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hello, very new to this and after advice! i think my step son may have aspergers and have no idea where to start to seek help! he is 12 and at secondry school. his primary school contacted us and did an assesment but nothing was ever followed up and im worried he isnt coping very well in secondary. he doesnt tell me or anyone how he is feeling, school has said they have seen him upset but he couldnt say why he was upset. he doesnt want to do anything other than play computer games and never goes out. he can get over emotional and get angry and lash out if getting told off. he needs to be told to calm down quite a lot when he gets totally involved in his gaming. would his school have a system in place to assess him? i have contacted them but waiting for them to get back to me.

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  • I am not sure if this is in the right place. I am really desprate for some advise. I would just like to say hi. I am a mother of 3 My 2 son's have been diagnosed with dyslexia. I suspect they have aspergers, several people have suggested this to me. My eldest son is 13 years old, has speech problems, does not understand facial expression, sense of humour, he is in his 2nd year of a social group with a speech therapist, akward in social situations. he is unable to tell you what some one is going to do eg if someone is about to hit you. He struggles when to know if some one is joking, he takes things literally, emotionally he will burst into tears for no reason & can't explain why or explain why he is feeling any other emotion. My younger son is almost 12 years old, he is very similar except where my eldest son burst's into tears he looses his temper but does'nt always know why he is angry, in p1 - 3 he would hide under tables or in cupboards at school when he couldn't deal with something, he has no sense of personal space, he doesn't know when enough is enough, he also has sequencing problems. Is it worth having assessed for aspergers? is the behaviours i have meantioned even aspergers? advice from other parents in a similar position would be appreciated.Thank you. x

  • The school don't do an ASC assessment, that would be either CAMHS or a specialist autism assessment centre or a child development centre.  You need to go to your GP and request referral for ASC assessment.