OK WHO ELSE HAS ONE

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dd is 14 and she has cp, I also have ds(nt) who is 17
anyone else

so glad there is this thread have 2 son number one son is 17(nt) second son is 16 he has autism we were at our annual gala day thing today we went to a friends and he had a great time with the buffett and loved sitting outside in the sunshine very sociable

imo sn teens is secondry age and over. so 1 is one

Pagwatch, we have something in common! My DS is 13 (14 in Aug) and has severe ASD, Learning Disability and Challenging Behaviour (note those capitals!). And DD is 6, now very NT although I had my doubts when she was 2.
I also have an older sister (53 ) who has AS, not a teen but sometimes very like one.

Hello! We've just entered the terrible teens with ds1, 13. Except they are not any more terrible than 0-12. He has SLD - emphasis on the S - and no diagnosis.

I miss the other SLD parents I 'met' on the old SN threads. Are any of you here in teen world? I don't like being shunted down the list on Talk to below 'Other Stuff', but then I don't think I do change well!

Just read Davros post above mine. Doh

Just logged on for the first time since lunchtime and can't stop shaking now! I thought I'd missed some great fantabulous revolt and Justine had chucked us all off! But no, we've been given a wash and a polish and expanded a bit. How fab!

My ds is 14 and has moderate cp quadriplegia. Those who know me will know that the cp is much less of a concern than the Gob on the kid. He's a teenager with brass knobs on!
Current issues are: promoting independence as he has quite bad separation anxiety problems, getting the house right to promote independence (today we've been trialling a 'make yer own sandwich' device), and beginning the search for a suitable post-16 college placement. And dealing with the Gob.

Hi my ds is 14 today!!! and has dx of Asperger's, had a lovely day at school. Is a fab boy.

I've got an Aspie son of 14 in mainstream, heading towards Y10 soon. And a daughter of 18, no dx but Nerdy to the max.
Victoria's Secret?
Caught mine googling naughty bits several months ago, fined him a tenner and gave him a serious lesson on how to use condoms.
He was so embarrassed, he's gone back to RPGs and insists he doesn't want lecture part two on STDs (with illustrations) :O
I'm a friend of wetaugust, and if pickyvic comes back, she's got a teen as well.
passes wetaugust the bucket...cheap Bulgarian red this time

Cheers Goblinchild - LOL at the fining of G for illicit surfing.

Well, you know how it is with an Aspie, no good doing the sad, disappointed face and hurt feelings.
The consequence of a bad choice has to be something that matters to him, and money does.
So he usually gets a warning, then a fine but this time he'd gone too far.

I have an aspie teen who is 18. He was diagnosed a couple of years ago.
He is hopefully off to Uni soon, although I'm not sure how he will cope with it all.
We have been through a very bad few years with him. He has depression and major sleep problems.
I would love to hear from parents of other aspie teens as to how they deal with it all.

How do I cope with it all?
By not letting sanity or sleep get in the way.
Got two teens, girl is off to uni in October and a full time teaching job.
Boy goes to bed around 11, then I can start work. I'm writing reports in between posting on here and will keep going until around 2 or 3 am.
Then Boy will be up around 7 and my day starts again.

Asmum1 I've got an Aspie who has just finished his first year at Uni.

I'm going to be really brave and start a separate thread on this board about Uni.

i has one of these doing teens to preschooler, some days wondeif can trade him in .Ds is 15 with severe dyslexia and dyspraxic and some days do wonder about As tendencies

Biggest thing for me is guilt wish knew this board existed when he was younger I let myself be swayed by the schools experaince Am determined no this tim for ds 4Have seen huge change in him since discoveed the board and He though do worrys as hes very much a loner and no idea how he will cope with the wider world

I have 2 sons, 11 and 13, both with High Functioning Autism evidently. Yes, teen starts earlier. I think it's when the sleep cycle alters to midnight to midday very roughly.

Nice to have a section for us.

Hi Lollipop, is this temporary or permanent, the no-driving problem?

Probably permanent, which is a bit of a pain the buttocks, but we adapt and all that eh? My main issue with it right now is that my job is so far away from my house, so for a 10am shift I have to get a 7.45 bus, and the same for an 8.30 or 9am shift. Luckily my parents will pick me up if I finish at 6!

Hello

I have a dyspraxic and dyslexic aspie aged 14 and a diabetic 8 year old.

Is anyone else's 14 year old eating them out of house and home? Mine circles me like a hungry wolf and just STANDS in the kitchen hovering as if food is going to land magically in front of him. He's lovely but it drives me bananas (which he's then eat probablly but only with evaporated milk . . .)

if pre-teens count, I'm in

dd is 12 and has hypermobility syndrome

old enough to want independence but not old enough to manage an electric wheelchair out on her own (nor can we afford one)

Pinched this from another thread, because I thought it was lovely.

To quote Lancelottie
"It does tickle me when we're mid-chat and he says something like, 'Did you notice that I acknowledged what you just said and expressed interest before I carried on? I've been practising...'"

That sounds exactly the sort of thing my aspie would say. I've spend years working with mine on manners and social behaviour and appropriate responses. He's so pleased with himself sometimes, when he's tiptoed through the minefield and not triggered a single explosion.

Hi - I have 3 dcs - 17yr DD in 6th form, 15yr DD HFA/Aspergers and 13yr DS also HFA/Aspergers, both now in mainstream school with help.

Hello
I have an almost 14 yr old boy in mainstream school ( - just ) who is high functioning autistic and causes me no end of grey hairs.
My dd is 10 and is not SN but does have type 1 diabetes which is not quite a walk in the park either

Nice to meet you all - have only just found this place

i got one in answer to op....

totally missed this section. doh.

My son has a chromosome abnormality 48XXYY - it is a variation of Klinefelters syndrome.

He is 19 now and we have been told that he will probably have a brain age of about 2/3.

He is at special college now and will be there for 2 years... that is working well. He had two years at other colleges that were mainstream but took special needs children that did not work at all for us. The bullying was bad - quite covert and our son was a different person then, he lost all of his confidence.

The day he came home and asked "Mum what is a paedophile? (he didnt say it quite correctly) because that is one of the names they call me at college" we decided enough was enough and removed him from the horrible kids there.

He is also bullied where we live- he hardly ventures through the door to be honest.

Nice to read other peoples experiences.

It's horrible when that happens, and when you know it won't be a one-off either. having to keep your gameface on for him and be supportive and calm when what you want to do is some serious mutilation with tooth and claw.
And you wonder what harm he is doing to anyone, and why can't others be tolerant of difference.
There are some nasty little vermin out there.