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do we tell our son he has ASD?

SarahR

Hi,

I have just joined as my son is coming up for 11, and after a long wait has been diagnosed with ASD (high functioning). While it's no surprise, I find it still leaves me wanting to know more and more, and what to do for the best.

The biggest question I have right now is do we tell him he has ASD, or leave it until he's older?

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  • thank you so much for your comments. you're all right and i'm definately going to tell him as i think he deserves to know - it's his life after all!

     i'm thinking about going down the route of saying it's a good thing as without it he wouldn't be able to remember such interesting things about the things he loves (planes!!). he's capable of understanding what it's about, and is capable of recognising he finds it difficult to make/keep friends. he's often asked me with his head in his hands why he's so different :(. i just feel that once it's out in the open we can tackle it together and it won't be such a 'big deal' for him.

     

    thanks again - and LizzyJ it's like we could be twins - that's exactly how i see it! :)

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  • thank you so much for your comments. you're all right and i'm definately going to tell him as i think he deserves to know - it's his life after all!

     i'm thinking about going down the route of saying it's a good thing as without it he wouldn't be able to remember such interesting things about the things he loves (planes!!). he's capable of understanding what it's about, and is capable of recognising he finds it difficult to make/keep friends. he's often asked me with his head in his hands why he's so different :(. i just feel that once it's out in the open we can tackle it together and it won't be such a 'big deal' for him.

     

    thanks again - and LizzyJ it's like we could be twins - that's exactly how i see it! :)

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