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SIX YEAR OLD SON WITH ASD

puffin

Hi All,

New to this site, my son has not yet been formally diagnosed but his teacher called us in to shool ten months ago now after my son was struggling to settle into P1, she first suggested he was on the spectrum my husband and i were blissfully unaware Frown he is our only child and we live in a remote area so we have never really compared him to others!  We now meet every 3 months with his school and he is progressing and i am more confused than ever!!  i have read loads of books and still have more questions. I am sad and yet know how lucky i am to have my lovely child but i fear for him his naievity,his anxiety in new situations, he does not stand out from the crowd too much at the moment but i fear this will worsen with age.  I suspect Aspergers as he was not late in developement and is quite clever.  His school say not worth being formally accessed till he is due to go to high school as there is no more they can do locally.  At the moment they run a lego club, and do circle time to cover emotions, is there any thing else that can be done ?  They say they are dealing with any issues he has not been statemented, should i get him assessed?  It is just i have read early intervention can be a great help and i want to do all i can.

Thank you

 

 

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  • hi again - please remember that things change.  What will happen when your son goes to secondary school for example?  He'll get older, his needs may change.    I don't regard a diagnosis as a label.  My son was diagnosed before his 3rd birthday.  The diagnosis (label) has enabled him to get educated in the right environment.  It enabled us to access some respite care + to claim benefits such as dla, which proved useful.  It's enabled him to move into supported living with autism-specific carers.  If he hadn't been diagnosed then at least some of this wdn't have happed or wd have happened at a later stage, probably after some degree of heartache when things started to go awry.  Diagnosis or no diagnosis, if he has autism then he has it + it's important that any help he may need is available.  bw, hope things sort out soon.

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  • hi again - please remember that things change.  What will happen when your son goes to secondary school for example?  He'll get older, his needs may change.    I don't regard a diagnosis as a label.  My son was diagnosed before his 3rd birthday.  The diagnosis (label) has enabled him to get educated in the right environment.  It enabled us to access some respite care + to claim benefits such as dla, which proved useful.  It's enabled him to move into supported living with autism-specific carers.  If he hadn't been diagnosed then at least some of this wdn't have happed or wd have happened at a later stage, probably after some degree of heartache when things started to go awry.  Diagnosis or no diagnosis, if he has autism then he has it + it's important that any help he may need is available.  bw, hope things sort out soon.

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