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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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  • Thanks for you comment :)

    Yes my son has been seen by pediatricians and the Gastro team , he has had xrays and Blood tests and his stomach is always soft . Our consultant said that it is not medical , they are giving him the Movicol and Senna to try and see if he will ' feel ' anything ?? Our new pediatrician thinks his soiling may be down to Autism , he also has many other signs of Autism .

    He was constipated like your daughter at the age of 4 and passed a large stool and since then he soils , we have tried every toileting tequine going .

    We have asked him many times why he does it but like us he does not know . Even when he soils he is not aware of it . He gets told in school to ' clean himself up ' but he does not do it , so when he comes home he is sore :(

    Since December the violence in school is becoming so much worse , he is having 1-2 major incidents a week ( head butting , kicking , biting other children )

    Both me and my Husband feel like the school cannot cope with him anymore , he is not allowed any playtime or allowed to go outside after lunch , he has to sit inside and read a book which is making him more difficult .

    Thanks for your support , it is very much appreciated :)

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  • Thanks for you comment :)

    Yes my son has been seen by pediatricians and the Gastro team , he has had xrays and Blood tests and his stomach is always soft . Our consultant said that it is not medical , they are giving him the Movicol and Senna to try and see if he will ' feel ' anything ?? Our new pediatrician thinks his soiling may be down to Autism , he also has many other signs of Autism .

    He was constipated like your daughter at the age of 4 and passed a large stool and since then he soils , we have tried every toileting tequine going .

    We have asked him many times why he does it but like us he does not know . Even when he soils he is not aware of it . He gets told in school to ' clean himself up ' but he does not do it , so when he comes home he is sore :(

    Since December the violence in school is becoming so much worse , he is having 1-2 major incidents a week ( head butting , kicking , biting other children )

    Both me and my Husband feel like the school cannot cope with him anymore , he is not allowed any playtime or allowed to go outside after lunch , he has to sit inside and read a book which is making him more difficult .

    Thanks for your support , it is very much appreciated :)

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