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Son just diagnosed and im feeling scared for him & for me

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Hi my 14 year old son has just been diagnosed ASD after a very long process and now im unsure where we go from here- I am looking into courses that I can attend to help him manage his emotions but he wont attend any meetings.

Any help from your own experiences would be invaluable. 

Thx

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  • Just to say also, don't be scared.  There is nothing to be scared of.  The most negative feeling you probably need to prepare yourself for is anger at the lack of support and help from services.  As openheart said, you get the diagnosis and then a very long silence.  Think of it this way, before, you had no name for why your son was the way he was and now there is a reason and it's no-one's fault.  He has an explanation that lets him know that.  I don't really know what benefit any meetings would have anyway.  Perhaps there is online information aimed at his age-group that he might read in his own time.

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  • Just to say also, don't be scared.  There is nothing to be scared of.  The most negative feeling you probably need to prepare yourself for is anger at the lack of support and help from services.  As openheart said, you get the diagnosis and then a very long silence.  Think of it this way, before, you had no name for why your son was the way he was and now there is a reason and it's no-one's fault.  He has an explanation that lets him know that.  I don't really know what benefit any meetings would have anyway.  Perhaps there is online information aimed at his age-group that he might read in his own time.

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