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lulu-belle

hi all

Just wondered if anyone could explain my sons diagnosis to me in more simple terms the thr professionals?

my son is 5 he was diagnosed with autism in oct last year he also has a speech disorder, he is bright and likes company and they say he has not got a learning disability. Will he grow up like other children? will he ever talk and fully understand? in so many ways he is like a toddler i adore him but the future is so uncertain they just sat me down after the assessment and said he was autistic not sure where to go from here! his school is good as he is in the language unit but the school sen told me to my face his diagnosis is incorrect and he was 'diagnosed by a checklist!' this is obviously upetting for me and untrue where he was diagnosed is a leading centre . help! lol

thanks emma

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  • The school are not qualified to question a diagnosis. Does your son have a statement? If so it should outline the provision to meet both the autism and the language disorder. The school have to follow the statement.

    If the statement is too vaguely worded you can can request a reassessment. If you do not have a statement you should request one.

    My son had a language disorder as a child but no autism DX. He was lucky. He had glue ear - cured with surgery - and an inspired teacher who addressed the language problem itself. He was bright and interested in people as well. So we thought everything was going to be OK until things went pear shaped around ages 9-10 when his lack of social understanding really showed up. He was 12 before we got a DX. 

    If we had had that DX early on we could have avoided so many mistakes and spared him a lot of grief. 

    What does the DX mean? It depends. What is the nature of the language disorder? We are certain now that Mattie's language problem was actually an expression of his autism and the specialist language teacher was addressing those core difficulties in social communication.

    Now he is bright, verbal, employed and reasonably happy with his life. I hope for nothing less for your son.  

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  • The school are not qualified to question a diagnosis. Does your son have a statement? If so it should outline the provision to meet both the autism and the language disorder. The school have to follow the statement.

    If the statement is too vaguely worded you can can request a reassessment. If you do not have a statement you should request one.

    My son had a language disorder as a child but no autism DX. He was lucky. He had glue ear - cured with surgery - and an inspired teacher who addressed the language problem itself. He was bright and interested in people as well. So we thought everything was going to be OK until things went pear shaped around ages 9-10 when his lack of social understanding really showed up. He was 12 before we got a DX. 

    If we had had that DX early on we could have avoided so many mistakes and spared him a lot of grief. 

    What does the DX mean? It depends. What is the nature of the language disorder? We are certain now that Mattie's language problem was actually an expression of his autism and the specialist language teacher was addressing those core difficulties in social communication.

    Now he is bright, verbal, employed and reasonably happy with his life. I hope for nothing less for your son.  

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