I am the Mom of 3 wonderful boys. My oldest son is 11 1/2 and was diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago with Tourette, OCD, Anxiety, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, PDD-NOS.
He is sometimes the stereotypical preteen, like when he is with his boy scout troop no one would no know anything was awry.
Home is another story. One minute many tics, the next OCD, then he is talking like a preschooler and behaving like one.
He goes to a parochial school because the public school was to anxiety provoking. I am looking into another program and hope he qualifies.
My big question is…he can not write. There are actiually times that he phisically caN NOT write and all he does is scibble on the paper. Sometimes I think (and so do his doctors) that it is due to stress of getting the schoolwork perfect, but if that is the case, why can’t he write on the shopping list what he wants me to buy? Although he does draw. He can not keyboard because his tics and OCD make him touch every key except the one he needs.
As I look through other postings I find no one with this same problem
Is there anyone who has ever encountered this??? If so PLEASE respond.
Hopefully you all out there took the time to read my extremely long post.
and thank you.
Re: New to site My son can't write or type
Thank you for replying re:assistive technology.
We have a speaking program at home….
Problem 1, my son’s speech is so different for each word, kind of like a different accent each time he says a word. The speaking program can not learn his speech.
Problem 2, he freezes up and can not speak. My husband and I try to write his words while he dictates, but he physically can not speak-kind of like he is mute.
But thanks for the interest.
While I haven’t personally had any experience in this area, I am familiar with assistive technology. If typing and writing are a problem, could he try a Speech to Text program?