My little boy

Hello all , ive just recently joined up , having a 16 year old boy with aspergers and now recently having his little brother diagnosed at 2 and a half years old as ASD with delayed developement , im struggling to accept it this time , although theres no doubt about his diagnosis , i guess its because im aware of a long long journey in front of us . His older brother has done super well at school (mainstream) however im not sure where my little one is on the spectrum , too early to say , he does however live in his own little world , responding only to sound , such as a lid on a bottle , rather than calling his name , very liittle response to that , hes also still unable to walk on his own as yet , dont feel he has a great deal of confidence there and wont feed himself unless its banana (fav) hes also a twin (whos a girl) she seems to be doing well , he also has another brother whos 10 and doesnt display any asd traits , we have a busy house and sometimes its nice to sit down in the quiet , and speak to someone whos experiencing much the same and knows how difficult it is at times!!

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  • Hi, fairly new to the site myself and it can be helpful to speak to others who are also living it. My eldest Son is 11.5 was diagnosed with Aspergers at 3 and I read everything I could on ASD and thought I knew everything about it until my youngest Son came along (he is now just turned 6) who in many ways was a complete opposite to my elder son. However as time went on (cried day and night as a baby and wasnt comforted by cuddles etc.) it became very apparent he was on the spectrum but more so. He was feral at 2, our day starting 3.30 to 4.00am and he didnt stop until 7pm without naps from age of 1. He is a huge challenge but he has reached many milestones that I thought he wouldnt and he is a smiley beautiful boy who we find we can forgive anything. (just as well with all the awful things he has done). Yes when he was born I remember hoping that we may at last have a compliant one and we might experience what is deemed to be normal. However it wasnt to be and we have been to hell and back but we have managed. We have been a bit more able to work our way through the system more quickly as we have been there before. Found we still have to fight for everything but hey ho we are stronger for it! Remember to keep a sense of humour, find time somehow to get a little break, you are entitled to short respite breaks through your local autority so push for it and use it. Waffling on a bit now so will stop but hope this has been a little help. All the bestCool

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  • Hi, fairly new to the site myself and it can be helpful to speak to others who are also living it. My eldest Son is 11.5 was diagnosed with Aspergers at 3 and I read everything I could on ASD and thought I knew everything about it until my youngest Son came along (he is now just turned 6) who in many ways was a complete opposite to my elder son. However as time went on (cried day and night as a baby and wasnt comforted by cuddles etc.) it became very apparent he was on the spectrum but more so. He was feral at 2, our day starting 3.30 to 4.00am and he didnt stop until 7pm without naps from age of 1. He is a huge challenge but he has reached many milestones that I thought he wouldnt and he is a smiley beautiful boy who we find we can forgive anything. (just as well with all the awful things he has done). Yes when he was born I remember hoping that we may at last have a compliant one and we might experience what is deemed to be normal. However it wasnt to be and we have been to hell and back but we have managed. We have been a bit more able to work our way through the system more quickly as we have been there before. Found we still have to fight for everything but hey ho we are stronger for it! Remember to keep a sense of humour, find time somehow to get a little break, you are entitled to short respite breaks through your local autority so push for it and use it. Waffling on a bit now so will stop but hope this has been a little help. All the bestCool

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