the local community college that had an autism support group. I began to see a lot of growth in him at that time.
He transferred to a 4 year university 12 hours from home, moved into the dorm with a group of other roommates, became active on the housing councils and this year is the President of one council. He has had a couple of girlfriends, is a member of the debating team and best of all--------GRADUATES IN 5 MORE WEEKS!
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Congrats to your son, and its great to see he's doing so well and has successfully adapted to college life.
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04-07-2014, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DaffyKD
My son has Asperger's Syndrome and is at the higher functioning end of the spectrum. He had a horrible time in school since he was "different." He was bullied continually and would get himself into trouble when he would respond inappropriately toward the bully. Life got better when he was 16. When he graduated high school he went to the local community college that had an autism support group. I began to see a lot of growth in him at that time.
He transferred to a 4 year university 12 hours from home, moved into the dorm with a group of other roommates, became active on the housing councils and this year is the President of one council. He has had a couple of girlfriends, is a member of the debating team and best of all--------GRADUATES IN 5 MORE WEEKS!
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Yay! Congrats to him and to you!! I see a big celebration coming.
Life for our son improved markedly when he hit high school. He likes his school, has made friends—some of whom don't know he's on the spectrum, while others don't care—and is doing well overall. His school has great support for kids on the spectrum, coordinated by an awesome resource teacher that the kids love, and overall it's generally a fairly low key, live-and-let-live kind of place. Fingers crossed.
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04-09-2014, 09:28 AM
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My son has Asperger's Syndrome and is at the higher functioning end of the spectrum. He had a horrible time in school since he was "different." He was bullied continually and would get himself into trouble when he would respond inappropriately toward the bully. Life got better when he was 16. When he graduated high school he went to the local community college that had an autism support group. I began to see a lot of growth in him at that time.
He transferred to a 4 year university 12 hours from home, moved into the dorm with a group of other roommates, became active on the housing councils and this year is the President of one council. He has had a couple of girlfriends, is a member of the debating team and best of all--------GRADUATES IN 5 MORE WEEKS!
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Congratulations!
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04-09-2014, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DaffyKD
My son has Asperger's Syndrome and is at the higher functioning end of the spectrum. He had a horrible time in school since he was "different." He was bullied continually and would get himself into trouble when he would respond inappropriately toward the bully. Life got better when he was 16. When he graduated high school he went to the local community college that had an autism support group. I began to see a lot of growth in him at that time.
He transferred to a 4 year university 12 hours from home, moved into the dorm with a group of other roommates, became active on the housing councils and this year is the President of one council. He has had a couple of girlfriends, is a member of the debating team and best of all--------GRADUATES IN 5 MORE WEEKS!
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Congrats! Way to go, to both of you!
You're giving me hope. We plan on pulling my kid with an ASD out of public school and sending him to community college at the first opportunity.
Last edited by KDCat; 04-09-2014 at 09:08 PM.
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