I have totally lived half that. Especially, but not limited to:

Little asshole wouldn't put his shoes on
I woke up on time, but blinked and it was 45 minutes later.
It was cold and my bed was REALLY warm.

I'd also like to add in:

My aspie takes 45 minute showers in the morning. Even if we wake up late.
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I don't know. Does he work with a therapist at school? It might be a good idea to bring it up there, or with his teacher, and let them know what is going on at home. See if he's the same way at school as he is at home.

My little Aspie is usually more clingy than not- she's always up in our business, so it's not something I have dealt with directly. She does have a staff of workers at the school, though, and anytime something different is going on here at home, or there at school, we talk with one another to make sure everyone is aware of it, and to see if either side knows if something happened.

Good luck, hun...
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This book looks like it would be a great (and relevant to our time) book on parenting our little Aspies!

Also, I'd totally be down with reviewing it once I read it. I'll even blog about it :)
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Ok, so mostly? When I first started noticing your name online, I thought it was written Jillisimo. Like... Bellisimo. Or something.

So, that's pretty much still what I call you in my head. Jillisimo.
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OMG...

Jill- no, not for sure. I don't get close enough to check. EEEEYUCK.
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Yeah... that first day? Love it and dread it. When will I get the calls? What notes will come home? Will I drop the ball on something? What if my kid gets bullied again? IEP's are like... horror movie. We do have monthly collaboration meetings for my Aspie, but with my older son (who is very likely an undiagnosed Aspie, only worse than my daughter in some aspects), the school does not do as well with him. He has had some very BAD years.

Last year was a not-so-bad year. 4th grade was so horrible that by the end of the year, I got a doctor's note to pull him out of school for the final 2 weeks of school. It got to the point that we were getting called every morning by 10:30 because his teacher just gave up even trying to deal with him, and grasped at any excuse to send him home. I finally picked him up one morning, and told him to make sure he cleaned out his locker. The principal kept saying he wasn't being expelled. I finally started crying and just told him that there was no point in him being in school for 90 minutes, and then having every other student in his class judging him when they wouldn't give him even a chance, and that he was done there.

I was livid. He was sad, but he just was not able to be in that classroom.

So now? Yeah, we really have to watch the kids closely, which is why I'm still a stay at home mom 4 years after my last one started school full days. I can't -not- be around if something happens, and I'm needed.

But the break away from the daily stress of having hem right here every day? GOLD.

I love this post. I belong to a group of parents of kids on the spectrum, and this topic has long been debated. I see a lot of parents who believe the professionals whole-heartedly, and don't see empathy in any child.

Me? In my daughter, I see an overwhelming amount of empathy, that she does not know how to deal with. She doesn't know what to say, or how to react. That's what people see- someone who doesn't react. What I see, is a little girl who cries because someone lost a stuffed animal, or who sobs for weeks after when she remembers her pet lizard dying, or who gets almost uncontrollably excited when something good happens to someone. I see a little girl who understands everything going on around her- she just doesn't know how to process and show that.
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I have some pretty toxic in-laws as well (and some really great ones, to be fair), and I think I'd probably do the same thing- only in person. I'm horrible at confrontation, but fuck with my kids, and you're going to be in for a world of hurt.
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Freaky scary, but also? A teaching tool.

Rock On. My aspie once told me something along the lines of, "I poop butterflies." Randomly.
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