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jenwren

Hello all

My name is Jen , me and my Husband have four children and our 9 year old son Jack is having really bad problems :(

We have been fighting for 4 and a half years for a diagnoses for Jack and last year he got misdiagnosed and treated for ADHD . Me and my husband ( and the rest of oour family ) have always known that he has Autism . Jack soils himself and has done for the last 4 and a half years , not only that he has an obsession with Football and Maths .

Only recently we went to CAHMS and the doctor there noticed that Jack cannot maintain eye contact and that he is very over emotional and he can't handle new situations at all . On Monday we saw the Pediatrician and at the end of Jack's appointment I asked what she thought it was and she said that she thinks that Jack is on the autistic spectrum . I was so relieved because I need to know what it is .

i would like to know is his soiling associated with Autism ? He soils himself all day long ( but not at night ) he has not got anything medically wrong with him a he has seen the Gastro and had all the tests .

I got really upset today because our Family support worker said because I am emotional it is making Jack worse :(

Jack is also violent at home and in school . In school he is not allowed any playtime because he is violent to the other children and for his own safety .

Any advice would be wonderful

Thank you for reading this post :) 

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  • i have never read anything about soiling oneself as being an autistic thing. i dont even recall seeing it as a common symptom of any comorbid illnesses. but i'm not an expert.

    does your son use the toilet at home at all? or is it just when in public? the reason i ask, is when i was in preschool, i was too afraid to ask one of the preschool workers to take me to the toilet.

    if all the physical workings are fine, then looking at cognitive causes is definitly a logical step.

    have you googled any of this at all?

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  • i have never read anything about soiling oneself as being an autistic thing. i dont even recall seeing it as a common symptom of any comorbid illnesses. but i'm not an expert.

    does your son use the toilet at home at all? or is it just when in public? the reason i ask, is when i was in preschool, i was too afraid to ask one of the preschool workers to take me to the toilet.

    if all the physical workings are fine, then looking at cognitive causes is definitly a logical step.

    have you googled any of this at all?

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