Published on 12, July, 2020
Ok. Where to start here. We've just had a formal diagnosis today that our son Ethan is autistic. We were expecting it as he's non verbal but it's still hit us a little emotionally.
We've come on here to try and find out "what happens next" and how we can help Ethan. Neither of us have experienced autism in our families before so have no previous knowledge to draw on. Speech and Language are involved but are there resources he/we can access to try and progress this?
And any nappy training tips for someone that doesn't find being wet (or worse) would be greatly appreciated.
We're Doncaster based. We're just trying to get our son the best start we can give him.
Just a couple of safeguarding points- you really shouldn't post your son's date of birth on a public forum. And also in the forum the rules state not to use pictures of real people in your profile. I don't post pictures of my kids anywhere online as anyone can copy them and reuse them for whatever they want.
There is a whole wealth of information available online from autistic people which would help you get a good understanding. I recommend this lady on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAoYMFsyj_k1ApNj_QUkNgKC1R5F9bVHs
She helped me a lot when I first started my journey of discovery and all her videos are in manageable sized chunks.