Aspergers and discipline - please help

[MotherJack]

Hiya - my son has almost as good as been diagnosed with Aspergers in the last year - he has other serious medical problems which have meant he hasn't been diagnosed but we have all been going on under the belief that yes, he probably has Aspergers.

Today has been his 6th birthday and he had a bad day at school and the head wanted to speak to me as I collected him. She told me he had destroyed a sign board in the playground with a cricket stump, hit other pupils with the cricket stump and then been rude to a member of staff. He was punished for this behaviour at the time. I thought she had told me this with the belief that I would talk to him about his behaviour, which I have and he has told me tonight that he will not be allowed out to play tomorrow as a result of what happened today.

I realise that the "crimes" are serious but given the Autistic mind, does this seem right?

I hope so too, Fighting... I really do. Thank you for your input on this thread. I shall keep an eye out for how your DS is doing now his statement is in place. In the meantime, wishing you (and everyone!) a good Christmas

Cheers - same to you. Are you new to the board or a name-changer?

Thanks

I'm a namechanger. I've been here since DS was about 5 months old. I couldn't face anyone after my son got diagnosed with his medical condition so changed. I think you'll see a lot more of me as I begin to accept his relatively recently diagnosed AS as I haven't a clue how to deal with it all :-S

Well there's loads of great people here with excellent advice - I couldn't have got a statement without their help. I always find loads of useful info on the threads here and hope you do too.