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New Autistic Child

NAS78110

Hi
my Name is Muhammed, i am a Visual Artist and teaching Fine Arts by profession, my wife is a house wife and we are from Pakistan, we have two Sons, one is 4 years old Muhammed Ibrahim and second one is Muhammed Subhan 1 year 10 month old who is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum few weeks ago, we have been searching online for guide lines and also consulted with experts with in our City, we don't know that how should we start our efforts towards our Autistic Child as there are alot of theories around us, so we are looking for professionals outside our Country so that we can Support our Child as early as we can, kindly do let us know how can you do anything for us, through text, voice text, video call, online references, anything. that will be a great help.
looking forward
Zeeshan & Faiza








  • Hi there Muhammed, I am a very late diagnosed adult, so no hands on experience with little ones, and of course your son is still very young, so you won't quite know how his traits will fully manifest just yet.

    But, that said, I was once an autistic child. What I can say is that you need to strike a balance between protecting and over protecting him. My mother cried when I was diagnosed. She wishes she could have got some help for me. Me, I'm quite happy I got on with life regardless anyway. Given love, stability and understanding, many of us grow up to forge very successful lives for ourselves and are comfortable in our autistic identities. Others have greater needs and challenges and struggle to live independently, but we all have some talents and something to give the world.

    As the little or big issues and challenges you face as his parents unfold, throw the questions at this forum. There will be a parent or two who will have seen the problem before, or an autistic adult who experienced it as a child.

    What's your biggest concern at present?

  • Hello NAS78110,

    It's great that you want to learn more about autism in order to help your child. The NAS website is full of articles on this subject, but you could start here: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism

    All the best,

    Karin Mod