People who know me in real life may perceive me to be 'difficult' and yeah, post forty, post Autism diagnosis and post redundancy I blooming well can be. I just want to fight for aspie rights as it's a rotten life otherwise. Why should aspies/auties etc be forced into a life of isolation because of the actions of certain people. I do turn to Twitter quite a bit because it seems to make a difference and there's a whole communitity of autists on there. Together we can make a difference.
My latest cause celebre is my son's experience of his local cub scout pack. He was feeling unhappy, ignored and isolated, so we removed him. My husband had been helping out at the pack for a while, so knew what was going on and the situation was only getting worse.
Grrr!
*Update*
My Tweets caused a few things to happen and, although there's no real prospect of my son returning to the same Cub Pack, it's noted that there's a real issue in gathering enough volunteers to help out. I totally understand that's why Mr C was coming along to the sessions.
Showing posts with label Cub Scouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cub Scouts. Show all posts
Monday, 1 May 2017
Monday, 17 April 2017
Post #99 - Master Logic At Cub Scouts
My son, who's nine-years-old, is really struggling at Cubs; when he previously attended Beaver Scouts his disability wasn't quite as pronounced and he blended in much more. He was passed over for promotion to seconder of his six (or whatever the Cub equivalent is) by a boy who's much newer to the Cub Scout Movement than he is. Master Logic cannot even salute properly - he looks like Benny Hill when he attempts to undertake such a feat:
The older he gets, the more I notice how far he's slipping away from his peers; how I wish that he were not, but it's a fact. I often wonder whether he has Classic Autism and all that entails, or Asperger Syndrome, although the latter is no longer a formal diagnosis, as it was removed from the DSM V. I still state that I have it though. The school reports state that he doesn't appear to having a learning disability, but I'm not sure - he's behind on so much and his fine and gross motor skills aren't age appropriate. He still wets the bed at night and cannot do up his shoelaces, I bought him a pair of (adult size four!) Nikes a month ago and you should hear him complain (actually: I wouldn't recommend it).
Anyway, to conclude - we're planning to take him out of Cubs after the end of the summer term as he'll turn ten in late August and as far as I know the age limit for the organisation is ten-and-a-half anyway. As for Scouts - no bloody way! I know that the Scout Organisation is supposed to welcome people with disabilities, but I don't think that, in reality, they have the capacity to deal with it. My neurotypical husband tends to help out regularly so that Master Logic doesn't feel too left out.
The older he gets, the more I notice how far he's slipping away from his peers; how I wish that he were not, but it's a fact. I often wonder whether he has Classic Autism and all that entails, or Asperger Syndrome, although the latter is no longer a formal diagnosis, as it was removed from the DSM V. I still state that I have it though. The school reports state that he doesn't appear to having a learning disability, but I'm not sure - he's behind on so much and his fine and gross motor skills aren't age appropriate. He still wets the bed at night and cannot do up his shoelaces, I bought him a pair of (adult size four!) Nikes a month ago and you should hear him complain (actually: I wouldn't recommend it).
Anyway, to conclude - we're planning to take him out of Cubs after the end of the summer term as he'll turn ten in late August and as far as I know the age limit for the organisation is ten-and-a-half anyway. As for Scouts - no bloody way! I know that the Scout Organisation is supposed to welcome people with disabilities, but I don't think that, in reality, they have the capacity to deal with it. My neurotypical husband tends to help out regularly so that Master Logic doesn't feel too left out.
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