Aculady
Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
It is encouraging to hear that it can work and I do think that home-schooling may well be our only option once he hits secondary school. In the meantime we are doing all the Occupational Therapy, plus other things such as martial arts and pilates for core strength and he is currently being assessed in relation to his visual problems with a view to implementing a visual therapy programme as well.
He actually does have a best friend, which although not unheard of, is rare in children with AS and for this reason he adamantly doesn't want to be taken out of his current school. He also has a small group of peers who have been with him since nursery and are very tolerant of his differences and quick to support and defend him when necessary. For the moment, I do think he's learning a lot from interacting with them, but as you say its all the other stuff that impacts on his academics that I'm concerned about.
Much like your son, mine has gravitated to and mixes with the gifted kids in his school from his own year group as well as the older kids, in fact his best friend is probably the most gifted child in the school. He also prefers and seeks out the company of adults to children, which is fairly typical of a child with AS.
Thank you for taking the trouble to write back and share your own experience with me.
Kind regards
Teenysteaney
