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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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  • I have avoided telling my daughter because I didn't think she'd cope with the idea of having something different. But in the end she found a letter I'd carelessly left lying around which stated she'd been diagnoseed with ASD. She asked me what it meant, I explained in as simple terms as I could muster, she said OK then went back to her Facebook page. Was a lot less painful than I'd expected!

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  • I have avoided telling my daughter because I didn't think she'd cope with the idea of having something different. But in the end she found a letter I'd carelessly left lying around which stated she'd been diagnoseed with ASD. She asked me what it meant, I explained in as simple terms as I could muster, she said OK then went back to her Facebook page. Was a lot less painful than I'd expected!

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