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Well,it seems depending on what my sons school says,he will be getting a diagnoses of high functioning autism and sensory issues! i diddnt know whever to laugh or cry! went to the peadatrician in the week and i presume  when she hears from school she will diagnose? school are backing me fullly as i spoke to them the other day,its just like phewwwww. we are also on the waiting list for cahms,not sure whever this is a good thing or bad as ive heard such neagativity about cahms.

Anyway when we get a diagnoses where do we go from there?

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  • You can apply for a statement of SEN if he doesn't already have one, which will ensure that what supports he requires are legally obliging on the school, and you can apply for it yourself through your council's SEN department.

    He may need his own TA at school and they will likely have to make some reasonable adjustments for him and perhaps have visual timetables etc.

    CAMHS are usually useless when it comes to autism.  They don't have specialist clinicians and in my experience are not helpful with co-morbid anxiety and depression.

    There may be a S&L assessment of your son through the school or paediatrician.

    The school can be asked for things like headphones if he has auditory sensitivity, and perhaps they have a sensory room/quiet room for when he is overwhelmed.

    Other than that there isn't really too much else.  You can push the school to do social stories with him, but neither CAMHS nor schools (unless you are lucky) usually do social-skills support which is one of the high-need areas.

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  • You can apply for a statement of SEN if he doesn't already have one, which will ensure that what supports he requires are legally obliging on the school, and you can apply for it yourself through your council's SEN department.

    He may need his own TA at school and they will likely have to make some reasonable adjustments for him and perhaps have visual timetables etc.

    CAMHS are usually useless when it comes to autism.  They don't have specialist clinicians and in my experience are not helpful with co-morbid anxiety and depression.

    There may be a S&L assessment of your son through the school or paediatrician.

    The school can be asked for things like headphones if he has auditory sensitivity, and perhaps they have a sensory room/quiet room for when he is overwhelmed.

    Other than that there isn't really too much else.  You can push the school to do social stories with him, but neither CAMHS nor schools (unless you are lucky) usually do social-skills support which is one of the high-need areas.

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