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Hi, we had an assessment for our 10 year old son yesterday and we were told he has ASD.  Not really sure how we are feeling - very mixed emotions at the moment.  Finally I feel that we have an answer however I am worried about the future.  Can anyone suggest how I tell our son that he has autism - he is only 10, don't think he would really understand.  I would be grateful for any advice.

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  • Just tell him.

    Tell him he has this thing called Autism, and that means he'll find some things hard that other people find easy, and some things easy that other people find hard, but it doesn't mean he's bad, or abnormal, just different.

    Sure he probably won't fully understand, but he will, in time.

    And telling him is better than not.

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  • Just tell him.

    Tell him he has this thing called Autism, and that means he'll find some things hard that other people find easy, and some things easy that other people find hard, but it doesn't mean he's bad, or abnormal, just different.

    Sure he probably won't fully understand, but he will, in time.

    And telling him is better than not.

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