Anxious wait for diagnosis for a child with autism symptoms

Following our suspicions and advice of friends and day care minders, we took our child to the GP. He is a happy and playful 2.5 yr old boy and looks normal but does not speak too much, walks on his toes quite a lot, not very good with social interactions and has different behaviour.

The GP referred the case to the Children's centre and I am waiting for an appointment. They said it can take upto 22 weeks!

I gave them a follow up call and was told that NHS guidelines requires every case to be seen within 12 weeks so they are looking to schedule a meeting by mid-may with a speech therapist.

What was the procedure for others in this forum to get a diagnosis? Did you get a diagnosis soon? Will a speech therapist be able to diagnose the child? How long did you have to wait?

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  • Has anyone got any advice or tips on getting there child, who is showing anxiety problems with going to school, 

    my daughter is 9 and is being assesed for high functioning autism she go's to main stream school and has been missing days due to this anxiety and stress problem,

     this morning she was sobbing and begging me not to make her go in through the doors once in she was then begging me not to leave her there..............which was heart breaking!

    i would love to hear from anyone who has been through this problem as desperate to help he get over it.

    thanks

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  • Has anyone got any advice or tips on getting there child, who is showing anxiety problems with going to school, 

    my daughter is 9 and is being assesed for high functioning autism she go's to main stream school and has been missing days due to this anxiety and stress problem,

     this morning she was sobbing and begging me not to make her go in through the doors once in she was then begging me not to leave her there..............which was heart breaking!

    i would love to hear from anyone who has been through this problem as desperate to help he get over it.

    thanks

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