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Hi everyone. I'm a single parent living in Scotland. It took many years persistence on my part to get a diagnosis for my son (years of he is just below average intelligence, he's just immature, that's just the way he is etc) Eventually last year it was confirmed that he has an ASD. He is now 13. I am here hoping to share experiences, get advice and a sense of community understanding. I don't know my way around the forum yet but hopefully I will catch up soon....just now my son has become so overwhelmed with his first year of secondary school that he is constantly talking about and referring to suicide. I am at my wits end with worry, so if someone could point me to the appropriate forum section/advice to discuss this it would be much appreciated. Thanks

  • As far as school goes, the thing that gets him is the buildings environment, the crowds and the not being able to understand where everyone else is coming from. An example of the things he has been saying are 'people avoid me because I am weird, there are too many people, I'm bored, people look at him funny etc' That is fantastic your son is getting the support at school he needs and is sitting his exams, I've got my fingers and toes crossed for him Laughing x

  • (sry had to do this 2 parts, don't think I 've got the hang of the forum yet) Thank you so much for your reply. It is great to hear from someone who has/is having a similar experience. My son seems to be coping with the school work but is at a total loss with the environment and social aspect of everything. His diagnosis seemed to hover between Aspersers and just being on the ASD spectrum. Some of the letters I have say Aspersers and others just that he is on the ASD. I'm a bit confused by it all. Actually I think when his diagnosis came through I was told they were in the process of revising the Aspersers definition/category....anyway I managed to get my son an emergency appointment with the Dr. yesterday and he said it would be weeks before he could be re-referred to the psychological services. I felt like I was not taken seriously. I am not concerned that my son will plan hurting himself, I'm more concerned that his mood will drop one day and he will do something on the spur of the moment as he seems to be prone to spontaneous actions without thinking of the consequences. The crazy thing is I feel daft talking to people saying my young 13yr old son appears so depressed that I fear he's actually going to hurt himself. The consensus seems to be 'cant you just explain that things are not that bad/rationalise with him the reality of his situation/talk him round' Urgh, the thing is before puberty I could lift his mood but I think he is also doing the usual teen thing of rebelling. He certainly does not want to spend all his time with his mum these days Tongue out but doesn't seem to be able to make other social connections....I'm at a complete loss. 

  • Hi there I understand I have one boy with aspergers and dyspraxia who is 10 and another who was recently diagnosed with dyslexia in first year depression is a daily battle. Just keep talking to him . The source of my older boys stress is exam stress and he is going to get support with that from the psychologist at school.