I am looking for a penfriend for my 13 year old son who has Aspergers. Can you help?

Question

He has a great sense of humour, loves computers and music, however we are moving abroad soon and it would be great for him to have some friends on line.

Answer 1

hi i have searched online but i have only found a fmale who is a college student, i know it isnt much help, but she may have other friends that you could enquire about. here is the site:

http://www.aspergianpride.com/forum/view...

Good luck searching

Answer 2

This is not a safe place to search for a pen pal for your child.  Ask his teacher if she has a pen pal program.

Answer 3

I would suggest contacting the National Autistic Society who probably run such a service.  I know that they have a parent-to-parent support network and in the event that they don't currently provide this service, it would be a very good suggestion for them to consider setting one up.  It would also offer protection from unwanted contacts.

Answer 4

Sorry I can't help with the pen friend, but I think that previous answers have given good advice about not looking for someone on the internet.

I have a relative who has worked with Aspergers affected children. I will ask her if she knows of any suitable organisations, and let you know.

You might already know about this, and I don't know if you will be interested, but there is a book called The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, which features someone with Aspergers

Answer 5

Don't advertise for penfriends for your son on here. The best place to try would be the National Autistic Society, Nas.org. or ring the helpline. They would be better placed to put you in touch with an organisation who specialise in Asperger's and could find some one suitable to correspond with your son. Good luck.

Answer 6

This question is wrong in so many "To Catch a Predator" ways.  I would suggest letting him make his own friends, you're too old to solicit 13 year old "pen friends" who love computers.  You could get in big trouble.  :(

Answer 7

I would suggest my son, but he doesn't like the computer.

Answer 8

You should try postcrossing dot com.

I don't know your son very well, but my 12 yo aspie would not be interested in penfriends just for the sake of friends. Postcrossing is fun because you get postcards from across the planet, and get to send postcards. There are built-in safety measures.

Answer 9

Just have him log on to yahoo answers and he can zero in on somebody here with similar interests.  You can read his email if you want to if you are worried about predators.  There is no reason he has to have a friend who is 13, but that would be better. Just give him the sexual predator speech.  He is 13 and if he is an aspie, then he is not stupid.  But don't make assumptions as to what he knows about sexual predators.

Its also best that he not be e-pen pals with other aspies.  Aspies do not get along with each other.  So have him look in the general population and not among aspies.

Answer 10

finding a pen friend is not a safe thing to do

plz do not ruin ur childs life by doing this on the net

just find a good organisation that can help u

there r millions of online predetors

the ppl above hav given good advice

listen to that

dont make a penfriend out here

Answer 11

Rebecca do you feel like screaming at everyone on here? Get in touch with me at [e-mail].

I got a 10 year old Aspie and let's see if we can get these boys communicating via our email addresses so we know they are safe.

Merry Xmas

Gill

Answer 12

Ok... I'm a 15 year old kid with AS and I think it would be best to go with the NAS or someone like that as with the internet your child can be VERY vunerable and might not realise or understand the dangers fully.

Answer 13

I have a friend with aspergers, 13, but he can get violent at times (3 school suspensions) and giving out his address doesn't seem like a good idea.