I have slight autism...high school student?
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Hey!!!\n\nNice to meet you! My name is Michelle. I am seventeen. I also have mild Autism--higher-functioning Autism, ADHD, and Bipolar Disorder (mood disorder)--highs and lows--one moment depressed and one moment happy.\n\nAnyway, I'd love to be your friend--you can email me anytime at Luvs2Write16@aol.com.\n\nI also have a support group for individuals on the Autism spectrum called "Aspies Are Us." It's located on Yahoo... Again, nice to meet you!\n\nTake care,\n\nMichelle
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i think you can.iv'e just registered for dla as my daughters being assesed for aspergers syndrome i hope its of help to yourself.take care care j
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um...go to a college with a RTF (Radio, Television, Film) department.  \n\nthey will point you in the right direction.  \n\nAlso talk with your high school counselor, they may be able to help you.
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if your sun is deaf go to local school district and ask for parrent programs they should start working with you to be ready for school if they dont addresss next school bourd meeting and insist on someone getting you the help
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You can contact local branches of the Autism Society of America and they can really help you.  Don't go with your doctors attitude, at age 3, even if it's not autim, but another sort of problem, he needs intervention.  The sooner the better.  My son is mildly autisic and for years I let the doctor convince me to give it time for him to catch up.  I waited a little too long (he was 4) and I regret not going with my instincts.
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No, from what you are describing you sound like a great student. Maybe if you were getting D's and F's..THEN you should worry lol
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Nobody is unsnarable!Try striking up a conversation and then crack some jokes and small talk.See how he reacts.If it seems positive keep it up.You don't need to do anything drastic since you are only in 6th grade.Aren't you?
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From what you are describing I'm not so sure this is something that you can 'cure'.  What you may be able to do is find ways to help your son with gaining social skills and improving sensory tolerances.  Your son may benefit from behavioral or cognitive therapy targeting social skill development and understanding.  He may need help with learning ways of coping with an overload of sensory input.  He may not be able to provide his own structure but may need to have his environment and routines structured for him.  \n\nA good place to start is by writing down a list or description of symptoms/behaviors/concerns that you feel need to be addressed.  Take a copy of this list to the school ask his teacher if any of these apply to your son in the school environment.  If they do then you can seek a school evaluation to find out what supports may be beneficial to your son in school.  School is not just about academics.  It is also supposed to be about learning how to get along in the world and being able to go on to college, tech school and work.  If you can't socialize or provide self structure then this is a problem.  Your pediatrician is also a good resource for directing you to additional sources of evaluation of his current needs and performance levels.  Once those are fully discerned then you can more appropriately target means of addressing his difficulties.
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1. best option, find out what's wrong at school... it could be anything from social problems (such as bullies or romance) or educational (like being behind in math, or haveing trouble remembering history dates) possibly, although we hope not... a learning or behaviorial disability... or worse, it could be the case of a abusive teacher or administrator whom is not fit for their job.\n\nthe trick is to talk to your teenager and find out what is wrong in school then work with them, let them know you want to help them solve those issues, try real hard to keep the teen responsible without pulling too many authority cards...\n\n2. second best option: start to drive them to and from school everyday, and ask the teachers to monitor behavior... then if you catch the teen ditching ground em with a day for every hour school missed \n\n3. my personal fav but not a good or official option, smack the kid on the bottom and tell em you shouldnt have to watch after em like some lil kid ha ha ha ha ha ha (but i dont recomend this one, since i was on the receiving end... the personal fav part was sarcasm)
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hey thats all the better that your smart! dont worry- just because you smart doesnt mean that you can only hang out with the "smart kids" (unless you want to!!) i moved to New York from South Korea in 6th grade (i knew english fluently) and was placed in the highest classes available. they were easy for me but the people there wernt my type so i made friends with people that wernt in my class. i distance learned for 7th grade and now im going back there for 8th and i asked specifically to not be placed in the high classes because i wanted to be more with my friends. keep this in mind- once you get to college there is no such thing as the "cool crowd" the "geeks" or any of that. you can roll out of bed put your hair up and walk to class in your pajamas without taking a shower and no one cares. most of the time you wont even talk to others in your class anyway in college. besides good grades mean good job so do your best and dont let schooling get in the way of your friendship!
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my nephew has autism I thank you for your efforts on his behalf.\nit took 5 years for him to verbally acknowledge me it was on Christmas morning when I walked in to my sisters house he saw me and ran up hugged me and called me uncle mark for the first time. best gift I ever got..\nin answer to your question contact your local foundation for the retarded or salvation army they should be able to best direct you
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I would recommend the following websites: \n\nhttp://www.paulakluth.com/autism.html (Website of Paula Kluth, Ph.D. - her book, "You're Going to Love this Kid!: Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom" is also great). \n\nhttp://www.autismawarenesscentre.com/default.asp?page=dynamicweb.asp&pcid=0&pid=45 ("The Discovery of 'Aspie' Criteria by Dr. Tony Attwood and Carol Gray"). \n\nhttp://www.autism.org/temple/tips.html (Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism by Temple Grandin, Ph.D.). \n\n"Work to view my autism as a different ability rather than a disability. Look past what you may see as limitations and see the gifts autism has given me. I may not be good at eye contact or conversation, but have you noticed I don't lie, cheat at games, tattle on my classmates, or pass judgment on other people?" - "Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew" by Ellen Notbohm ( http://www.southflorida.com/sfparenting/sfe-sfp-autism,0,6196233.story ) \n\nI hope this helps! :)
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Is there a guidance counselor or a trusted teacher you can speak with?  You could also try to speak with the school nurse.\nAre there any clubs at your school you could get involved with after school, or maybe a sport you could play?  If would give you a chance to get out of the house a bit and maybe make some new friends and develop some new interests.\nI hope it works out for you.
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Sounds like intellectually home school would be great for you because you seem driven. But please allow me to relate to you, I am not here to disagree with you but to offer you my own personal experience with you.I am not against homeschool,but I have very similar personality traits as you and it was not the best for me.I was in public school until 9th grade and my mom pulled me out half way through.Of course at the time I was thrilled because I was overwhelmed with social anxiety.Although fairly popular I disagreed with most of what went on with my teenage peers,like parties,drinking,drugs,and promiscuis(spell check)sex.But as time went on I became very detatched from society and found hard to relate with others and the outside world.Which later led to depression which caused me to gain alot of weight which caused me to be even more anti-social.Don't be so quick to say that you can't be helped because when i realized what my problem was I made myself get out and find a job dealing with the public.And I would ask questions and start conversations with strangers until I felt more comfortable with people.I then became more sure of myself and the depression left and I lost the weight.The point is that you shouldn't be so close minded. I know by the words that you use you are very smart so use that to the positive and don't be so pessimistic and closed minded. I regret that I spent so much time being an adult and looking down on my peers instead of setting an example for them amongst them.Now that I am 23 years old with many responsibilities, I wish I had gone to prom or homecoming or dances or field trips instead of focusing solely on academics.
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Don't take it personally. Unfortunately, everyone gets teased in school in some way, shape or form. I myself don't have good memories of school. Just remember to hold your head up high, do your best in school, go to college and get a great career, so that one day, maybe you'll become a President or CEO of a company and those same kids that made fun of you will be coming to you for a job and you can make them clean toilets. All that teasing will be nothing once you leave high school. Just find yourself a friend or friends that like you for who you are. Again, keep your head up kiddo!
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Why can't you ask a psychologist to diagnose you... are you under age and your parents don't want to (go see the school counselor)? Is there no insurance or an issue with your insurance company in this regard? Or does the mere thought turn your anxiety up through the roof (this one is a strong indicator for the first condition I mention below)?\n\nAnyway...\n\nLosing concentration in a social situation, and having difficulty conversing with others, could be any number of things.\n\nSocial Anxiety/agoraphobia is the most likely cause, but it takes a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist to do any diagnosis, so don't take what I'm saying as one. Anyway, agoraphobia is treated with medication and therapy. It can also contribute to difficulty concentrating at school and in other stressful situations, and can be a quite serious condition.\nYou might have attention deficit...but that by itself usually does not make someone a "social recluse"...quite the opposite!\nIt probably isn't Asperger's (although like I said before, I'm not diagnosing you, here). In the autistic spectrum, the person does not read social cues from others or learn social rules effectively. They also usually don't show their own emotions with the same set of body language as everyone else. While people with autistic-spectrum disorders, especially the higher-intelligence ones, feel a great deal of anxiety in social situations, it's more a foot-in-mouth problem rather than clamming up, especially for Aspergers. This is a generalization, but I'm trying to summarize this in less than half a page..lol.\n\nAnyway, the ONLY way to really identify your exact issue and needs is to get a diagnosis, and treatment through couselling (and medication if absolutely necessary).
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You have to stay on the school and the teachers. Let them know that you are a concerned parent. If your not there call them. They should have given you a parent rights book when they made that decision. I have a 16yr old brother with Aspergers.  A good site to get onfo also is http://www.autismtoday.com/index.asp. Remember dont let up. They will see that you want whats best for him, not any special treatment.