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Tag Archives: aperger’s syndrome

The Personality and the Finger

Well, my Aspie got mad at someone in PE and flipped them off.  He had to go to the principals’ office for the rest of the class period. When I confronted the school, last fall, about the student who was bullying their teacher, and getting away with it… they said “that is just her personality”. So I said, that is just his personality.  But then I explained why that is his personality. a response to the school: I am not making excuses for my son. You do know that he has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, which is a form of Autism.  His filter’s don’t work like yours and mine. I agree that this was an appropriate punishment. He lacks the social skills to understand that an immediate response is not appropriate.  Although he has made great strides this year in the area of social skills development, he has a

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