Can someone talk to me about Asperger's please?

[MamaG]

DD is 10 abnd in year 6

we moved house/area/school in Dec and she's had a bit of trouble settling at shocol

more info here

Went into school last night and her teacher said a few of the staff had discussed her in sthe staff room and thought she showed signs of Asperger's. Have asked school senco to get involved to see if we can find out if this is the case

I am woefully uninformed about this TBH and could do with some pointers/advcie

Old school never said anything like this and they knew her VERy well, small school, excellent teacher etc

post in sn mamag - loads of help there x

Hey Mama

You may know DS2 has autism so I know quite a bit ( although he is severe so huge differences in how his manifests. We exchanged emails I think so you can mail me if you still have my address.

If not there are ( I am pretty sure) parents of children with Aspergers on the SN board. You could post there

Aspergers is an autism spectrum disorder, people are unable to read people (expressions etc), they follow rules to a tee, even when they can loose friends easily, can't read social situations very well, are often intellient, lack eye contact and expression when talking.

To be honest, my son didn't settle well in his last school and they sugested this, I moved him and he's had no problems at all. It suits some schools to give a child a label, he just couldn't cope with the bullying and bordom!!

That's what DH suggested belle just because we've read s ymptoms online and most of them don't "fit" dd

i will post on sn board, thanks

My son has Asperger's, but didn't get a diagnosis until he was eight, parenting masking it at home, school had him down as behavioural issues.
The thing about the spectrum is that it is a very broad field, so you never get the exactly the same combination of characteristics.
Come on over to the sn boards, talk about the things the school and you have picked up on and you may be surprised how many of us will say 'Oh yes' The dx is a key to helping the child have the best possible access to whatever they need, rather than a scary label that defines them and puts them in a little box.