Aspergers and maths

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My DS is 11 with Aspergers and is in mainstream school. He has always liked school until now, year 6, and it's all down to maths. He has the ability, but struggles with concentration and spends more time getting stressed than trying to do the work.
Can anyone suggest ways to help him with maths, I'm pretty rubbish at it, DH is good but lacks patience.

DS is getting to the point where he is losing sleep over it and not wanting to go to school. The lessons are becoming more intense now, and even though it's only 2nd day back, he's in a state already.
Have spoken with school and they do what they can, but it's down to DS at the end of the day. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

DD1 is 10, with AS, and also struggles with maths.
She has been diagnosed with dyscalculia -is that a possibility?

Aside from that, is your son very anxious and afraid to make mistakes? DD1 is scared of maths, because there is a definitive right or wrong answer and she is terrified of getting the wrong answer.
Also, she doesn't like to make decisions, for the same reason. These things all hinder her in maths.

What does school say? Might be worth getting your ds assessed by the Ed Psych, to rule out any difficulties and look at how school can help him.

Thanks Siblingrivalry, dyscalculia could well be a factor - something I'm going to check out.

DS does get anxious and worried he'll make a mistake, and then get into trouble with his teacher. He cannot make a decision if given more than a couple of choices either, so I suppose all this could be connected to the maths problem.

Have spoken with school again today and have an appointment to discuss further, also getting our keyworker to observe DS during a maths lesson to see what happens.

Hopefully we'll find the right way to support and help him. Thanks again for the the advice.

Oh, good luck, hope you manage to make some progress x