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Anxious wait for diagnosis for a child with autism symptoms

SmilingBoy

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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  • Good for you writing to your MP I hope you get a positive, helpful response.

    A few practical suggestions that helped my son were:

    Being allowed to go into school 10 minutes after everyone else had gone in and leaving 10 minutes before everyone else, that helped avoid the noise and rushing about around him that always happens in a school.

    Does she sit in the same seat/place in class, this helps things to remain constant and settled. Is she getting support in class?

    How are playtimes and lunchtimes? The school should be able to arrange a quiet area where she could go with perhaps one friend to play quietly and 'chill out', even be allowed to eat her lunch there peacefully, the noise and food smells used to overwhelm my son and he would want to run for home.

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  • Good for you writing to your MP I hope you get a positive, helpful response.

    A few practical suggestions that helped my son were:

    Being allowed to go into school 10 minutes after everyone else had gone in and leaving 10 minutes before everyone else, that helped avoid the noise and rushing about around him that always happens in a school.

    Does she sit in the same seat/place in class, this helps things to remain constant and settled. Is she getting support in class?

    How are playtimes and lunchtimes? The school should be able to arrange a quiet area where she could go with perhaps one friend to play quietly and 'chill out', even be allowed to eat her lunch there peacefully, the noise and food smells used to overwhelm my son and he would want to run for home.

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