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Originally Posted by Zolofter
My son is 10 and is a "high functioning" autistic. I have heard "so, what can he do?" People think that all children with autism are savants. My son is 10 and small for his age and is developmentally delayed. He is sweet kind of immature and clueless. He seems perfectly fine to me until I interact with a typical 10 year old, 9 or 8 year old for that matter. I worry for his future. I worry when I see him interact with other children because they can be so evil. He is in public school and in the third grade I had to have the teacher explained to the class what artist is so that they would be kinder to him. I don't know if I should let him go and mingle with difficult children: or protect him and keep him only around the ones I know that will be kind. Please tell me what do you all think.
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My daughter was pretty clueless to the teasing going on. She found her own set of friends who were nice and the ones that werent, well, she just wasnt 'aware'. Now that she is in 8th grade she is beginning to understand. NOW I keep an eye on what is going on and protect her only because she cannot handle the stress. she is 'aware' now that she is different. She is now more vulnerable. But I am not a bully parent in the school either. I make sure she has a close relationship with the guidance counselor and we monitor what is going on in school that way. Hope this helps.
