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Hope5

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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  • I hope no-one minds me posting in here, but we are in exactly the same position.  Our 10 year old son has also just been diagnosed with asd.  I'm glad he's been diagnosed because he is moving school this year and I think it will make the school pay attention to the fact that he needs a little help, but I'm finding it very difficult thinking that my son has asd.

    The thing that concerns me about telling him that he has a diagnosis is that he overheard a conversation about him possibly having autism a while ago, and suddenly that was his excuse for behaving badly at school - "it's not my fault, it's my autism".  Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this?

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  • I hope no-one minds me posting in here, but we are in exactly the same position.  Our 10 year old son has also just been diagnosed with asd.  I'm glad he's been diagnosed because he is moving school this year and I think it will make the school pay attention to the fact that he needs a little help, but I'm finding it very difficult thinking that my son has asd.

    The thing that concerns me about telling him that he has a diagnosis is that he overheard a conversation about him possibly having autism a while ago, and suddenly that was his excuse for behaving badly at school - "it's not my fault, it's my autism".  Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this?

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