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Closed doors - nobody seems bothered

bongo

Both my wife and I have family with Autism & Aspergers and can see in our 6 year old traits from both Autism & Aspergers (if that's possible?). Both sides battled with hell for years and years to get a diagnosis and I feel we're going to be in the same boat.

We talk to the school and they say "he's where he needs to be in terms of his writting/reading but we'll monitor the situation". But nothing ever happens apart from meetings with the school family liason woman who just says "you should try parenting classes and we'll send the school nurse round to your home to see whats going on".

We've also seen the GP who says "I can't see a problem, have you tried parenting casses?". This annoys the hell out of me as it's like these parenting classes are the be all & end all and that the school are ignoring our worries and the it feels like the longer it's left the worse anxiety he is getting too.

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  • Socks,

    I often concur with your advice, but it did come accross as a little heavy.

    Yes we all need help. None of us are perfect as parents, but when you see a parent at the first stages of asking for help, it's not always appropriate to look at it from the professionals standpoint.

    In my experience, If a parent is being ignored, the chances are that it's either because of inexperience by the person assessing the situation or by prejudice.

    Given your experience, If your son or daughter was dismissed on your request for further assessment, you would; I'm sure, be really upset.

    Their are manuals, but they rarely relate to individual situations and as simple as it is to meet one person on the spectrum, thats truely all you have met. One person on the spectrum.

    I know you are not suggesting courses should stop anyone pursuing diagnosis, but even pursuing an assessment is difficult these days.

    The truth is that support for the child is key and thats all that matters.

    Yours respectfully,

    Coogy


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  • Socks,

    I often concur with your advice, but it did come accross as a little heavy.

    Yes we all need help. None of us are perfect as parents, but when you see a parent at the first stages of asking for help, it's not always appropriate to look at it from the professionals standpoint.

    In my experience, If a parent is being ignored, the chances are that it's either because of inexperience by the person assessing the situation or by prejudice.

    Given your experience, If your son or daughter was dismissed on your request for further assessment, you would; I'm sure, be really upset.

    Their are manuals, but they rarely relate to individual situations and as simple as it is to meet one person on the spectrum, thats truely all you have met. One person on the spectrum.

    I know you are not suggesting courses should stop anyone pursuing diagnosis, but even pursuing an assessment is difficult these days.

    The truth is that support for the child is key and thats all that matters.

    Yours respectfully,

    Coogy


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