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newly diagnosed son

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Hello there, we are new to this forum and we are looking for help and support that anyone can give please.

Our 11 year old son has just been diagnosed with a-typical autism.He also has a speech and language problem, dyslexia (which we have known about for a couple of years) and a severe anxiety problem.

He has had a severe melt down at school as he is struggling with the pressures of the impending SATS tests this year and feels inadequate against his peers. He does have CAMHS involvement, SENCO support, and we are liasing with an educational psychologist, but we are stunned at this new autism diagnosis and struggling to come to terms with both that, and our sons low self esteem, awful anxiety issues and very low state of mind, it really is heartbreaking and we are struggling to know how to support him best. He has constant outbursts and meltdowns, can be rather aggressive at times, followed by tears upon tears and then becomes withdrawn and negative.

We are completely exhausted and concerned about the future and how we are going to get through this. Any help and advice would be so gratefully recieved!

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  • Hi There,

    Once again, thankyou for caring.

    Yes i think my son does understand about his breakdown and he still has weekly appts with CAHMS to talk through it, so i think you could be right in saying that might be the way forward to explain to him we worry about his illness, and perhaps we could bring CAHMS in to help us discuss it with him He has an excellent relationship with them and is close to one of the ladies there, so thankyou....i think that could be an answer. We will also talk to him about the dyslexia, as he does seem to accept that.

    I have read the other posts on here and all i can say is i relate so much to how you are all feeling. My heart goes out to you all and i just hope and pray that life gets better for you all.

    This forum helps so much! It really does make a difference to speak to others who understand.

    Sending my best wishes to you, once again.  Thankyou!

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  • Hi There,

    Once again, thankyou for caring.

    Yes i think my son does understand about his breakdown and he still has weekly appts with CAHMS to talk through it, so i think you could be right in saying that might be the way forward to explain to him we worry about his illness, and perhaps we could bring CAHMS in to help us discuss it with him He has an excellent relationship with them and is close to one of the ladies there, so thankyou....i think that could be an answer. We will also talk to him about the dyslexia, as he does seem to accept that.

    I have read the other posts on here and all i can say is i relate so much to how you are all feeling. My heart goes out to you all and i just hope and pray that life gets better for you all.

    This forum helps so much! It really does make a difference to speak to others who understand.

    Sending my best wishes to you, once again.  Thankyou!

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