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Just Diagnosed

GingerNut

Hi, my 4 year old son has just been diagnosed today with Autism and ADHD. I feel so sad, I know it could be so much worse, but I know very little about the condition and I just worry so much for his future. This website looks amazing and I hope it'll help put my mind at rest, just such a lot to get my head around x

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  • hey,welcome to the forums.

     im current 18 yeards old, and i have aspergers. if i could add a positive spin to the diagnosis, you got it very early, which is always best. i myself was 17 when we got the formal diagnosis, but my parents had taken me to various child physcologists and similar people and while it was agreed that there might be a form of autism, it wasnt taken any further until i started at college, aged 16. this put me through all of primary and secondary school with (to me)unexplained social difficulties and all kinds of problems from peers and teachers that didnt understand how i worked. your lad is very fortunate in getting his diagnosis earlier, since support will fair more readily avalible if it turns out to be nessesary. 

     of course everyone on the sectrum works differently, but i know that on this site theres alot of support and good advice from everyone, and theres always someone that understands any problems.

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  • hey,welcome to the forums.

     im current 18 yeards old, and i have aspergers. if i could add a positive spin to the diagnosis, you got it very early, which is always best. i myself was 17 when we got the formal diagnosis, but my parents had taken me to various child physcologists and similar people and while it was agreed that there might be a form of autism, it wasnt taken any further until i started at college, aged 16. this put me through all of primary and secondary school with (to me)unexplained social difficulties and all kinds of problems from peers and teachers that didnt understand how i worked. your lad is very fortunate in getting his diagnosis earlier, since support will fair more readily avalible if it turns out to be nessesary. 

     of course everyone on the sectrum works differently, but i know that on this site theres alot of support and good advice from everyone, and theres always someone that understands any problems.

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