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Hi, My names Rhonda and i've only just registered with the site. I have 4 kids, two boys and two girls. My youngest boy, Oliver, has always had problems, we first noticed at 7 months old. It all started with his eating, this totally consumed us for the first 3 years of his life, there were days I was convinced he was going to die as he hadn't eaten yet again. It was only when he started nursery that we realised there was alot more problems, they said he was functioning at an 18 month old, he was so behind, I was devestated, I couldn't believe I hadn't realised, he had a bit of help at school to catch up and seemed to be doing ok although still struggling a bit with holding a pen as his fine motor skills aren't great. We struggled along with Oliver and his increasingly strange behaviour thinking he'd just grow out of it. We'd already seen a paediatrician over his eating who told us we had to make his food look pretty and that would solve everything, as if! we felt so helpless.

Then one day a couple of months after Oliver had started class 1 his teacher took me to one side and told me she was convinced Oliver was autistic, I'd heard the term but didn't really know what it was. When I got home and reserched it, it was like someone turning a light on, I couldnt believe how much applied to Oliver

He lives in what we call 'Olivers world'

He has obsessive behaviour

his food issues

he takes everything literally, his fine motor skills are terrible, he has no concept of time, doesnt see danger, hes very sensitive to sound

There are other things, the list goes on, we saw a G.P who referred us to a paediatrician, we saw him yesterday he asked us alot of quetions and then said he'll refer us for a speech assesment ( olivers speech is fine apart from taking things litertally) and will see us in 3 months. I asked him what he thought and he did say he had some concerns.
what I was wanting to know was does it sound like I'm being fobbed off or is this normal procedure, we don't know how everything should work.

Olivers nearly 6 by the way. Sorry for the long post. 

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  • Hi Rhonda,

    I am not an expert, but have a son, 21, diagnosed Aspergers, and another 8, waiting for diagnosis. I would say if the teacher said that, and a light came on, it would not be without foundation. 

    It can take some time to get things moving though. My understanding is pediatricians do often ask for a second meeting. The speech therapist will look at other things, such as their understanding of language. Both my boys have been, and they do not have problems with speech. It can be, but not always, a factor.

    It sounds like the teacher is understanding to these things. There may be referrals she can make, to get more advice. Eg the educational psychologist. The more expert opinion you can get, the better, really. Best wishes xx

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  • Hi Rhonda,

    I am not an expert, but have a son, 21, diagnosed Aspergers, and another 8, waiting for diagnosis. I would say if the teacher said that, and a light came on, it would not be without foundation. 

    It can take some time to get things moving though. My understanding is pediatricians do often ask for a second meeting. The speech therapist will look at other things, such as their understanding of language. Both my boys have been, and they do not have problems with speech. It can be, but not always, a factor.

    It sounds like the teacher is understanding to these things. There may be referrals she can make, to get more advice. Eg the educational psychologist. The more expert opinion you can get, the better, really. Best wishes xx

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