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Anxious wait for diagnosis for a child with autism symptoms

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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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  • hi moonraker

    thanks for your reply, yes the ed psyc is also involved aswell as the o.t team well im waiting for them to do there assesements still,

     to be honest i have had a complete nightmare with the whole system due to my daughter being under a paed in a hospital that isnt our nearest so as a result she isnt able to use the sevices they provide its been alot of backwards and forwarding regualr phone calls, iv now written a letter to my local m.p as its starting to take it toll,

    i have the deputy head who is also the senco involved and a support worker who is working on social stories with her, after a speech and language assesment it revieled that my daughter has poor social understanding as well as other things which does cause alot of problems with other children and alot of sensory issues im 100% certain she is autistic just wish i knew how to make this situation with the school better for her.

     

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  • hi moonraker

    thanks for your reply, yes the ed psyc is also involved aswell as the o.t team well im waiting for them to do there assesements still,

     to be honest i have had a complete nightmare with the whole system due to my daughter being under a paed in a hospital that isnt our nearest so as a result she isnt able to use the sevices they provide its been alot of backwards and forwarding regualr phone calls, iv now written a letter to my local m.p as its starting to take it toll,

    i have the deputy head who is also the senco involved and a support worker who is working on social stories with her, after a speech and language assesment it revieled that my daughter has poor social understanding as well as other things which does cause alot of problems with other children and alot of sensory issues im 100% certain she is autistic just wish i knew how to make this situation with the school better for her.

     

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