I haven't been on the board in quite a while, and I see many new people's names. My son, Joe is nine with Asperger's, although I am leaning more towards somewhere else on the spectrum as he doesn't have the obsessions that he used to. Anyway, he has been having awful temper tantrums at home, and is screaming at home that he is stupid, that he wants to die and hitting himself and throwing things. Tonight his teachers, his regular third grade teacher and Special Ed. teacher, tell us he has been very emotional in school, not in a disruptive way, and is regressing in his fine motor skills, especially handwriting, and his eating/hygeine skills are worse too. They painted a very rosy picture about how the kids in his class are very acceping of his differences. My son is very worried about my auto immune disease, and says he is worried that I am going to die. He says this tothe teachers, not to me. He says his emotions spin around inside him and he doesn't know how to make them stop. I have been very exausted this past month and was in the Icu for three days for chest pain, and generally not being the mommy that I want to be. The teachers also said that he facinates the class all the time with his facts, and this is what puzzled me that he actually is making them relevant to the discussion, and giving supportive and relevant comments to his classmates. These facts are on any topic, and he seems to have a deep well of them. He also calls my mother everyday and talks to her about everything under the sun forever. Why doesn't he want to talk to me, I wonder, for one thing? Don't get me wrong, I am glad he has made this huge leap in his social skills, they just don't show up at home. Anyway, they are going to have him talk to a counselor at school about the things that are upsetting him, especially since he is saying that he wants to die. Sorry this is so rambling and long.
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