Making Friends? 01-21-08

Hello all!

This weekend was grand in a way. My son has made a friend! He is also on the spectrum - its amazing to see a child do some of the same things as my son. He is a good boy like my son. But he is a bit more mature and much more verbal. He can ask questions and converse VERY WELL. Like at least 1 hour straight after arrival. He is delightful and very smart.

It is wonderful to see my son enjoying company and even a few phone calls. Unfortunately our phone ran out of battery during one call.

he spent the night Friday and they were up at 4:44 am Saturday to play etc.. There is no sense in trying to force them back asleep once they are up thats for sure _ I did try, but they couldn't fall back asleep.

Making friends has always been hard for him. He is parallel, but aware you are there and when you go away.

When we first moved to one place he was invited to every party, but soon the invitations stopped coming and none of the children were persistent.

I have seen children make fun of him and THANK GOD he doesn't realize it really or the emotional response is not really there for. On occasion, he has been known to tell people though its rude, but that came later.

When he was in preschool a child came to me at pick up time and told me he was very glad i was there to pick up my son because he "hated" him - but that was in part a few of the teachers fault. I think now the child picked it up from them and their "reactions" to him. He did not like attending there except for the director and student - that adored him.

It should be mandatory that teachers go back and get training - ALL teachers, not just Special Ed.

I wonder sometimes if our world will somehow evolve into a society where we are all parallel. - scary thought at the rate things are going - 1 -in 150 is now the current stats.

Eileen
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