Mum of autistic Son

Hi everyone,really new to this and have never used a chat forum before!My 2.5 year old son has recently been diagnosed with ASD. If I’m honest I knew about a year ago but he was way too young for the doctors to pay attention. I’ve always struggled with him and blamed myself because he was such hard work and that I was maybe finding it way harder than I should of. Now we have a diagnosis, I realise that anyone would have felt the same caring for him as he does have additional needs:) I’m really looking to chat with mums and dads who have autistic children and would like any tips or advice on making my child as happy and secure and safe as I possibly can. My son has always had sleep issues and suffers from sensory overload and sensory deficit, any advice would be very welcome,thankyou!

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  • Hi Bubbles87,

    Welcome to the Community!  You might like to look at some of the other threads, particularly in the Parents and Carer's forum.

    There's lots of information on the NAS website which you might find useful, but the pages about behaviour may be of particular interest right now: https://www.autism.org.uk/about/behaviour.aspx

    I also just want to let you know about our Parent to Parent service which offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism . You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx.

    I hope that helps.

    Regards,

    Kerri-Mod

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  • Hi Bubbles87,

    Welcome to the Community!  You might like to look at some of the other threads, particularly in the Parents and Carer's forum.

    There's lots of information on the NAS website which you might find useful, but the pages about behaviour may be of particular interest right now: https://www.autism.org.uk/about/behaviour.aspx

    I also just want to let you know about our Parent to Parent service which offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism . You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx.

    I hope that helps.

    Regards,

    Kerri-Mod

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