Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
I have a 10 year old son, who has just been diagnosed as having Aspergers, Friday 8th March. A year ago he was diagnosed as having sensory processing disorders. It has taken a long time for this diagnosis, we were first told he has social anxiety about 4 years ago.
I always knew it was more and kept notes of his behaviours. We got diagnosed as a result of me pushing for a speech and language therapist, first he had to have a hearing test which we found out he has hyper acuisis, after a thorough talk with peaditirician, she sent us to Occupational therapist who then diagnosed the SPD. we then went back to doctors who with him, the OT report and the school referred us to CAMHS. Over a year later we finally have a diagnosis.
My son has lots of worries and anxieties daily, has regular meltdowns at home (not school), struggles with friends are amongst some. The worries are so bad i have the same questions daily, he especially worries when not with me, where i am,what im doing, will i be on time, will i forget to pick him up etc.
If anyone has any support or ideas to help with the worries, it would be a great help. We do not know where we should go next or what we should do.
Any advice or help is greatly appreciated.
hi helena 80,
How did you tell your son, we are not sure how to tell him. Weve just had another appointment with Camhs, they have suggested we try and talk to him and see what autism means to him, however when i try and talk to him about sensory processing he avoids or gets angry and runs off, and he doesnt want to know. H knows he has SPD but not the aspergers, its like hes in denial. When at the park, i was talking to another parent whos child has autism, she asked him to play with her child, he said no and ran off, i approached and said that would be really nice to play he just got angry and sat under the climbing frame, i think its avoidance.
Do you have suggestions on how i could approach the subject.
Thanks