My son (almost 6) and husband have Asperger’s Syndrome (a high-functioning form of autism).
We homeschool our son.
Like @Cruiser‘s son, both my husband and son have SID (sensory integration disorder aka SPD, sensory processing disorder). In itself, that is a lot to manage. We did do some OT work for our son, but he fairs better figuring out what he needs by himself. The OTs weren’t accustomed to working with a child as intelligent as ours. He constantly needed to know exactly what each bit of therapy would help him with. Since therapy doesn’t work immediately, he’d question their ability to know what they were doing.
Our son was diagnosed almost a year ago now. I knew the day he was born something was different. Our doctor just kept brushing off any questions we had.
My husband’s diagnosis came this past winter. It cleared up a lot of the confusion I’d been living with.
Both have regular therapy with a psychologist that specializes in AS. She’s been able to greatly assist our family. We’ve also done supplementation, light therapy for SAD (seasonal affective disorder…it tends to affect those with AS), and have implemented picture charts with our daily schedule/chores/hygiene..etc.
They both need alone time, transition time, and time to decompress after social interactions.
My husband is a computer geek. My son is an artist.
Their brains are wired differently than mine. Both are literal, logical and need facts and rules. I’m figurative, and am regularly reminded that I should “say what you mean”. (don’t tell your Aspie son that you are stumbling through a book…when you are sitting down ;)