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2 son diagnosed finally after 4 years on pathway

LouiseP84

Hello, 

My eldest son who is now 15 was diagnosed with ASD aged 4 and despite a very challenging few years he is doing great. Then my husband was diagnosed ASD 3 years ago and now my youngest age 12 has just received a diagnosis. Just not sure how to feel about it all at the moment, its like im in shock but im not. Like I feel down about it but I dont. Just sitting here and trying to take it all in. Guess im just wondering if there is anyone who is in the same position as me with multiple close family members with a diagnosis.

  • Hi, 

    All 3 of my children have been diagnosed ASD, one of them has a dual diagnosis with ADHD. I strongly suspect my youngest will too but she is only 6 so can’t be assessed. 
    My husband has struggled since a young age but never assessed for any ND concern, there is clearly something there though.

    When we are all together it is extremely difficult to maintain any calm as all the children are at varying stages of meltdown and then my husband has one too.

    It is so difficult sometimes. I am currently dreading the school holidays as it will be like a war zone at home. Cry

  • I expect it will take you a while to process this,  and hopefully in time see some positives too

    My son got his dyspraxia diagnosis aged 8 , now in his 20 and he thinks he has ADHD too - so that's likely to have been missed completely.  I've told him about RTC so he has to progress that himself if he wishes

    I got my diagnoses Autism Jan 25 and ADHD this Jan, and so quite late in life  - 12 years back I never really gave it any thought about where my son got his dyspraxia from and now see I may share some traits, although there is overlap

    My daughter early 20s got an Anxiety diagnosis around 5-6 years ago but after my Autism diagnosis she did some online tests and scores high, but she lives in abroad, so getting her diagnosis may be tricky.   And expect her Anxiety diagnosis was wrong - which is fairly common.

    Given many ND conditions are highly genetic then am sure many others here will have a high number of NDs in their family and some may be entirely ND, whether diagnosed or not.

    Wish you and your family well