manicstreetpreacher
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Hi there.
As well as having my own catalogue of disasters I am anxious to help a relative of mine. She has a son, almost 15, and it is as plain as the nose your face that he has Asperger's. If not, it is something very closely linked to it.
However, she refuses to acknowledge that there is anything wrong. As he is very intelligent, she just believes that she has an over gifted child, her head is buried in the sand and I don't know what to do.
She has mentioned that there has been several episodes of him being bullied in school.
Also, he has no friends, has no life outside of his house, never kicks a ball, lives at his PC when not at school. She really isn't helping him but we cannot seem to get through to her.
Also, another worry, he is very fond of my 7 year old daughter. He is forever touching her (not intimately, just very tactile) and trying to hold her and he also seems to be able to relate to her better than kids his own age.
It worries me as I wonder, how far will this go before I have to say something? And possibly alienate my relative?
It saddens me when I think of my stepdaughter who is just 18 months older but is doing all the normal things a child of her age should do whilst this guy is stuck in limbo all because his Mother won't acknowledge that there is a problem.
Any suggestions? Thanks for reading.
Manic.
As well as having my own catalogue of disasters I am anxious to help a relative of mine. She has a son, almost 15, and it is as plain as the nose your face that he has Asperger's. If not, it is something very closely linked to it.
However, she refuses to acknowledge that there is anything wrong. As he is very intelligent, she just believes that she has an over gifted child, her head is buried in the sand and I don't know what to do.
She has mentioned that there has been several episodes of him being bullied in school.
Also, he has no friends, has no life outside of his house, never kicks a ball, lives at his PC when not at school. She really isn't helping him but we cannot seem to get through to her.
Also, another worry, he is very fond of my 7 year old daughter. He is forever touching her (not intimately, just very tactile) and trying to hold her and he also seems to be able to relate to her better than kids his own age.
It worries me as I wonder, how far will this go before I have to say something? And possibly alienate my relative?
It saddens me when I think of my stepdaughter who is just 18 months older but is doing all the normal things a child of her age should do whilst this guy is stuck in limbo all because his Mother won't acknowledge that there is a problem.
Any suggestions? Thanks for reading.
Manic.