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Accepting Autism.

J's Dad

Hi there.

This is my first ever post and I'm looking for advice basically on how to deal with autism. My son is 3 and a half, my wife is 25 and I'm 29. Diagnosis is imminent but I refuse to accept it and to be honest I am really struggling with this.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Some wonderful responses there, which has now reduced me to tears. My wife seems to have accepted it and it appears I may have not, which is definitely causing strain on our new marriage. I am a manager within learning disabilities and work closely with adults with autism but I can't seem to make the connection that my son is now in the same boat. My son has had private therapies from a very young age IE speech therapy and PECS specialist etc. The educational side of things appears to be going wwill but I worry  once tried in mainstream he will end up in a unit (people keep enlightening me to this apparent 'fact') that kids with autism usually try mainstream schooling then end up in some sort of unit. I find myself watching videos on YouTube until 2am, self diagnosing this then undiagnosing that. We don't have a big family network and my mother finds it difficult at times because he just doesn't listen. Meltdowns are rare now but transition and change is massive. Thanks you for your kinds words I really do appreciatIMOIMO

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  • Some wonderful responses there, which has now reduced me to tears. My wife seems to have accepted it and it appears I may have not, which is definitely causing strain on our new marriage. I am a manager within learning disabilities and work closely with adults with autism but I can't seem to make the connection that my son is now in the same boat. My son has had private therapies from a very young age IE speech therapy and PECS specialist etc. The educational side of things appears to be going wwill but I worry  once tried in mainstream he will end up in a unit (people keep enlightening me to this apparent 'fact') that kids with autism usually try mainstream schooling then end up in some sort of unit. I find myself watching videos on YouTube until 2am, self diagnosing this then undiagnosing that. We don't have a big family network and my mother finds it difficult at times because he just doesn't listen. Meltdowns are rare now but transition and change is massive. Thanks you for your kinds words I really do appreciatIMOIMO

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