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Worriedmother16

I was told at the school gates when my boy was in year 1 that he may have autistic  traits on a Friday no less and then went home and told my husband completely in shock. It caused a rift between us as in some ways I could agree with some of the things they  said but my husband was adamant that they were attacking the little boy he adores and have not given him a chance as he was so young. A couple of years  later it is apparent to both of us that our son struggles especially in social settings even tho he really wants to be involved just doesn’t always knows how and becomes frustrated. He is 9 now and struggled with the changes that comes with life. I feel very fortunate that his is able to tell me so that we can help him. 
I hope this reaches the write forum as I believe a lot of information is presented in terns  of non verbal or high learning development needs and I am in no way dismissing that and the problems you face but I would also love to speak to those whose children can voice their emotions but they are struggling as they feel that that they are different and cannot understand why. 

Thank you for listening Jackie x

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  • Hello Jackie, hope you are well. My son is 7 and I’m pretty certain he’s autistic although not diagnosed but on his way to be assessed. He has struggled to fit into groups preferring one on one with friends and doesn’t like the inclusion of too many when playing games. My son doesn’t appear too bothered by not being in the crowd but adores this one friend he’s close to. He also gets frustrated over things very easily and expects things to work one way all the time, this is more apparent when his tablet crashes or he loses a game. His frustrations at school have appeared due to plans changing suddenly, activity’s that were scheduled for that particular time of day didn’t come to pass leaving him feeling sad, angry and defeated is the best way of putting it. He comes home very irritable and this is probably because he’s tired from masking all day. As for any development or language delays nothing as of yet and given he’s now almost 8 I am pretty confident there won’t be any. He’s a little mini Sheldon if anything. 

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  • Hello Jackie, hope you are well. My son is 7 and I’m pretty certain he’s autistic although not diagnosed but on his way to be assessed. He has struggled to fit into groups preferring one on one with friends and doesn’t like the inclusion of too many when playing games. My son doesn’t appear too bothered by not being in the crowd but adores this one friend he’s close to. He also gets frustrated over things very easily and expects things to work one way all the time, this is more apparent when his tablet crashes or he loses a game. His frustrations at school have appeared due to plans changing suddenly, activity’s that were scheduled for that particular time of day didn’t come to pass leaving him feeling sad, angry and defeated is the best way of putting it. He comes home very irritable and this is probably because he’s tired from masking all day. As for any development or language delays nothing as of yet and given he’s now almost 8 I am pretty confident there won’t be any. He’s a little mini Sheldon if anything. 

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