Robin H in VA
12-31-2009, 06:53 PM
As you know we just found out that ds has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and I just received the results of his last tests, the ADOS and CELF-4.
The clinician's diagnosis after giving these tests are Asperger's Syndrome; Expressive Language Disorder.
That's just some background. Now to my question.
Ds asked me about a week or so ago, actually it was the day after Christmas, if he could have Santa to take all of the toys that he asks for next year to go to children who won't get anything. :hcry:
I told him that maybe next year when he asks Santa for what he would like, maybe he could ask for something extra or maybe he could begin a penny drive in the community (through our locally owed business and putting a jar our for customers extra chage in at the library or YMCA) and then take that money each week or month and put it a special account at our bank (after I look into it) and then at the end of say October go shopping and give all the toys to Toys for Tots or other local group. :clap: The he asked if he could do the same thing for our Humane Society. I told him that for that, maybe he could just ask the community to donate food and other items that the HS may need by a certain date in December so that he (I) could deliver them to the animals. Or he could also do a penny drive for that also.
Would something like this be too much for him considering his age (8). Do you think it would become to stressful?
He loves to help others and I want to give him every oportunity to do that and I think this would be a better way than to subject him to being in a room full of people serving Christmas dinner or something like that. And too, there are not too many volunteer situations around where we live for his age.
The clinician's diagnosis after giving these tests are Asperger's Syndrome; Expressive Language Disorder.
That's just some background. Now to my question.
Ds asked me about a week or so ago, actually it was the day after Christmas, if he could have Santa to take all of the toys that he asks for next year to go to children who won't get anything. :hcry:
I told him that maybe next year when he asks Santa for what he would like, maybe he could ask for something extra or maybe he could begin a penny drive in the community (through our locally owed business and putting a jar our for customers extra chage in at the library or YMCA) and then take that money each week or month and put it a special account at our bank (after I look into it) and then at the end of say October go shopping and give all the toys to Toys for Tots or other local group. :clap: The he asked if he could do the same thing for our Humane Society. I told him that for that, maybe he could just ask the community to donate food and other items that the HS may need by a certain date in December so that he (I) could deliver them to the animals. Or he could also do a penny drive for that also.
Would something like this be too much for him considering his age (8). Do you think it would become to stressful?
He loves to help others and I want to give him every oportunity to do that and I think this would be a better way than to subject him to being in a room full of people serving Christmas dinner or something like that. And too, there are not too many volunteer situations around where we live for his age.