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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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  • This article from the Dyspraxia Foundation may help to explain your son's speech disorder. It begins like this.

    Children with developmental verbal dyspraxia have difficulty in making and co-ordinating the precise movements required for the production of clear speech, and yet there is no evidence of damage to nerves or muscles. They have difficulty in producing individual speech sounds and in sequencing sounds together in words. As a result their speech is often unintelligible even to family members.

    My son had wordfinding problems. These are described along with strategies to help at another useful website, teachingexpertise.com

    Some pupils have difficulty in recalling the right word when they need to use it. They often have to describe the word rather than naming it, eg. 'It's hot. You make tea. You put water in it.' (kettle). This may be caused by difficulties associating an abstract label with a concrete object. The pupil may be able to describe the features of something, but not be able to 'find' the correct word in their memory bank.

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  • This article from the Dyspraxia Foundation may help to explain your son's speech disorder. It begins like this.

    Children with developmental verbal dyspraxia have difficulty in making and co-ordinating the precise movements required for the production of clear speech, and yet there is no evidence of damage to nerves or muscles. They have difficulty in producing individual speech sounds and in sequencing sounds together in words. As a result their speech is often unintelligible even to family members.

    My son had wordfinding problems. These are described along with strategies to help at another useful website, teachingexpertise.com

    Some pupils have difficulty in recalling the right word when they need to use it. They often have to describe the word rather than naming it, eg. 'It's hot. You make tea. You put water in it.' (kettle). This may be caused by difficulties associating an abstract label with a concrete object. The pupil may be able to describe the features of something, but not be able to 'find' the correct word in their memory bank.

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