Having an Asperger's kid can be very frustrating at times. Their particular ways of doing things and their lack of understanding the big picture can leave a parent feeling helpless. But the frustration I am talking about today is the child's frustration. They have trouble understanding their emotions and even more trouble expressing them. When talking to a child with Aspergers about their feelings, they often lump those feelings into broader groups.
When I ask my son how he feels when something happened to him at school, his reply is 'bad'. He tells me he experiences the same thing when all the bread is gone. All he is able to pinpoint is that he doesn't like the feeling and nothing more than that. What I see is a level of frustration and anger and I try to deal with it accordingly.
So my tip for dealing with the obvious frustration is to help them calm down and spend some time, if you can, discussing it with your child. It is up to the parent to try and figure out what the child is feeling and deal with it appropriately.
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