The "bad boy" comments ("bad" because he can't seem to follow everyone else's example, teacher saying he can't figure out how to be a friend) are pretty good indicators.
This also could explain my observation of him ALWAYS watching everyone around him very intensely...as if he's trying to figure out the rules.
You have my permission to tell him that Auntie Allan thought he was a bad boy too until he talked to his parents, just like Ike is talking to you.
The difference is that Asperger's wasn't a diagnosed illness in Chicago in 1968. I suggest that you allow yourself to feel a little hope that here and now, we DO know about Asperger's, there IS a body of knowledge and documentation on it, and it IS possible to get Ike precisely the help he needs.
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Date: 2009-04-07 05:16 am (UTC)The "bad boy" comments ("bad" because he can't seem to follow everyone else's example, teacher saying he can't figure out how to be a friend) are pretty good indicators.
This also could explain my observation of him ALWAYS watching everyone around him very intensely...as if he's trying to figure out the rules.
You have my permission to tell him that Auntie Allan thought he was a bad boy too until he talked to his parents, just like Ike is talking to you.
The difference is that Asperger's wasn't a diagnosed illness in Chicago in 1968. I suggest that you allow yourself to feel a little hope that here and now, we DO know about Asperger's, there IS a body of knowledge and documentation on it, and it IS possible to get Ike precisely the help he needs.