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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son who's always been athletic and always loved soccer played on his U8 rec team with all kinds of kids, including one who was clearly on the spectrum. Behavioral issues, focus, acting out. The dad was actively involved, but at practice it was clearly an issue. 
In the games though the kid was a defense machine. Nothing got past him. And all the kids including my son learned to rely on him, truly view him as a teammate and see his strengths despite some obvious issues. It was a positive for everyone. My son started travel the next year and a lot of the parents complained about the kids on rec, but I always thought my son got a few bigger lessons those two seasons that were much more important for his seven year old development.[/quote]

This same kid or a similar kid with the acting out, etc. might have been on my child's rec baseball team at that age. I remember DS being a bit thrown off by this kid but at no point did anyone - kids or parents - ever think he did not belong on the team. We never saw him again after that season until a few years later, last spring, when his team and my child's team were sharing the field for some reason and he was really a different kid. He still wasn't very good at the sport, but he was more focused and we saw no behavioral issues at all. His mother talked about how important sports have been for him. It made me smile to know he's had a great experience. I imagine other things must be difficult for him.[/quote]

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