Xavier Ashe Apr 12, 2024

I have a son turning 18 tomorrow. He is #autistic, #aspie, #bipolar, and has #tourettes. It's a beautiful combination of conditions, but as you can imagine, it doesn't set him up for success in the social skills department.

Now he's turning 18 and has very few people turning up as his party. What can I do as a dad to help? There's the "fix it" side of me that wants to get creative on ways to get people to his party. But I don't know if that will make things worse.

I'd love to hear from others #neurdivergent and #actuallyautistic folks.

EDIT... Sorry I forgot to mention that my son has complained about how few people are coming. So I do know he wants more people.

Show threadXavier Ashe 

Hey everyone! I wanted to thank everyone for their heartfelt replies and to let y'all know that my son's 18th birthday party was a wonderful success. After hearing him complaining about the lack of friends at his party, we talked about a few ideas. We decided to tap his siblings' friends. That's the plus side of a large family. We were able to fill up the party room at the local arcade/bowling alley/laser tag place.

Again, thank you for supporting this old dad. While he might be the sixth kid I've raised, I still need help from time to time.

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Apr 14, 2024 at 1:26amWeb
Show thread✨️Caro...✨️Apr 14, 2024
@Xavier @alex_02 @felyashono @A_bee @WhiteCatTamer @IPmonger @nis @yourautisticlife @Satanic_catboy @GreenSkyOverMe @caocancio @FlotteBiene86 @Leahgashe wonderful news. Happy birthday to him!
Show threadIPmongerApr 14, 2024

@caocancio @yourautisticlife @FlotteBiene86 @nis @calofost @felyashono @Xavier @Leahgashe @Satanic_catboy @alex_02 @WhiteCatTamer @A_bee @GreenSkyOverMe I’m so happy to hear that. It’s literally bringing tears to my eyes!

#ActuallyAutistic

Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Apr 14, 2024
@Xavier Yay!
Show threadFlotteBiene86Apr 14, 2024

@Xavier

This is so cool.

I may have read over that you wrote your son was unhappy that not many will come to his party, because in this case my idea was not offering any help 😬

It is very nice to read that you managed to help out and bring a lot of nice friends to the party, so that they all had lots of fun and you could make your son very happy on his special day with laser tag! 😀