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The long diagnosis process!

Sjw

Hi all 

im new here :) I have an 8 year old son who we suspect has high functioning autism and possibly ADHD. 

We are at the moment going through the long process of assessments etc. I just feel so angry as i've been telling the docs since he was 2 that he needed some help and I was turned away and belittled all the time, and now my poor boy is so confused and his confidence has taken a true battering! 

Today I told him to make his own way home (as he always does, we live in a small village) and a teacher who didnt know the routine told him he couldn't leave with out me and he thought she was going to keep him there forever and totally freaked out bless him. There was swearing and shouting and finally he did a runner. I was mortified when school phoned, but I find myself not confident in how to handle these situations as we have no idea on his prognosis and have been given zero guidance from the hospital. Luckily his school is amazing and I've had a look online and am kitting him out with a couple of worry bags (one for school and one for home). I just wondered how other people got through these times and just neleer to know I'm not alone on this. 

thanks :) 

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  • I agree with IntenseWorld.  I would be having kittens letting my sons walk home at that age.  I understand that need for parents to want to instill independence, but many ASC children will run if they feel threatened and loose all sense of awareness of danger, such as cars on the road, etc.

    If work is the driving factor as to why he is having to walk home, then maybe giving him a basic mobile phone will at least help you find him should he wander off.

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  • I agree with IntenseWorld.  I would be having kittens letting my sons walk home at that age.  I understand that need for parents to want to instill independence, but many ASC children will run if they feel threatened and loose all sense of awareness of danger, such as cars on the road, etc.

    If work is the driving factor as to why he is having to walk home, then maybe giving him a basic mobile phone will at least help you find him should he wander off.

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