Why do they have to be with kids there own age? We don't only talk to people our own age. PS if any of my kids were in a gym with orange cones, unless they had a book or my phone, the cones would probably be flying if I didn't give them the look in time
. Most of the boys in DDs HG class would probably kick them too depending on who was watching them. I'm not sure why, but Id kind of have an urge to kick them as well, especially if there was no one to talk to and nothing to do. Maybe this is the divergent nature of very creative kids.
Your entire post echoes my own thinking on the matter until just a few months ago. I would love for my ds to have access to others with his same interests, or better, other PG kids. As an adult, I have some of the same issues because my interests are so different that almost everyone I meet. Until about a year ago, my son did associate with older people. All but one of his "friends" was an adult. They loved him. I didn't think anything about it, but I do have to question this at least a bit, as this is a typical Asperger's thing, too, from what I understand. (Though, I have had the mom of a PG adult tell me that her child's friends were always adults, and he did just fine. Still, I can't blow-off his AS dx just yet.)
I know one child with AS, a girl. She seems quite different to me than my son, but they do try to have conversations about common interests. She likes to sit and talk 'at' my son, while he would prefer to talk 'with' her and discuss things in a different, more thoughtful way. This is the kind of thing that makes me want to move to the PG side and forget the AS. I just don't know, well, what each looks like, so it's difficult.
I thank you so much for your input. I love hearing the details of others' children. I hope to have him evaluated sometime over the next few months. I will try to update on this thread (and any other I've posted to in regard to my confusion).
