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4 year old son diagnosed as autistic yesterday

peckie

First post on this site..or any. our four year old son was diagnosed as autistic  yesterday. the hand grenade was thrown, then we were given a leaflet and walked out the door. he is the youngest boy of 4  boys in the family.   They all obviously worry too so most time spent under playing how sad I feel whilst I assure everyone its fine. its not though.

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  • Hi - welcome.  Please do not feel powerless.  You've had a shock as it sounds like the diagnosis was unexpected so you need time to adjust.  One way of feeling more in control is to learn about how autism affects your son as an individual.  Doing that will give you and the rest of your family more confidence and will be a great help to your son.  As you say, you received the diagnosis and then off you went.  This is rather similar to what happened to me years ago, so I can understand the feeling of being cast adrift.  Another thing to remember is that he's the same little boy he always was.  He hasn't changed at all - he's been diagnosed.  Loads of info via the home pg + the posts are a great source as well.  Have a look around, take things easy, ask anything you want.

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  • Hi - welcome.  Please do not feel powerless.  You've had a shock as it sounds like the diagnosis was unexpected so you need time to adjust.  One way of feeling more in control is to learn about how autism affects your son as an individual.  Doing that will give you and the rest of your family more confidence and will be a great help to your son.  As you say, you received the diagnosis and then off you went.  This is rather similar to what happened to me years ago, so I can understand the feeling of being cast adrift.  Another thing to remember is that he's the same little boy he always was.  He hasn't changed at all - he's been diagnosed.  Loads of info via the home pg + the posts are a great source as well.  Have a look around, take things easy, ask anything you want.

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