speech therapy assessment help im panicking

Hi , my 4 year old twins ar going for a speech therapy assessment on thursday and i am in a bit of a panic !!!! ..one of them has already has been assessed by a community paed and she has diagnosed adhd/autism ? her conclusion was that she would bet her career on my son as being asd . he has very good verbal skills but since then i have picked up other communication problems such as taking every word literal , not understanding instructions at all , very little eye contact ( but he can do this when he chooses ) , he doesnt understand friendships etc ..he also shows many of other asd traits , but can hold himself together to a certain extent in school so he is in mainstream . He is also pretty good at masking these by mimicking his peers . but my main concern that this wont be picked up on at assessment . i have an older daughter who has struggled for all her 12 years socially and his never been diagnosed as she is also a very good mimicker bt i dont want my son to go through this . Its not that i want him labelled but i do want to make sure that he gets all the help that he so obviously needs . has anyone else gone through this .. our other twin has noticible speech problems which are much easier picked up on .. am i being irrational ..who knows can anyone help

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  • Hi

    Just a quick note to say the Speech and Language Therapists I have come across (4) in different areas of the country have always been fantastic and had a great understanding of my son who has been diagnosed HFA.  Infact one of them in particular was the driving force in getting the diagnosis co-ordinated and ensuring he was receiving the right support giving us strategies for home and school strategies for his education.  They only have the child's interests at heart.

    Give them as much background info as you can and they will listen. 

    Good luck

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  • Hi

    Just a quick note to say the Speech and Language Therapists I have come across (4) in different areas of the country have always been fantastic and had a great understanding of my son who has been diagnosed HFA.  Infact one of them in particular was the driving force in getting the diagnosis co-ordinated and ensuring he was receiving the right support giving us strategies for home and school strategies for his education.  They only have the child's interests at heart.

    Give them as much background info as you can and they will listen. 

    Good luck

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