Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone here. My name is Wendy and I have a 2 1/2 year old son newly diagnosed with Autism. He is an amazing boy and I am learning so much from him.
This is a great website and the forums I have seen so far have been very helpful to me. I look forward to participating in discussions in the future.
Wendy
hi i also have a 2 1/2 year old son who is autistic he was diagnosed about a year ago if you have any questions or anything please feel free to ask
Hello Wendy. Glad you came here. Sometimes people can be nasty to parents here, mostly seems to be teenagers doing that. I'm not a parent, so I have no idea what you're dealing with, but i hope you can get things here that will help you and make your son's life less difficult for him.
Hi Wendy, I am also new here. I have a five year old son with aspergers. I haven't had a chance to look around this site much yet. I am hoping that I will have a chance to talk to all sorts of new people. It was nice to"meet" you
Christine
Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone here. My name is Wendy and I have a 2 1/2 year old son newly diagnosed with Autism. He is an amazing boy and I am learning so much from him.
This is a great website and the forums I have seen so far have been very helpful to me. I look forward to participating in discussions in the future.
Wendy
Well, teenagers everywhere are nasty to their parents, so that's normal. Most of us are glad to have a few sympathetic parents around; if we're lucky, we might end up with a few second-generation AFFers, too!
A lot of us did have bad experiences with parents who either attempted to force us to be normal, or else refused to help us. Some of us were even abused, when parents who were prone to that sort of evil saw that we were vulnerable.
OK, yes, some parents are annoying or downright evil... But most parents are sincerely trying to help their kids. And some of those are the true gems--those who are completely and unashamedly on their children's side, wanting to understand and help and love, no matter how odd the world might think their kids are. The parents around here--imperfect and often exhausted, exasperated, and even angry, as they are--tend to be that good, admirable sort of parent, the sort we all wish we'd had.
So... Welcome; we are glad to have you here.
welcome,
I'm glad your here, my mother has done alot for me as I am sure you have done and will do for your son. people like yourself are given an extermely hard challenge since most of us are hard to raise. please ask any questions you might have and im sure we all would try our best to answer your question to the best of our knowlege (and I believe I speak for the majority of us here).
whoops I forgot to mention, if you would like to talk to my mom im sure she would be happy but she is a very hard working and busy school teacher.
p.s. this goes for any parent having trouble with their child in the public school system. public schools in my area seem to be very intolerant of us aspies and with the right ammunition they can be dealt with and smited the way the deserve to be.
Alot of first posts here. Hello everyone.
It is always good to see parents on the boards. I may be a teenager but I am definatly not nasty (intentionally anyway).
Thanks to everyone who has responded to my post so far. I am sure I will have many questions in the future and I am glad that I can ask them here. I can't think of a better place to get the real information then from the people who have actually been living through it. I want to be the best parent I can be for my child and that means trying to understand him.
He is a wonderful little boy and I am learning so much from him already. Thanks again for your posts and have a great day everyone. Wendy
Hi Wendy,
I hope you find all the answers that will help you.
I haven't been a member for that long and what I read here, you cannot find in books, it really has been fantastic.
When I have posted questions looking for advice I always remember that sometimes the advice is that truthful for a split second you think 'ouch' but having an aspie son I realise there is nothing like having a completely honest, truthful answer and those answers are valuable coming from people on the spectrum and from parents.
I agree with some of the other postings that some people have a strong opinion with the parents but from what they post you understand the nitemare they have been through with their own families.
Anyway I think I have waffled enough so just welcome
and for everyone else who's postings I have read, thank you
Hi Wendy, welcome to the forums!
