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Newly diagnosed 9 year old boy

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Hello ,

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. Only a 1 hour group class online each day.

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 know 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? Sometimes to get 60-70% of the tasks done takes around 4 hours. So I am getting very tired as I have a 7 year old daughter who needs home schooling too In lockdown.

Thanks for any tips or links for help. 
Amanda

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  • Please please please know that you absolutely don't have to do all the remote learning . I am an autistic primary teacher with an autistic son who is 11. Our school constantly reminds parents that you can only do what you can do. 

    I am glad he is enjoying remote learning. Please know that being behind is an expression the government made up to make parents feel bad. He is where he is and is in line with himself. 

    What are his special interests ? That is the easiest way to help him learn. 

    Disability allowance is a big help. 

    What sort of links are you after? 

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  • Please please please know that you absolutely don't have to do all the remote learning . I am an autistic primary teacher with an autistic son who is 11. Our school constantly reminds parents that you can only do what you can do. 

    I am glad he is enjoying remote learning. Please know that being behind is an expression the government made up to make parents feel bad. He is where he is and is in line with himself. 

    What are his special interests ? That is the easiest way to help him learn. 

    Disability allowance is a big help. 

    What sort of links are you after? 

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