Posts by JohannasGarden

I homeschool my Aspie kid and feel good about it--my more typical daughter insists on going to school, and we can't deny her passion for it. This may sound more like advice than I mean it to be, but I'm just giving you a few things to...

I know it is sad. You are clearly coming from a place of looking at works best for her overall wellbeing and observing her with love and honesty. That's not CIO, so don't heap any guilt on yourself on that score. I hope you can find a...

That does sound more like a wart to me, too. My DS has had warts that sound just like that. I even showed them to his geneticist, and she did not even seem to be wondering if it could be a neurofibroma. If it were a possible one, she...

Another thing you could try that isn't hugely expensive is a dust mite barrier pillow cover. Though I actually recommend allergy testing for any kid with breathing issues or whose "stuff" gets worse in bed, for night problems...

You have every right to say "no" to meds. You have the repsonsibility to do some of the things you are already doing and you have the right to ask his school to take similar responsibility. Another thing I've read is that...

I wanted to say that it's my understanding that stork bites at the nape of the neck are really, really common. Maybe 10 % of people have them or something. They certainly could mean something if combined with other marks, but I would...

Well, one thing to investigate is whether there are other ways to keep him safe. Only using back burners made a difference for us, for example, and at times we had a rule that I had to be physically between him and his younger sister at...

My DS (who also has Tourette's Syndrome and Asperger's) does not usually meet diagnostic criteria for OCD, but it's definitely something we have going on. I appreciated Tamar Chansky's books--Freeing Your Child from OCD and Freeing your...

I think it is really starting to sound like transient tics. About 10 % of kids have them. At this point, it doesn't sound like enough for a Tourette's dx, but that doesn't mean he won't someday meet the criteria. But honestly, tics are...

That's a big silver lining. Getting a teacher who understands and who he likes is the most important thing. : That way he has a chance at a good experience now _and_ a teacher whose reports will weigh heavily in the future evaluations...