I shall frame this day in gold

Have had such a HUGELY fun day with my Feral Aspie Beastie, it's been one THE best days in a looooong time!
He wanted to explore the local Sunday market so we had to unearth one of Dad's old wheelchairs as he's strictly not allowed to weight-bear on his toe/foot.
It was a case of the blind leading the blind (almost literally) as he had to verbally direct me as I pushed him along.
It made for interesting conversation as I rediscovered muscles I haven't used for awhile!

We trundled along under the Warrigal Rd overpass - where gazillions of wild pigeons nest with their squillions of squabs -  just as a car full of 20-something yr old females drove past Feral Aspie was heard to exclaim,
"Check out mah ride, chicks!"
I refrained from asking which chicks in particular he was referring to!

The thing with the Feral Aspie teen is that he is the size of an adult, he looks like an adult and while he may have 5 uni subjects under his belt he still loves things like Ben 10, Transformers, Hot Wheels, Lego, etc.
Which means that when he hangs around the toy section in the supermarket or checks out the toys at the Sunday market people think he's weird in the former, a collector in the latter and try to charge him more, so I took great pleasure in pushing him over to the kids section today and letting him have his fun by checking out all the toys at his leisure without worrying about funny looks.
Cos the wheelchair is visable whereas the Autism isn't.

He has laughed and giggled today, due to me playing silly buggers, he's been so happy and relaxed, chatting and joking with me.
It's been a golden day :)

When teen geeks gather in groups....

Aspie teen joined a new social group for teens on the spectrum and wow!
He had a wonderful time :)
They met and chatted with Wendy Lawson, ate pizza, compared obsessions and plotted more LOLCats.
Apparently they yakked geek stuff for ages then they had to choose a group activity to do for next month, where they have to work together....yep, they're bringing their laptops and will be making a computer program to build computer games.
Ahhh, geek heaven!
Remember ....
Dr Sheldon Cooper is but one lab accident away from being a super villain!

Social skills for teens - with and without ASD Aspergers Autism ADHD or Tourettes

Yes, most teens need social skill classes, or maybe just some tips, on how to behave in an appropriate manner.
Sitting on Kyneton railway station yesterday and there was the usual suspects; several teen girls hanging around a couple of teen boys who were showing off to their enraptured female audience by swearing their heads off and being too rough in horse play judging by the loud complaints from one of the girls.
This actually made the boys pull up and calm their behaviour down...one of their own applying the brakes and firmly marking a social boundary.
How many teens feel unable to apply these brakes by speaking up, by saying that they don't like something that a peer is doing?
How many are unable to recognise these boundaries?
There are social stories galore for our younger kids, whether they're on the Autistic Spectrum or not, but many times these are not suitable and it seems that all teens are grossly over-looked; they could do with some social skills classes slipped in between maths and science.
Simply sitting teens down to explain what is and is not acceptable could make the world of difference to their lives as hormones can blind them to what is really very obvious.

Links...
Why teaching social skills to teenagers is important.
Social skills activities for children and teenagers.
Preparing to teach social skills to your teen.