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[quote=Anonymous]DS, 7, is on the spectrum and mainstreamed with one other child with HFA. DS is friendly with almost every boy in the class except for the other boy with HFA. DS doesn't know the other boy has HFA and doesn't dislike the other boy but doesn't really like him either and I thought it was just due to the fact that they have really different interests.

Well DS recently joined a sports team and coincidentally there are two other kids with HFA. He can't stand them, they can't stand eachother and the feeling seems mutual all around. One will speak too loudly and another will freak out. One will hit the ball too hard and hit someone and another will freak out. The list goes on and on.

I'm writing about this because I was kind of surprised. I had been kind of happy to find other mainstreamed kids with HFA and hoped DS would make some friends with similar challenges. If your child has HFA does he/she have friends with HFA? Or do the social challenges that come with HFA generally prevent them from being friends with eachother? Is it possible that DS is just too young and that he will want to make friends with similar issues when he gets older?

Please don't flame because this should be obvious. I'm new to all this.[/quote]

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