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newly diagnosed

mikwar

Good afternoon everyone. 

After almost 2 years of pushing and pushing with letters, phone calls and everything else....we have just had the diagnosis that our 3 year old son has autism. 

It isn't severe but it is obvsiously still a concern and a shock to the system. We're waiting to hear from the local Autism Outreach team with the next steps.

I was just wondering what sort of advice anybody can give us in the meantime of how to deal with it because we don't really know what to expect now going forward such as the best school, how to discipline, is he being naughty or is it condition, should we have groundrules, can we expect family who do a lot of our childcare to understand, should we give him more time in nursery than what he currently has.

Also, my main issue is when Olly is acting up in public- I feel like I need to explain to people what is wrong, do other parents feel like that or do I just keep quiet?

I know I should probably wait until the professionals have been in touch but who knows that long will take and my wife and I are understable upset and worried.

many thanks

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  • How can you tell if your child is high functioning? My daughter is 30months, she says a lot of words, probably less than a child not on the spectrum but doesn't speak in sentences yet. She is affectionate, makes good eye contact is engaged with adults though not so much with kids. Quite well behaved but has her moments like any other child. She has her stims, (sometimes shakes her head a lot, sometimes rubs different surfaces, sometimecrawls on the floor). 

    Would this be high functioning?

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  • How can you tell if your child is high functioning? My daughter is 30months, she says a lot of words, probably less than a child not on the spectrum but doesn't speak in sentences yet. She is affectionate, makes good eye contact is engaged with adults though not so much with kids. Quite well behaved but has her moments like any other child. She has her stims, (sometimes shakes her head a lot, sometimes rubs different surfaces, sometimecrawls on the floor). 

    Would this be high functioning?

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