I just hope the young man is doing this because he wants to and not because all
the neurotyicals in his life thinks sports are important and wants him to.

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----- Original Message -----
From: msiegelrs
To: aspergers_syndrome@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: [aspergers_syndrome] Re: Update on my son


Congratulations Donna!
I am very glad to hear about your son's progress.
My son David is 20 years old and in college. When he was in HS many
teachers thought he couldn't go to college.
Our kids are full of hope and surprises. Enjoy those moments.
Martha

--- In aspergers_syndrome@yahoogroups.com, "Tim hobbs"
<tim.thelion@...> wrote:
>
> That's wonderful Donna! I don't think that it is that unusual for
an Aspie
> to do team sports. I do however, believe that it poses many
challenges.
> With two teams that he is playing on, that becomes a lot of people
to keep
> track of. I think he will get hyper focused on the strategy of the
game,
> and mostly ignore the social opportunity. This is fine but for me,
that
> hyper focus, has lead to a lot of frustration. It seems that all
my team
> mates are rushing arround doing their social things and talking
about things
> that happened when I wasn't there or things that I failed to
observe/be
> aware of at practice. You can support your son by walking through
with him
> how to respond to the organization of, say a team pasta feed
diner. AKA,
> make sure he is aware of his schedual, and your schedual(for rides)
and
> maybe even give him a policy on requesting and accepting rides from
others+
> money ect...
>
> Timothy
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Donna Light <nubiangeek@...> wrote:
>
> > I just wanted to update everyone on my son. He is a sophmore this
year
> > and he is participating in Honors classes and doing well. he
> > other 'miracle' item is that he is on the varsity and JV football
team.
> > We are not a very sports family and so he had never watched or
played
> > football. His Biology teacher last year was one of the coaches and
> > asked him to com and work out with them last year. So, this year
he is
> > a starter for the JV and fills in on the varsity team. I never
thought,
> > from when he was younger, that he would be able to play a team
sport.
> > It just goes to show what you can do when you put your mind to it.
> >
> >
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