My eldest son has recently been diagnosed with ASD at 15. I have known as his mum for many years that something was a little different but it has taken us 10 years to get to where we are now. My biggest concern for him though is his future. His violent episodes are getting worse as he is getting older and I have no way of restraining him during a period of red mist. He was recently given a fixed term exclusion from school due to a fight that he involved himself in, this may now cause difficulties in keeping him within the school for sixth form study.
We have perhaps now exhausted all options for him, we have tried family action, targeted youth worker, anger management, CAMHS, Peadiatricians. It appears that despite a diagnosis the support for his social issues is still not forthcoming. We are being referred back to CAMHS by our GP to find further assistance but, with this health department being what it is in our area, we are not hopeful. Is there anywhere that we can go in the meantime? We are in a rural community in South Lincolnshire and support groups seem to be hard to find.
Any assistance and advice would be very much appreciated.
