Just posted this in Chat but thought this board might be a better place to put it.
We recently moved DS9 to a new school (from state school in London to private school in the country) and he seems to be struggling to make friends.
He is a little quirky (has high-functioning autism) and does miss certain social cues and can say things that are a bit weird. But he’s also very friendly, kind, outgoing, does OK at school and sport etc and is into all the “in” things for boys that age (football, XBox, etc).
He seemed to settle into his new school well at first but today said that he didn’t have any friends and that the two boys he thought he had made friends with at the beginning don’t want to hang out with him any more.
Is anyone in/has been through a similar situation? Any advice at all? I would love a hand-hold as it was so heart-breaking to hear him say that he wasn’t happy.