Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi my name is Kelly and I'm fairly new to the NAS site....
I have twin 8 yr old boys 1 of which is currently waiting an assessment and a 3 yr old daughtewe who was diagnosed with core Autism a few days ago!!
Whilst there was no surprise for myself and husband, the severity still hit us like a brick wall after the ADOS assessment....
We're currently involved in the early bird programme and have a greatsupport network although we both work full time and are currently juggling around 3 appointmebetween onto between my son and daughter and hope this website willgive me the opportunity to catch up on any missed information / time....
Whilst we are fairly new to the ASD world we do have some understanding of what we'reabout to face, however advice... Experience is greatly appreciated....
Thanks
Kelly
Ha yes... Not enough hours in the day
Although the assessment process has been an extremely long process for my 8yr old as he's always just been marked as an August boy or the slower twin, I just knew there was something not quite right and now finally we're getting to grips with it!!
On the flip side my daughter's assessment process has been very quick, although she's been a lot easier to identify as autistic given she's a lot more severe shehaws diagnosed at 3yrs 1month and has lots in place to support her... I really can't believe the difference in how both kids have been dealt with