Comments on: The Now http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:07:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: carly http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-17 carly Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:07:51 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-17 Hey Stinni, Wow, I never knew...I am sure that this blog will be of great comfort to many here who may feel isolated in dealing with these issues. One of my favorite, I know I am not supposed to have them, but, one of my favorite students, when I taught in a school for children with leaning differences, was a boy with Aspergers. He was so 'intuned' to things that others weren't capable of being. He was so lovely in so many ways. I still think about him. Have you found that your son's school is abreast with current research and pedagogy in this area? Best wishes to you and your family. :) Hey Stinni,
Wow, I never knew…I am sure that this blog will be of great comfort to many here who may feel isolated in dealing with these issues.
One of my favorite, I know I am not supposed to have them, but, one of my favorite students, when I taught in a school for children with leaning differences, was a boy with Aspergers. He was so ‘intuned’ to things that others weren’t capable of being. He was so lovely in so many ways. I still think about him.
Have you found that your son’s school is abreast with current research and pedagogy in this area?
Best wishes to you and your family. :)

]]> By: Stinni http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-16 Stinni Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:07:54 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-16 zachlassiter - Thanks for the add. :) Q8Sultana - Thank you for the compliment. My son isn't bilingual yet. We noticed he was a bit delayed with language and I thought it was because he had so many different languages around him, so I asked my husband to keep it exclusively in English with him so that he wouldn't be confused. Now that he's in Year 1, he's learning Arabic and doing really well with it - speaking, reading, writing. Desert-Roses - Thanks for the long comment. :) My son has savant traits, i.e. knowing nearly every country of the world, the capital, flags etc. All cars in the world, model, make, even the approximate year the car was made. He also has an amazing memory. He remembers things from when he was a toddler. At this point I try my best to have him think of all the things he could do i.e. design homes, design futuristic cars, and things like that. We're even talking about writing a book and publishing it within Kuwait. zachlassiter – Thanks for the add. :)

Q8Sultana – Thank you for the compliment. My son isn’t bilingual yet. We noticed he was a bit delayed with language and I thought it was because he had so many different languages around him, so I asked my husband to keep it exclusively in English with him so that he wouldn’t be confused. Now that he’s in Year 1, he’s learning Arabic and doing really well with it – speaking, reading, writing.

Desert-Roses – Thanks for the long comment. :) My son has savant traits, i.e. knowing nearly every country of the world, the capital, flags etc. All cars in the world, model, make, even the approximate year the car was made. He also has an amazing memory. He remembers things from when he was a toddler. At this point I try my best to have him think of all the things he could do i.e. design homes, design futuristic cars, and things like that. We’re even talking about writing a book and publishing it within Kuwait.

]]> By: Desert-Roses http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-15 Desert-Roses Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:09:36 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-15 That was interesting to read ..I have long comment about... I shall enjoy typing untill the movie I wanna see finish uploading... Your son is smart ...beyond his peers level of thinking...is he cancarian ?:P Since I am obssessed with my horoscopes I kept wondering what is his starsign?!! I loved your son alot...I wish I Have a one like him when I marry one day :) well... What you said in the post remind me of something or experience I have been through last semester when I was doing my 3D modelling class. I had to do a short animation for like hmm 2 minutes..I needed help for sound editing..since my mind was messed with mnay things beside the graphic's shit... I asked a freind of mine help, which I recently knew, his family is kind of open and it was ok for me to go to his house to finish the sound editing together..my freind is 19 years old, he is amazing in sound engineering...his mother is a good friend of mine..I like her way of talking and her mentality...in a preceious visit to his house, I was sitting me and his mother talking...and I don't know how we ended up there but I remember that I told her you son is very smart...she smiled and she said : when it was the iraqi invasion he was almost a year and something...and after the invasion had done..and school began I took him to his first day at kindergarten...when the bills rang..he put his hand on his ear and began to scream...I was scared and I took him immedietly to a physiatrist(mom said)..after sitting and talking to him..the physiatrist discovered the he mentality is beyond his peers..ya3ni means hes 4 and think as 9 years old kid... the guy was able to tell scense that happened during iraqi invasion which he remembered when he was just a one year old...wallah I Sat with him..hes 19 and he thinks as 26 years old as I can assume...hes smart and talented.. when I was reading about ur son...I assumed that he is sensitive and talanted and that u should shape your son and help him to go ever further away with his mind which is a thing i wont doubt from a person as you...I assmued that he has 12 years old mind....the good thing he will let u suffer less as a mother of a teenager :P...hehe anyways my GOd bliss him and protect him :)! Hope u enjoy reading my long comment :D That was interesting to read ..I have long comment about…

I shall enjoy typing untill the movie I wanna see finish uploading…

Your son is smart …beyond his peers level of thinking…is he cancarian ?:P
Since I am obssessed with my horoscopes I kept wondering what is his starsign?!!

I loved your son alot…I wish I Have a one like him when I marry one day :)
well…
What you said in the post remind me of something or experience I have been through last semester when I was doing my 3D modelling class.

I had to do a short animation for like hmm 2 minutes..I needed help for sound editing..since my mind was messed with mnay things beside the graphic’s shit…
I asked a freind of mine help, which I recently knew, his family is kind of open and it was ok for me to go to his house to finish the sound editing together..my freind is 19 years old, he is amazing in sound engineering…his mother is a good friend of mine..I like her way of talking and her mentality…in a preceious visit to his house, I was sitting me and his mother talking…and I don’t know how we ended up there but I remember that I told her you son is very smart…she smiled and she said :
when it was the iraqi invasion he was almost a year and something…and after the invasion had done..and school began I took him to his first day at kindergarten…when the bills rang..he put his hand on his ear and began to scream…I was scared and I took him immedietly to a physiatrist(mom said)..after sitting and talking to him..the physiatrist discovered the he mentality is beyond his peers..ya3ni means hes 4 and think as 9 years old kid…
the guy was able to tell scense that happened during iraqi invasion which he remembered when he was just a one year old…wallah I Sat with him..hes 19 and he thinks as 26 years old as I can assume…hes smart and talented..
when I was reading about ur son…I assumed that he is sensitive and talanted and that u should shape your son and help him to go ever further away with his mind which is a thing i wont doubt from a person as you…I assmued that he has 12 years old mind….the good thing he will let u suffer less as a mother of a teenager :P …hehe
anyways my GOd bliss him and protect him :) !
Hope u enjoy reading my long comment :D

]]> By: Q8Sultana http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-14 Q8Sultana Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:06:11 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-14 Hello, These entries were very touching. If I'll ever be a mother, I hope to be as good good a mother as you. By the way, does being bilingual cause any difficulty for your son? Hello,

These entries were very touching. If I’ll ever be a mother, I hope to be as good good a mother as you.

By the way, does being bilingual cause any difficulty for your son?

]]> By: zachlassiter http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-13 zachlassiter Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:29:51 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-13 Hello, I hope you dont mind but while creating my new webpage I have devoted a section to information <a href="http://www.thezach.net/about/aspergers" rel="nofollow">About Sspergers Syndrome</a>. In it I am creating a page for <a href="http://www.thezach.net/about/aspergers/blog" rel="nofollow">Aspergers Syndrome Blogs</a> and included your blog. If you would perfer to be removed from the page please let me know. Hello,

I hope you dont mind but while creating my new webpage I have devoted a section to information About Sspergers Syndrome. In it I am creating a page for Aspergers Syndrome Blogs and included your blog.

If you would perfer to be removed from the page please let me know.

]]> By: pearls http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-12 pearls Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:53:51 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-12 He's a smart kid mashallah and you've been a great mum to him, not all mothers are like that, so he's lucky to have you don't quit blogging just yet, I'm sure you'll give a lot of hope and inspiration to others who share the same thing He’s a smart kid mashallah and you’ve been a great mum to him, not all mothers are like that, so he’s lucky to have you

don’t quit blogging just yet, I’m sure you’ll give a lot of hope and inspiration to others who share the same thing

]]> By: Carla http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-11 Carla Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:43:21 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-11 I sent an email to you in your hotmail account, since it's the only email I have from you.... I sent an email to you in your hotmail account, since it’s the only email I have from you….

]]> By: Stinni http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-10 Stinni Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:37:25 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-10 Carla - Your comment touched me. I feel like we've known each other for a while now and I have to apologize for not being a good friend with respects to e-mail. But I think you know how crazy life can get once you have children. I rarely have free time but I have appreciated all your wonderful comments and e-mail. A big hug back to you, my friend, and the compliment returned in being a fabulous mother. Kerrie - Now you understand how it touched my heart to see Mishari RUN for you last summer. How he cried when you left for the last time. How he snuggled up to you on the porch swing. How he got jealous over Dan! ("She's NOT your princess...") You are very very special to him, my wonder twin! :) Hasan B. - Meshkoor, and God bless you too. Soupprincess - There are subtypes within Aspergers; i.e. the Angry child, the Paranoid child, and yes, the OCD child. I can't categorize my son into a subtype because I'm not a professional and also because he has a touch of each subtype. Believe me, I looked into OCD and ADHD but the lack of eye contact and self injury and awkward social skills led me to PDD. Thanks for the input. I appreciate it. (Have you made the journey to Kuwait yet?) Lisa - Thanks for the comment. I looked up Sydenhams Chorea and my son just doesn't fit the profile. He's been different since infancy and like I mentioned in my above comment, the social difficulties he experiences are due to Aspergers/PDD. He doesn't have ticks, but he will flap his arms/hands when excited or nervous. Thanks again for the input and God bless you too. Carla – Your comment touched me. I feel like we’ve known each other for a while now and I have to apologize for not being a good friend with respects to e-mail. But I think you know how crazy life can get once you have children. I rarely have free time but I have appreciated all your wonderful comments and e-mail. A big hug back to you, my friend, and the compliment returned in being a fabulous mother.

Kerrie – Now you understand how it touched my heart to see Mishari RUN for you last summer. How he cried when you left for the last time. How he snuggled up to you on the porch swing. How he got jealous over Dan! (“She’s NOT your princess…”) You are very very special to him, my wonder twin! :)

Hasan B. – Meshkoor, and God bless you too.

Soupprincess – There are subtypes within Aspergers; i.e. the Angry child, the Paranoid child, and yes, the OCD child. I can’t categorize my son into a subtype because I’m not a professional and also because he has a touch of each subtype. Believe me, I looked into OCD and ADHD but the lack of eye contact and self injury and awkward social skills led me to PDD. Thanks for the input. I appreciate it. (Have you made the journey to Kuwait yet?)

Lisa – Thanks for the comment. I looked up Sydenhams Chorea and my son just doesn’t fit the profile. He’s been different since infancy and like I mentioned in my above comment, the social difficulties he experiences are due to Aspergers/PDD. He doesn’t have ticks, but he will flap his arms/hands when excited or nervous. Thanks again for the input and God bless you too.

]]> By: Lisa http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-9 Lisa Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:34:24 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-9 My son had all these problems and more. Here it was Sydenhams Chorea caused by strep. We were told he had Tourettes/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/Anxiety/ADHD and other things. We got him in to see a neurologist and she figured it out after the 2nd time seeing him. You should do a search on it and compare your son's symptoms with the symptoms from this. I think you will be amazed. My son is off all his meds except antibiotics and is doing a lot better now. One way to figure out if it is this is blood work and a strep test DONE THE LONG WAY at the doctors office. (STREP TEST CAN NOT BE THE RAPID TEST THEY DO AND COME BACK IN 5 MINUTES AND TELL YOU IF THEY HAVE A STREP INFECTION OR NOT. IT HAS TO BE SENT OUT AND DONE THE LONG WAY!) Hope this helps and good luck and God bless! My son had all these problems and more. Here it was Sydenhams Chorea caused by strep. We were told he had Tourettes/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/Anxiety/ADHD and other things. We got him in to see a neurologist and she figured it out after the 2nd time seeing him. You should do a search on it and compare your son’s symptoms with the symptoms from this. I think you will be amazed. My son is off all his meds except antibiotics and is doing a lot better now. One way to figure out if it is this is blood work and a strep test DONE THE LONG WAY at the doctors office. (STREP TEST CAN NOT BE THE RAPID TEST THEY DO AND COME BACK IN 5 MINUTES AND TELL YOU IF THEY HAVE A STREP INFECTION OR NOT. IT HAS TO BE SENT OUT AND DONE THE LONG WAY!) Hope this helps and good luck and God bless!

]]> By: Soupprincess http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-8 Soupprincess Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:24:51 +0000 http://aspergersinkuwait.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-now/#comment-8 You might try looking into childhood symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder. It is genetic, runs in families, and the tendency to marry within a tribe makes this genetic disorder more rampant in areas where that is a common cultural practice; it ups the odds. I am unfamiliar with the symptoms in children, though I know there are children that have OCD (Oprah did a special on it and there is a cable show out there produced about the children that appeared), but the symptoms sound awfully similar to the childhood of someone I know whose OCD became severe in early adulthood. You might try looking into childhood symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder. It is genetic, runs in families, and the tendency to marry within a tribe makes this genetic disorder more rampant in areas where that is a common cultural practice; it ups the odds. I am unfamiliar with the symptoms in children, though I know there are children that have OCD (Oprah did a special on it and there is a cable show out there produced about the children that appeared), but the symptoms sound awfully similar to the childhood of someone I know whose OCD became severe in early adulthood.

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