Jacobs struggles
Yesterday my child Jacob was diagnosed. with AS and ADHD. After 7 years of his struggles I finally have relief in knowing why he is different. I can now recieve treatment and more help through the school. His biggest struggles are making friends, communication, getting stuck on topics, attention span and dealing with crowds. He can be loving but its on his terms. I feel as though he has a world of his own and everyone else just exist it in. I feel Jake and I are distant at times. Thats hard on me. He struggles to be able to pay attention which affectes schooling and ability to play sports. He has big intrest in Log trucks or Big trucks and motors. After the Diagnosis yesterday I have been researching all I can. I have never heard of this but had always felt he had some form of Autism. I have always been active in treatments fir him. I am looking to connect with parents with kids like Jacob. So this is reason for starting a blog.
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I shoiuld have chimed in
I shoiuld have chimed in earlier. I grew up undiagnosed (wasn't diagnosed until I was 30). Since getting my diagnosis, I've wondered why 97% of autistics live in institutions, yet 3% of us are wildly successful.
I give the benefit of my research to every parent struggling with a new diagnosis.
The key is routine, automation, and obsession. If you can figure out what his obsession is, turn that obsession into a hobby, turn that hobby into a business, and automate the business in such a way that he can keep the same routine from week to week- he WILL be wildly successful. Enough so to pay his own medical bills. High functioning, low functioning doesn't seem to matter if he can pay people to help him where he needs to, and if he's more competent than most in a narrow field. As John Elder Robison wrote in his memoirs- Compentence hides all autistic sins.