Toniya,
I know how you feel. My 10 yr old son was diagnosed with adhd, asd,
and generalized anxiety disorder when he was 5. He has responded
well to the meds that he is on, but has always had a very difficult
time making friends. He is very loud and just doesn't get how to
interact with other kids very well. I had him in Cub Scouts for 2
yrs, and he had a reasonable amount of success there, but I had to
attend with him, and just recently allowed him to quit the group- he
told me that he didn't like it because it was boring and the other
kids were mean to him. We have had success in the friend area in 2
other arenas. One has been in allowing him to play with younger
kids. We have friends from church with a 6 and 4 yr old, and they
just love Mike (my son), and he is great with them. The other area
is in getting what Autism expert Tony Attwood calls a "rent a
friend"... the 10 yr old son of another acquaintance from church who
knows Mike and can tolerate his idiosyncracies without becoming mean
and nasty to him (that kills me when other kids pick on my son). We
have talked to our school social worker about having another asd boy
come over for play dates, but haven't done this yet. Good luck to
you and God bless.

Doug


--- In cuan-listserve@yahoogroups.com, Sheila Krein <sfkrein@...>
wrote:
>
> Has anyone from our group responded to you,
> Toniya? If no one has, I will ask for
> suggestions. Making friends is one of the
> hardest things for children with autism. The
> Autism Program out of Springfield has social
> skills workshops, and I hope we can get some going in this ares.
Sheila
>
> At 11:28 PM 8/4/2006, you wrote:
>
> >Hi, my name is Toniya and I have a 8yr old son who has Autism and
who
> >has seizures. My son was diagnosed when he was 3 and we have been
> >threw many of challenges One cfhallenge he is facing now is making
> >friends. He really tries hard and would like to have a friend but
> >some of the other kids think his strange. He plays well by himself
> >but I really would like him to socialize with other children. I
have
> >him enrolled in a daycare program but he always end up playing by
> >himself. If anyone have any suggestions I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
> >
> >
>