Proud ASD mummy

[needmorecoffee]

DS1, who has Aspergers, has invited a chum over!!!!!!!!
He's 14 and never done that before cos he hates his 'personal space' bieng invaded, even by people he claims he likes at school. He's been at the school 15 months now and this is the first time we get to see a chum
I'm a nervous wreck now!

Yay! Well done to him. Hope it goes well ...soon you'll be on here saying 'aaaaargggh, too many smelly teenage boys in the house eating pizza all the time' . Sorry, being flippant - I look forward to the day when my J can have friends round without attacking them for breaking one of his many unwritten rules so I know you must be feeling good about this - it's great.

He said they'll play computer games. That figures.
And keyboard. This is other lad is a nerd type too which is probably why ds gets on with him.

WOW! Fabulous!
I fantasize about things like this!
Can't wait to hear all about it!

How exciting/scary

When will it be?

Will you put all his important things away so he doesn't have to worry about it being touched (my ds is the same but 6 years younger and I wait for this)

How great

Well done to your DS1, I bet you are one chuffed mummy.

I had a similar experince recently when the nursery nurse from DS1 special school did a home visit, she told us that there were several new children in DS1's class and although DS1 has never really tolerated any other children, he has sort of taken the smallest of the new children under his wing.

Although this doesn't mean they play together or anything like that, it does mean that he will allow him into his private 'tent' which he has in class when he needs time out from class, this was even more poignant when she told us that this new young chap is the smallest and most timid in class and my DS1 is somewhat the scary giant amongst them and they would never normally risk such encounters as DS1 can be very terrortorial and untolerant towards others invading his space/toys/favourite teachers etc.

It isn't often we hear good news and can be proud, to be honest we normally dread reading his home/school book, so this was so uplifting to hear and made for extremely proud parents.

Hope it goes well, needmorecoffee! Love to hear how it goes. My Aspie DS (9)has never let anyone into his space - yet! Keep being told things will change at teen stage
Hope you achieve being a cool mum!!