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I've always had an idea that my oldest son (who is 13 tomorrow) has now officially been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. I told some agencies that I have contacted like CAMHS (Child & Adolecent Mental Health Service) that he had Aspergers because the paediatrician told me he did but because I did not have him officially tested by a psychologist they wouldn't believe me.

So today I had him assessed privately by a psychologist in the city and she agreed that he does have Aspergers. I don't know whether to feel relieved or not. I don't know if I am happy that I was right and that now my son has another label we can add to his list of labels (he has ADHD also).

I do know that now it's official we will have so many more doors opened to us that we didn't have before.

I just hope that ALL the trouble we've had at the High School these past 4 months was all worth it and I hope that they will now listen to me and stop trying so hard to make him ' fit in' just like the other kids when he isn't! I've always known he was a special needs kid and now they need to listen! They just have to.
You wouldn't believe the problems we've had at the HS. Last term they had me collect him every day at lunchtime because they just couldn't handle him. He would have many outbursts of anger and frustration. He would be extremely defiant and refuse to follow instructions. I'm thinking that the school really needs to learn about Asperger's and refresh their memories if they had learnt about it already.At one point I was thinking that they just wanted him out of the school grounds .. you know that saying .. out of sight ~ out of mind! If he wasn't there they didn't have to worry about him.

Sorry if I seem to have gone one a bit but it sure has helped me by writing this all down and not bottling it all up.