unfortunatly its who they are, my nephiew is being tested for it but has been diagnosed with autisum as well, he will often tell of strangers for doing things he finds wrong, not only telling them off but yelling at them and smaking them. both aspergers and autisum are problems with how people comunicate and how they understand. just keep going it might take a while but eventualy it might get threw. good luck  with it :-)

That's funny, I don't have Aspergers, and I would be prone to asking the same question... Seriously though, at this age he should be ok, and I think that it is a common thing to most children so don't fret too much.

Try to give him more 'socially acceptable' or 'positive' methods of saying things, and practice them together and reward him for getting them right/

For example, our little midget learned to say 'no' to everything, and it was so annoying, I kept insisting that he say 'no thank you'... It is so much kinder on the ear, and everyone thinks he has great manners - whereas he is basically just saying NO. 

As your little man is bigger, you can work with him on 'nicer' ways to say things, that may not offend people so much.  (Give him a hug from me, he sounds charming and adorable).

Thi9s is one of the most ocmmon chracteristic of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It can take years to "teach" a child with ASD to understand what is appropriate in social settings. School can help him to "learn" what is apprpriate. Chidlren with autism don't have the "tackfullness" of others, thye say exactly what is on their minds no matter whose feelings it may hurt.

If you out in public I would just quickly tell them sorry it's a trait fo the autistic disorder he has. After saying that the other shoudl be more understanding. As he gets older he should be able to "learn" socail function better, whith children with ASD it takes time....

 

hi, I agrree with the other response, kids say things without knowing the consequences and other people know this as well.  All you can really do is be a good role model and constatnly repeat that what was said was not appropriate.  As they get older and have a better understanding of right from wrong you can explain it to them.  I once taught an asperges child who was 11 and he used to say things to me all the time.  I liked the fact that he was upfront and spoke his mind. However, if it was inappropriate or he had said something to another kid I would quietly take him aside and have a one of one chat to him.  He understood and would always a apologise.  At our school we always ask the child what they are sorry about this way they can explain it to you and you know that they have understood that what they said or did was not appropriate. It also makes it clearer in their head.

Best of luck!

Personally, I don't think it's anything to worry about at his age, it's expected that young children will say innapropriate things or state the obvious, thats where the saying "Out of the mouths of babes"comes from, god, my brother 15 months my junior has never learnt the meaning of tact and has ALWAYS said the wrong thing, and he has survived to repeat this error in judgement again and again LOL.  Until he hits High School, don't stress about it, just smile sheepishly like we ALL do and apologise and if it's really bad, explain then and there that that was not a nice thing to say and have hm applogise.  but unless he says something that is really bad, like commenting on an old ladies saggy boobs or something that someone will obviously take un forgiving offence to, don't over react to it.  he'll be able to be explained to sooner or later, probably you'll have bettr luck around aged 8 or 9, but till then, perfect the sheepish smile and he'll get good at saying he's sorry LOL.