[Farmall] and so it goes

[RGlenn8585 at aol.com]

My husband showed me some of the postings about Aaron, so I want to help,  if 
I can. I feel for Aaron and I can understand what he is going through. He  
needs help and people, especially at least ONE person that he can be very close  
to, trust, and confide in. My daughter and I are that for my grandson.  
"Aspies" are very special, intelligent kids, who need people to understand them  
and bring out the best in them. People who don't understand them can really  
damage them emotionally.
 
Our homeschooled, 14-yr-old grandson was diagnosed with Asperger's Oct.,  
2006, by a psychiatric group in Kansas City, MO. There is also an  Asperger's 
"specialist" counselor there, who has a 12-yr-old "Aspie" boy, a  4-yr-old boy 
with autism, and a normal 8-yr-old  girl. The specialist could see, within a few 
minutes, that our  grandson has Asperger's. It really is obvious, if you know 
what you are looking  for. They are very special people, and once you 
understand them, a lot of things  they do or don't do make sense.
 
Our gr-son has been put on Trileptal for Bi-polar issues and Zoloft  for 
anxiety. Before the meds, he would get very angry at nothing and had great  
difficulty getting thru it, like severe temper tantrums. Life was not easy  for any 
of us. There are a lot more symptoms, but with the meds, he  is usually a 
happy boy now, and his mind can settle down. I wish he  had been diagnosed a long 
time ago, when we first took him to a dr. about his  problems.
 
Aaron may not have Bi-polar issues or anxiety, but there are usually other  
things wrong than just Asperger Syndrome. There is help for him out there and  
schools are required by law to help him, especially now with the "No Child 
Left  Behind" program. Are the parents informed about Asperger's? There are  lots 
of websites and books available. Two good websites are:
 
_ASPERGER DISORDER  HOMEPAGE_ (http://www.aspergers.com/)     
_http://www.aspergers.com/_ (http://www.aspergers.com/) 
 
Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support   
_http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/_ (http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/)   

If they would like to email me, my email is   _DellaJane at aol.com_ 
(mailto:DellaJane at aol.com)  . I would like  to help, if I can. Also, our Asperger's 
specialist might be able to point them  in the right direction.
 
Della
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In a message dated 2/16/2007 4:32:52 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
jrmoraninc at yahoo.com writes:

So...
My little friend Aaron continues to be bullied by his   classmates.  The 
school saw fit to put him in "detention" this   week.  The weather, as you MUST 
know, has been terrible in these   parts over the last several days.  The school 
system stuck Aaron  in  a room and shoved him up tight against a desk 
("confined"  him).   The young fellow freaked out and left the building in  
Churchville, New  York (Fairbanks Road) and took off without a coat  walking down 
Buffalo  Road (Rte. 33) to try to get back home.  The  school authorities  finally 
woke up and retrieved him off of this very  busy thoroughfare,  replete with 
municipal snow plowing trucks.  
What the  hell????
JM