mom of an aspi
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I am joining this in hopes of finding anything I can to help my 11
year old daughter. I feel like no one is listening to me or
taking me seriously. I want the best life for her she can
have. School is so hard now, 5th grade. Any help and I would
be greatful. Thanks
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i too am an aspie mum but my son was diagnosed very late at the age of 21 after years of suffering school was very hard for him .but listen to her and go with your mothers instincts unfortunatly you will always probably fight for her but she is worth it
I also homeschooled but my son chose public school when he was ready for 6th grade. That has lasted only three years and we are returning to homeschooling for high school (9-12). However, if that is not an option then the only thing you can do is be a very annoying fly in their ointment of tranquility and the status quo by demanding more for your daughter. What you can do does depend a great deal on where you live also. Where I live there are a lot of different oprions. However those are not available to everyone everywhere.
Hi, I just joined aswell. The only thing I can tell you to do to help her would be counseling and possibly homeschooling or private schooling. I homeschool my 15yr old Daughter. I took her out of public school at almost the end of 5th grade. Where I live they have the 5th grade at the Jr/Middle school. My Daughter started becoming more and more distressed as school went on and yet I made her go. It wasn't till 2 months before school was out that she finally told me that a TEACHER had bullied her infront of her entire class. It is bad enough when our children are sent to school with kids who parents neglect to teach their own tolerance and compassion. But to have a GROWN WOMAN, who is supposed to TEACH our children, put down a DEFENCELESS CHILD infront of other children is way too much and NON-EXCUSABLE! MY Daughter does very well now. We had some set-backs with her Dad & Step-Mom not understanding her and Asperger's but we are all getting thru this. One day at a time is all you can do. If you chose homeschooling, you can set her pace or let her set the pace with your input. I use computer based programs and workbooks for the Math only, which her Step-Mom is working on with her. Where I live you simply register her with the County Truant Officer by a certain date. You meet with the officer, write on a piece of paper or document what it is you will be teaching her that year, what programs you are using to teach her, and what year level. Also, here she can take her GED when she is 16, tho I will not let her till she completes all 12 grades. THEN she can go to a JR College and take SAT classes or a vo-tech of her choice. My Daughter wants to develope video games and comic books of her anime characters. Her obsessions are cartoons, mostly Japanese inspired anime and, at the moment, comedians, mostly the slap-stick ones. The best thing you can do for your Daughter is support her, incourage her and help her understand herself and why it's ok & WONDERFUL that she is different from others. Helping her keep her self-esteem up is the best thing you can ever do. ;o) I hope this helps alittle.