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Recent asd mum of a 5 year old - socio communication disorder , does anyone have a similar little one ?

jojo123

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My names Jo and last friday my 5 year old son was diagnosed on the autistic spectrum . He has socio communication disorder but doesnt show many of the behavioural sides of autism eg he shows good eye contact , doesnt need strict routines, but does go through obsessions , his current one is dinosaurs. does anyone else have a similar child thats main problem is the speech language and understanding side of autism ? any help or advice would be greatly appreciated xx

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  • hi Jojo, squidgy + muddlingthrough - have read your posts a couple of times + feel a bit bothered.  When my son was little he had problems with communication + altho an adult, still does, altho he's learnt a lot over the years.  Autism will always result in language/communication difficulties - depends on how severe or not,that's all.  Also my son could + still can cope with certain changes.  However, other changes will really upset him.  He still uses some echolia, altho now because he's said it for years and generally speaking, knows what it means, altho he may not have known years ago.  He still has his obsessions - they change - things get dropped over time to be replaced with others.  When he was about 2, the following happened : he was identified as having communication problems, he went to speech therapy and a day nursery, he was referred for diagnosis, after a number of months autism was diagnosed, he was statemented, he went to schools for autistic children until he was 19.  We had a sw all that time + a limited amount of respite care.  I think you all should be offered this as a matter of course.  I see posts from parents querying statements, sw involvement, etc + I can't fathom out what's going on, unless it's to do with funding cuts in social care + health + they're prioritising.  Best wishes to you all.

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  • hi Jojo, squidgy + muddlingthrough - have read your posts a couple of times + feel a bit bothered.  When my son was little he had problems with communication + altho an adult, still does, altho he's learnt a lot over the years.  Autism will always result in language/communication difficulties - depends on how severe or not,that's all.  Also my son could + still can cope with certain changes.  However, other changes will really upset him.  He still uses some echolia, altho now because he's said it for years and generally speaking, knows what it means, altho he may not have known years ago.  He still has his obsessions - they change - things get dropped over time to be replaced with others.  When he was about 2, the following happened : he was identified as having communication problems, he went to speech therapy and a day nursery, he was referred for diagnosis, after a number of months autism was diagnosed, he was statemented, he went to schools for autistic children until he was 19.  We had a sw all that time + a limited amount of respite care.  I think you all should be offered this as a matter of course.  I see posts from parents querying statements, sw involvement, etc + I can't fathom out what's going on, unless it's to do with funding cuts in social care + health + they're prioritising.  Best wishes to you all.

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