Hi,
Sorry if a similar issue has been raised before.
My son is 6 and since he started nursery his teachers have been telling me that his behaviour is a bit out of the ordinary and that they thought there was something different about him and the way he acts. I was adamant for a long time he was, for want of a better word, "normal" and only in the last 6 months have I agreed to the assessment.
He has come back as autistic (high functioning), and I seperately have been screened as high functioning and ADHD by a psychologist although I have to wait a long time for a diagnostic appointment for myself.
From hearing other peoples' struggles with getting their doctors to agree to a diagnosis for their child, not only do I feel grateful that the school pushed me to get my son assessed, but I am also worried that I didn't see anything "strange" or different with him myself. Yes, he has quirks, but isn't everyone different?
I am his mum so surely I should have noticed that he was different. I feel bad because I have been quite hard on him in regards to his bad behaviour at school (although he is lively, but manageable at home) and maybe all this time I should have just understood him more.
Has anyone elses' child diagnosis come the same way as mine? It seems I am in the minority for not realising myself. Sorry this is really long.
