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Originally Posted by carol Just replying to Shecass--- My grandsons are now 16 and 14 . the 16 year old is basically autistic in the social part but also has a hardtime with feelings
and can not do sports or anything like that, has a weakness in his joints. He is very organized and is doing fairly well in school . He has always been in regular classes and wants to either teach other disabled children or go into computer field. He enjoys being around adults more then boys his own age because of his disabilities, My 14 year old is high functioning autistic. He is in a special class and has helpers to assist him. We are lucky because he is able to speak and can be taught. It might take awhile but if he wants to do something he will do it. Knows a lot of his words and can tell you things that you would not of even guessed he would know. Amazing!! He is beautiful ,blond haired, tall {going to be 6 ft. tall or more.} Has learned so much in the last two years. It so depends on the teacher being so good with him. Good luck with your son. These boys belong to my son and his wife and they also have two girls who are the youngest ones. Tjhey have no trace of it. Funny eh!! Because of them having the two of them they are in a study group down in Hamilton.  |
Ethan has come such a long way. He is 9 and he can tell you anything he wants. There is absolutely nothing that he can't & won't say. He improves weekly if not daily at school and he loves it. We are very lucky Ethan is so independent and I'm so thankful. A really good friend of mine has a son the same age as Ethan and he is almost completely non-verbal. These kids are smart as can be. I honestly think that Ethan has a photographic memory and he has been reading since about age 2 or 3 he loves magazines so, he has several that he gets in the mail and he will carry them with him wherever we go.
My niece was diagnosed with Aspergers a year or so ago. She has a lot more issues with noises than Ethan does and just gets so mad so easily if things don't go her way. She will be 12 next month. She also has lots of ODD tendencies. She is a great artist loves working with clay and drawing and can write stories better than most adults that I know. Her vocabulary(sp) is wonderful. She is too smart for her own good and she won't let you forget it. She also gets along better with either kids older or younger than her. But, she is getting better as far as that goes.