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Hi, I need help!

Grandma1955

Just wanted to say hello, never done anything like this before, I have a grandson who is having a few problems, and we are waiting for him to be assessed for some form of Autism, we don't understand a lot about it and I am hoping that maybe someone on here may be able to shed some light on the subject, my grandson always seems to go off into a world of his own, he loves watching tv but when he does you can't get through to him, he ignores everything going on around him, he is 8yrs old, he finds it hard to mix well, his social skills are quite poor for his age, he loves to joke and make fun of his sister or any of us but finds it very hard to take a joke and gets very upset to the point of crying, his moods change so suddenly, he still has toileting trouble, I could go on and on with specifics but I won't just yet I just wanted to find out if any of this makes any sense to anyone. Please let me know if anyone else has had these kind of problems, thank you for reading. 

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  • Grandma1955 said:

    Thank you to all that have replied to my comment 'I need help', just need to let you all know that your comments have helped a great deal, and we as a family have taken on board all you have said thank you to Shelley, Ettie, Crystal and Some One, I will be buying the books recommended by Ettie and Crystal, its wonderful how much help you have provided by just writing these comments. Its been hard to think of the future, because of the toileting problems, our biggest fear is when he gets older will he be bullied for being a little different. My grandsons name is Ben he is the sunshine in our lives and now we dare believe there is a good future awaiting him, thank you, thank you so much xx

    you're very welcome Smile

    there are a lot of horror stories out there about autistim and how autistics dont get to live a 'normal ' life but they can learn certain things, it just has to be in their own way, their time, and taught in a way they understand it

    i think ben is in with a very good chance if all his family are like you , concerned enough to come on here, tell a bunch of strangers personal things and be wiling to take their advice

    he might face some bullying, it does seem inevitible with autism as they are so 'different', but all you can do is prepare yourself, make suer the school he goes to is aware of his needs and if anything happens you make a damn fuss about itLaughing

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  • Grandma1955 said:

    Thank you to all that have replied to my comment 'I need help', just need to let you all know that your comments have helped a great deal, and we as a family have taken on board all you have said thank you to Shelley, Ettie, Crystal and Some One, I will be buying the books recommended by Ettie and Crystal, its wonderful how much help you have provided by just writing these comments. Its been hard to think of the future, because of the toileting problems, our biggest fear is when he gets older will he be bullied for being a little different. My grandsons name is Ben he is the sunshine in our lives and now we dare believe there is a good future awaiting him, thank you, thank you so much xx

    you're very welcome Smile

    there are a lot of horror stories out there about autistim and how autistics dont get to live a 'normal ' life but they can learn certain things, it just has to be in their own way, their time, and taught in a way they understand it

    i think ben is in with a very good chance if all his family are like you , concerned enough to come on here, tell a bunch of strangers personal things and be wiling to take their advice

    he might face some bullying, it does seem inevitible with autism as they are so 'different', but all you can do is prepare yourself, make suer the school he goes to is aware of his needs and if anything happens you make a damn fuss about itLaughing

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