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Hello all. I am new. My 7yo is on the spectrum. How can I best support him?

NAS50569

Hello everyone, 

I am new to this forum. I have a 7yo boy who is on the spectrum. We received a formal diagnosis a couple of months ago. It's been though on me and I have been in denial for a while as he has always been bright academically. He is very smart,  has a bubbly personality and wants to makes friends but lacks in social skills. He doesn't have many friends at school, is not invited to his peers birthday parties and is sad about it. We haven't discussed the diagnosis with him yet and his classmates are not aware.

When did you share the news with your child? with his/her classmates? Is 7yo not too early? 

Also what do you do after a diagnosis? I have enrolled in a course to get a better understanding on the asd  but I am clueless on the help that is available around. Do your children see psychologists regularly? Any information, suggestion would be very much appreciated!

Looking forward to your replies. Thank you!

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  • Hi I would say if you can find a way however you can to get him the help he needs even if you have to go private. My son diagnose at 18 and now faceing a whole storm of problems..including attempted suicide. You must go to some kind of therapist who speicialise in autism to give him tools to cope later in life..I am not talking about so you can get him to fit in with the world even if it make him sad..I am talking about the fact that they can go on to develop other comorbiditys which means if left alone they can develop other personality dissorder or depressin etc. Sorry to be so blunt but I wish someone had said this to me all those yrs ago. Everything needs to be done asap and not left at all. If possible try to keep the friendships he has as routines ( with people who you trust a lot people you know will be around a long time that will stay into teens and adulthood) keep the routine say for example he meets with billy at drawing class every tuesday try to maybe gently change and keep those routine for him ie i know kids change as they grow up but with autism its all about the routine . We moved before he was diagnosed and he lost his friends and was never able to form new ones. So keep things the same believe me it is nothing gained by changing anything. Hope that helped I think I have carer burn out at this point so i try to be helpfull but dont always suceed.

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  • Hi I would say if you can find a way however you can to get him the help he needs even if you have to go private. My son diagnose at 18 and now faceing a whole storm of problems..including attempted suicide. You must go to some kind of therapist who speicialise in autism to give him tools to cope later in life..I am not talking about so you can get him to fit in with the world even if it make him sad..I am talking about the fact that they can go on to develop other comorbiditys which means if left alone they can develop other personality dissorder or depressin etc. Sorry to be so blunt but I wish someone had said this to me all those yrs ago. Everything needs to be done asap and not left at all. If possible try to keep the friendships he has as routines ( with people who you trust a lot people you know will be around a long time that will stay into teens and adulthood) keep the routine say for example he meets with billy at drawing class every tuesday try to maybe gently change and keep those routine for him ie i know kids change as they grow up but with autism its all about the routine . We moved before he was diagnosed and he lost his friends and was never able to form new ones. So keep things the same believe me it is nothing gained by changing anything. Hope that helped I think I have carer burn out at this point so i try to be helpfull but dont always suceed.

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