new member & frustrated mum.

Welcome to the forum peanut :)

I know how you feel because I'm battling right now to get my daughter seen by specialists and like your son she is really starting to struggle in school. My daughter's teacher is under the impression she cannot do maths at all that she has no idea of the value of numbers, so that if you asked her which was greater 23 or 58 she would not know. That simply isn't true, the problem she is having is that she gets easily frustrated with maths because she finds it incredibly boring and as such zones out and then she can't think straight. She also has incredible problems with sensory processing in that sitting in a noisy classroom makes her feel ill and dizzy (overwhelmed) and again she cannot concentrate on her work. She also needs things explaining in a different way or in a much more visual way or she will misunderstand what's expected of her. All of this has the cumilative effect of slowing her down, she was above average for reading & writing but now she's going down because she simply can't cope with school anymore and is finding everything so difficult.

Have you told the school about your suspicions he's on the spectrum? Do they know how to deal with children on the spectrum and behaviours/issues that can arise? We haven't openly told our daughter's school but have said she has sensory processing issues and is currently undergoing alot of psychiatric evaluations. We are supposed to be having a meeting next week with the head teacher and her new teacher to get some steps in place to help her with the sensory issues.

The CAMHS has been a complete joke really, a psychiatrist who notes my daughter has obsessions and sensory issues (as well as lots of other traits) but doesn't think she will get an ASD diagnosis because of her imagination and good eye contact. The play therapist she was seeing over her extreme hospital anxiety/hysterical reactions gave up after 2 weeks and said there was nothing she could do, as a result the GP has had to prescribe diazepam for future hospital visits. The occupational therapists for the sensory issues would not give us an appointment unless we went to a talk on sensory processing, we did that and still have not been offered an appointment.

The only good thing is my daughter's GP, she really is fantastic and has been behind us every step and now that it's obvious CAMHS are just going to mess us about she's looking into getting my daughter referred to a specialist autism clinic.

It's really hard and incredibly frustrating at times but we know our kids better then anyone so don't give up, just keep making a fuss until he's seen by someone who knows what they are talking about (i.e autism specialist), good luck :)

Welcome to the forum peanut :)

I know how you feel because I'm battling right now to get my daughter seen by specialists and like your son she is really starting to struggle in school. My daughter's teacher is under the impression she cannot do maths at all that she has no idea of the value of numbers, so that if you asked her which was greater 23 or 58 she would not know. That simply isn't true, the problem she is having is that she gets easily frustrated with maths because she finds it incredibly boring and as such zones out and then she can't think straight. She also has incredible problems with sensory processing in that sitting in a noisy classroom makes her feel ill and dizzy (overwhelmed) and again she cannot concentrate on her work. She also needs things explaining in a different way or in a much more visual way or she will misunderstand what's expected of her. All of this has the cumilative effect of slowing her down, she was above average for reading & writing but now she's going down because she simply can't cope with school anymore and is finding everything so difficult.

Have you told the school about your suspicions he's on the spectrum? Do they know how to deal with children on the spectrum and behaviours/issues that can arise? We haven't openly told our daughter's school but have said she has sensory processing issues and is currently undergoing alot of psychiatric evaluations. We are supposed to be having a meeting next week with the head teacher and her new teacher to get some steps in place to help her with the sensory issues.

The CAMHS has been a complete joke really, a psychiatrist who notes my daughter has obsessions and sensory issues (as well as lots of other traits) but doesn't think she will get an ASD diagnosis because of her imagination and good eye contact. The play therapist she was seeing over her extreme hospital anxiety/hysterical reactions gave up after 2 weeks and said there was nothing she could do, as a result the GP has had to prescribe diazepam for future hospital visits. The occupational therapists for the sensory issues would not give us an appointment unless we went to a talk on sensory processing, we did that and still have not been offered an appointment.

The only good thing is my daughter's GP, she really is fantastic and has been behind us every step and now that it's obvious CAMHS are just going to mess us about she's looking into getting my daughter referred to a specialist autism clinic.

It's really hard and incredibly frustrating at times but we know our kids better then anyone so don't give up, just keep making a fuss until he's seen by someone who knows what they are talking about (i.e autism specialist), good luck :)