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of the education needs of boys with KS are similar to those of boys with
Asperger's Syndrome. Ironically, most parents struggle to get a
statement for their KS boys, whose diagnosis is a simple blood-test, because
education authorities quote the few boys who get through the system without
help, yet ignore the thousands who fall by the wayside with needs they can
see every day in boys with more "acceptable" syndromes. Remember, that
just because your son has a KS diagnosis it doesn't mean he doesn't have
something else too! In the KSA we have many, many parents whose sons
have been refused a statement several times, then later on found out that he
also has something that, if named earlier, would have got him the support
almost as a matter of course. Asperger's Syndrome is just such a
condition that lies beneath the raft of symptoms shown by KS boys - many of
the education needs are similar, most of the boys, it seems are investigated
for the condition prior to diagnosis. We could print plenty of
information here (& plan to, we only launched this site at the end of April
04!) but in the meantime we suggest you ask for this book in your local
library. Also check the
author's website
(care - the author's site uses frames, although this link
will open his site in a new window, we recommend you shut the
new window after use rather than trying to navigate from within it). Attwood, A (1998),
Asperger's Syndrome: A guide for parents and professionals, Publ:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 1-85302-577-1 Another
book, worth buying for your son's teachers, is the excellent:
Cumine V, Leach J, Stevenson G
(1998), Asperger Syndrome – A practical guide for teachers Pub.
David Fulton
 The
book Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence looks promising for advice &
information, too
Holliday-Willey L (Ed.), (2003), Asperger Syndrome
in Adolescence: Living with the ups, downs and things in between, Pub
Jessica Kingsley. ISBN 1-84301-742-2.
(Look on your library shelves (Dewey) under 616.8982 or 618.92)
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