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Does this mean theres nothing wrong with my son?

mumof4boys772

If you read the thread tired and down you will know my sons syomptoms,school have now taken him of his iep,hes just gone into year 3, doed this mean theres nothing wrong with him? could he still have hfa and sensory? they seem too think hes coping ok now, the head tacher did say to me a couple months ago he was on the spectrum,but if he was why would they take him off it?

  • Everyone that has a child with a disability or addditonal needs should get lots of extra training.

    No we dont get everything right as a parent i totally agree with that,but its not my parenting thats causing my child to be like this,otherwise all the others would be the same.

  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Sorry, i wasn't sure what to call the course that you had been on. I know there is a stigma attached to being sent on a parenting course but couldn't think what else to call it.  i really wasn't trying to suggest anything wrong with your parenting skills.

     my eldest is 27 but i'm still learning as i go along. I think i would probably have benefited from some extra training when the kids were younger as we found it very hard work and i don't think we got it all right. I'm the diagnosed aspie in the family - the others are normal-ish.

  • Oh and just too say ive parented for around 24 years and my son is 7 and i have 3 other children.

  • recombinantsock,it was not a parenting course,it was a course speciafically for parents with children who have asd/traits talking about strategies and i have put a couple of those into place.

    I have spoke to a few people and they have said it could be funding ect and there are children with hfa and sensory that can cope in school.

    Other people have mentioned spd.

    The condition has not gone away and i dont belive will go away.

    Thanks for responding.

  •  I think there is no link  between food and aoutism

  • Former Member
    Former Member

    If he is coping well and doesn't require special attention at the moment then it could mean that he is managing the condition with his effort, his teachers' efforts and your efforts all together. This sounds like a good place to be as it isn't great to have to rely on 'special measures' throughout his life.

    One thought, has he stopped eating any particular food or drink? There are theories that some foods can make autism much worse and that behaviour can be dramatically changed by changing his diet. If he has stopped eating or drinking something then this might explain a significant improvement in behaviour.

    Your earlier description sounded very clear that he was quite affected. Has his hand flapping etc stopped or is he just much better able to concentrate and get on with school life?

    Another thought is that our (ASD) behaviour can depend on our environment. You attended some "parenting" lessons and he has probably changed teachers. Are you better at dealing with him than you were before? Is his teacher better at dealing with him?

    The condition won't have gone away but his behaviour can be dramatically changed by lots of different factors. Try not to think of it as something wrong him but that he is different to the others and the differences can be good as well as bad.

    :-)