Hello I need advice

Hello my name is Sarah 

I have a two year old boy called Jonathan who is autistic he has not yet been statmented however i have been told he is by a sycoligist and peodtrition that he is

My ex the dad of my two children also had autism and could function fairly normal after my daughter was born his mum told him his daughter wasnt his and he became vilont towards not only be but my daughter awell

I could not go on in the situation any more as his mum continued to make the situation worse and when the stress of my son witnessing this got to much it would trigger his epilepsy and he would become protective and lash out so i made the dision to send him to his mothers and leave him 

This was met with mutipul assaults in front of the children and he even sexualy asaulted me on mutipul occasions I now have a new partner but i am on child protection because of the situation at the time 

My new partner in great with the children and you can see the diffrence in Jonathan he is more confident and comfortble in his surounding 

My ex has regular contact with the children and Jonathan is now attending nursry however because of the plan i am contantly bombarded by services coming to the house and meetings witch makes it imposible to get into a routien and Jonathan prefers to follow his own routine jumping from one thing to thing to the next thing of interest witch makes his behavior difficult when i have to take him away from whatever it is he is doing at the time 

Jonathan functions normaly on between 4 and 6 hours of sleep a night and no nap i would really like to have his room turned in to a sensory room/bedroom however im not sure how to go about this or where to fund it as am struggling finacaly and do not work if anyone can give me advice its much aprecated

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  • Melatonin is a hormone that everyone produces, it's not a sedative as such.  In autistic children that have sleep difficulties, either not enough is produced or the body doesn't process it properly.   My 8yo is on melatonin and has never had any side-effect and it has worked miracles as she would be screaming every night at bed-time with the stress of going to bed and not finding it easy to get to sleep.  They give a very low dose, 2-3mg.  Lack of sleep can be very detrimental to health.

    It's odd that SS put your children on the register because you suffered an accident?

    Your ex's mother may have an autistic spectrum condition herself.

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  • Melatonin is a hormone that everyone produces, it's not a sedative as such.  In autistic children that have sleep difficulties, either not enough is produced or the body doesn't process it properly.   My 8yo is on melatonin and has never had any side-effect and it has worked miracles as she would be screaming every night at bed-time with the stress of going to bed and not finding it easy to get to sleep.  They give a very low dose, 2-3mg.  Lack of sleep can be very detrimental to health.

    It's odd that SS put your children on the register because you suffered an accident?

    Your ex's mother may have an autistic spectrum condition herself.

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