Published on 12, July, 2020
Our 3 year old boy is in the final process of officially being diagnosed, and we are probably like many other families , in that we are always online desperately looking for help/ advice that may help our boy, we have come across articles on cannabis oil ( albeit mainly on American sites ) has any one got any views on this? Is it legal here ,does it help, has anyone any experience of it ?
I think it is better to think of autism as a lifelong condition, in the same way as blindness or deafness (leaving aside new technologies restoring sight or hearing). However while the impact can vary a lot through life it is not terminal or progressive.
Pentadactyl has made this point at the end of the last but one paragraph. "A diagnosis of autism is not all doom and gloom". It might be better to read around the subject rather than chasing cures.
Yes communication difficulties and rigid thinking and sensory sensitivities can make life difficult. But it is as much a different way of thinking, and there are some benefits for those less badly affected by the downsides, or who can rise above them. The focus and depth and chromaticism of thinking is massively enhanced, and while people with autism can be socially isolated, they may not find that so great a loss as it would be for you, and can get immense pleasure from the solitary pursuit of knowledge.
Aged 3 is early days and you don't really know to what level he will be affected. So best not to try to predict too much.