What does your son like, what sort of things does he like?
Well like a lot of autistic children especially Asperger's he has his rituals he has to go through and he has his obsessions and his big obsession is football. Luckily it is an acceptable one. Some children they have very odd obsessions which are not socially acceptable at all. It isolates themselves and their families even further. As I say luckily his is football. He just eats, drinks, sleeps football, nothing, no other interest in his life. He doesn’t read anything other football, he doesn’t watch anything on telly other than football, he doesn’t go anywhere other than football related. He doesn’t talk about anything other than football. It can become a bit a bit taxing sometimes but at least he does speak and converse but it is always on that subject.
So that is his main interest really, his only interest in life really. And when he is not doing that he is on his Play station and again it is football games on the Play station.
What things doesn’t he like?
He doesn’t like being put in a position where he has to make a decision or where he is being challenged or he has been asked to do something he is not may be totally happy with. That is when you get the anxiety and the frustration which can lead to the behavioural problems. He is happy in his own company. He has his own room which he retreats to on a regular basis and asks you to leave it if he doesn’t want you to be there. He is generally very happy as an individual, but he doesn’t really do anything and this is the problem how do we stretch him? How do we give him other interests in life that he can actually cope and manage with?
