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I have found with Corey, and this is apparently one of the traits of Aspergers, and that is that he can never admit that he is wrong.  I know, I know, it’s a man/boy thing in general, but it is even more so in Aspergers kids as they genuinely don’t think that they have done anything wrong.

Last night for example, I asked the boys to do their homework, it’s almost the end of the year so I’ve been a bit lenient with their homework and last night I told them all they have to do is read for a while.  So Ben and Lachlan go off and do their homework and Corey has to have a bit of a yell and punch things first, then he finally settles down to read. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve read many times about not making threats unless you are prepared to carry through with them and while I usually intend to follow through with my threats I often give in.  Sometimes it is just easier at the time to give in and sometimes I just feel guilty – depending on what it is.

A couple of nights ago though I actually stuck to it and gave Corey a punishment that I felt guilty about.  My oldest son Ben wanted to go and see the movie New Moon.  At first I was going to take all the kids to see it but as we are watching the budget at the moment I was a little hesitant to take the younger too since they aren’t really as interested in the Twilight movies as Ben is. Read the rest of this entry »

A few months back we found a great psychologist and one that Corey actually related to (the others we’d seen he wouldn’t even speak to them).  However, due to the very large cost of the appointments we just couldn’t afford to keep going to see her.  I hate that we had to stop going there due to finances, but what can you do???

A couple of months ago I was speaking with the counselor at Coreys school and she said that she could arrange a meeting with someone from the Education Department and evaluate our situation and see if they can get us the help we need through the school system – which would be free.  She said they can even get a full assessment and diagnosis for him through the system.

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So what do you do when he loses it in the supermarket??

Yesterday I had both Ben and Corey home from school – Ben has had a sore throat for a couple of days and Corey had a ‘headache’.  Although he really didn’t seem that bad, I think it was ‘headache Wednesday’.  Yesterday was my grocery shopping day so I had to take them with me.

We started off alright and then when we were about three quarters through it started.  They started fighting, Ben said something that made Corey mad and then all hell broke loose.  Corey used that lovely ‘F’ word by telling Ben to ‘F’ off, nice and loud, right when an elderly lady walked past us. Read the rest of this entry »

It all started over a pair of socks this morning.  I was getting the boys clothes ready for school and had everything except for their socks.  So I was looking through the clean washing basket for socks and the first pair I found were Bens.

That was it!

Corey immediately went on a rampage that I always get socks for Ben and Lachlan but never for him, he always has to find his own.

Hang on a minute……  I haven’t finished getting the socks yet, this is just the first pair I found and they just happened to be Bens.  I haven’t found any for Lachlan yet either, but could I explain that to him???

Oh, he was just so angry because I had socks for Ben and not for him. Read the rest of this entry »

School started back today and I’m enjoying the peace and quiet.  Although, I must admit I kind of miss them when they aren’t here.

The first week of school holidays was great, Coreys behavior for that first week was so good, but by the second week it all started going down hill.  I don’t know if it was because after that first week they started to get bored, or whether it was because he had a few late nights and was just over tired.  Whatever the reason, the behavior wasn’t good and I was really looking forward to school going back in today. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes I just feel like a really bad Mother and others times I just think that he’s a really bad kid – perhaps it’s a bit of both.  It’s school holidays here at the moment (back to school next week thank goodness) and it’s really bad.  The first week of holidays were great, all the boys were really well behaved, but this week – AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

I’ve been trying to work out if it is because it is the second week and they are getting bored, or if it’s something Corey has eaten, or if it’s because he is just tired.  They have had a few late nights and I do know Corey does tend to get worse when he’s tired. Read the rest of this entry »

I am really losing it with Corey this week, I am just not coping with him at all. The language is really getting to me, I wont even repeat what he called me yesterday.  The thing is that he has called his brother this awful word a few times but it wasn’t until he called me it that it really upset me and I realised just how much it must upset his brothers too when he says it to them.

His anger is just getting out of control, but I just don’t know what to do.  Sometimes I manage to stay calm and talk him around and other times I just lose it with him.  Having it happen constantly just really gets to you and it is so hard to stay calm all the time.  There is absolutely nothing that we can ask or tell Corey to do without him getting angry about it. Read the rest of this entry »