My greatest pet peeve If you are going to call me then leave a real message "give me a call when you can " is NOT a real message a real message is... can you give me a call regarding a pt I need you to see tomorrow can you call me back and let me know if you can bring the children over tomorrow of late I refuse to answer calls that do not have real messages in the utopian aspiration that I might train them to leave proper info :) Clara in Miami

I just visited a friend in the hospital she has been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and the prednisone is making her CRAZY... she is not sleeping, she is so anxious... any of you have favorite forums, websites places she can research that you have found helpful so she can get educated and learn what her options are... her MD is a nice fellow and worked with her years ago when she ahd gastroparesis which she was completely healed of much to his shcok!! But I get the feeling she is giving him the impression she is a psych case, that she is just in denial about her illness and doesnt want to yeild to the fact she has it..I dont believe that is the case but I am not surprised that he would have that impression becuase of the way she communicates...I encouraged her today to get educated and informed thanks everybody :)

Thanks everybody..I went to the library to get some books, looking forward to reading through the websites and very much looking forward to seeing the temple Granadin info i ahd heard about her some years ago thank you for taking the time to respond busy moms :)

Hello all I would like a list of books regarding Aspergers that speak to what AS can look like in the future, AS in adolesents as well as best overall AS info, I enjoy anecdotal stories as well..I have read Hitchhicking through Aspergers and it was very helpful...have any of you read the book from OASIS ? thank you very much blessed day Clara in Miami mom to Fab 5

My 12yo son had a difficult time with jokes, he loves cartooning he tried to make comic books and they didn't make sense. Since his siblings also love jokes, old comedies etc.. they would explain jokes to him, believe it or not watching I love Lucy and Marx brothers helped quite a bit . My older children (14,15) would read jokes aloud and if he didn't get it they would explain the play on words and we would get Charlie Brown, Over The Hedge and Calvin & Hobbs etc.. and he would read them through and through..when he didnt get something he would say "this is a joke because... is that right?" ...this has been going on for a couple of years and I can tell you he has become very witty, things still elude him every so often the the improvement has been extraordinary...he makes such funny comic books actually he is now making new comic book characters that have Aspergers :) disclaimer: we are not always fond of Calvin & Hobbs, sometimes Calvin I just too much as is Garfield etc...but we oversee their reading and sometimes we just ban them when he gets too obssesive :) hope this is helpful :) blessed day Clara in Miami

Hi everybody !! I have been away for some time and when these boards changed to this format I changed my name and I never quite felt like me !! So I am back to being Clara in Miami I have been home educating my Fab5 (5-15) for 11 years. I have really missed being here but things have been so difficult and the academic aspect of our home education has been so terribly inconsistant that I just couldn't bear to read about home education I think I've gotten a grip now :001_smile:and I'll just have to press in and do what can be done and not allow myself to miss out on all the encouragement wisdom and fun this board has always been besides being an incomparable resource hello to all those I knew before and hello to all the new folks I have yet to meet!! blessings Clara in Miami

Hi everybody !! I have been away for some time and when these boards changed to this format I changed my name and I never quite felt like me !! So I am back to being Clara in Miami I have been home educating my Fab5 (5-15) for 11 years. I have really missed being here but things have been so difficult and the academic aspect of our home education has been so terribly inconsistant that I just couldn't bear to read about home education I think I've gotten a grip now :001_smile:and I'll just have to press in and do what can be done and not allow myself to miss out on all the encouragement wisdom and fun this board has always been besides being an incomparable resource hello to all those I knew before and hello to all the new folks I have yet to meet!! blessings Clara in Miami

Hi everybody !! I have been away for some time and when these boards changed to this format I changed my name and I never quite felt like me !! So I am back to being Clara in Miami I have been home educating my Fab5 (5-15) for 11 years. I have really missed being here but things have been so difficult and the academic aspect of our home education has been so terribly inconsistant that I just couldn't bear to read about home education I think I've gotten a grip now :001_smile:and I'll just have to press in and do what can be done and not allow myself to miss out on all the encouragement wisdom and fun this board has always been besides being an incomparable resource hello to all those I knew before and hello to all the new folks I have yet to meet!! blessings Clara in Miami