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Newly diagnosed - 5 year old with autism

NAS70836
over 3 years ago

Hi 

I'm new to all this, seeking help as I'm totally lost. My 5 year old has been diagnosed with autism, he has speech and language delay and in particular struggles with communicating with other children and initiating play but not so much adults. I want to be able to support him but I have no idea where to even start looking for ideas tips, things to try to help him not only improve the speech aspect but also socialising . Can anyone help point me in a direction of where I can find some information, and or have a child with similar traits?. 

Thanks J

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  • over 3 years ago

    Hello NAS,

    My son is 9 he was diagnosed with autism on Monday.

     I too am a bit lost and don’t have much access to the school at the moment.

    I too am struggling to know how to help him but he does seem to love being home schooled at the moment so that is a silver lining I suppose.

    As my son finds interacting with other children difficult and noise at school very stressful. He seems to be content but I would like to catch him up on his school work as he is somewhat behind in English and finds writing difficult.

    please do share any links you find. I would also like to k ow about financial help so I can get him a tutor.-

    I am looking into disability allowance and carers allowance as last year I lost my job. And things are very tight financially for us at the moment.

    can I ask how long you parents are spending each day doing home schooling?

    Thanks for any tips or links for help. 
    Amanda

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  • over 3 years ago

    Hello NAS,

    My son is 9 he was diagnosed with autism on Monday.

     I too am a bit lost and don’t have much access to the school at the moment.

    I too am struggling to know how to help him but he does seem to love being home schooled at the moment so that is a silver lining I suppose.

    As my son finds interacting with other children difficult and noise at school very stressful. He seems to be content but I would like to catch him up on his school work as he is somewhat behind in English and finds writing difficult.

    please do share any links you find. I would also like to k ow about financial help so I can get him a tutor.-

    I am looking into disability allowance and carers allowance as last year I lost my job. And things are very tight financially for us at the moment.

    can I ask how long you parents are spending each day doing home schooling?

    Thanks for any tips or links for help. 
    Amanda

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