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everso

Hello there

I'm mum to four young boys, the eldest (8) has mild aspergers, our next-in-line (6) has traits of aspergers and one of our youngest (4) has a more severe form of aspergers and consequently receives DLA and NHS speech therapy support.  He has just completed his "early bird intervention" course with Autism Outreach.  We won't know about our youngest (2) until he is a little bit older and the symptoms might/might not fully present themselves.

We homeschool all 4 boys, with the support of the local authority homeschooling dept. and Autism Outreach - but in the early days, before the diagnosis and all the ensuing help - I was grateful for forums like this one, and the autism blogs out there, for advice and encouragement.

Looking forward to meeting with other families dealing with autism Smile

-everso

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  • You're right, it is very odd.  And despite the fact that it was on record from our first ever meeting with the LA that my children were ahead of their schooled peers and I was providing an "outstanding" education (which was very well documented too) I still got this stupid reaction from a GP who had no clue and clearly thought it preferable to panic and assume without checking anything out.  Some people just shouldn't be in the jobs they are in.  And we are still suffering the repercussions of his very ill-judged actions to this day, causing a lot of stress to the whole family.  The problem is, one professional decides an opinion and passes it on to other professionals and they automatically believe it without question.  It goes on records left, right and centre, without your knowledge.  Until someone makes you wake up to what they are like and you get copies of your records and see what lies and unsubstantiated rubbish they have been recording about you and your children.  These are people who are supposed to be autism aware and are not, judge by neurotypical standards and make their moves based on those misjudgements.

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  • You're right, it is very odd.  And despite the fact that it was on record from our first ever meeting with the LA that my children were ahead of their schooled peers and I was providing an "outstanding" education (which was very well documented too) I still got this stupid reaction from a GP who had no clue and clearly thought it preferable to panic and assume without checking anything out.  Some people just shouldn't be in the jobs they are in.  And we are still suffering the repercussions of his very ill-judged actions to this day, causing a lot of stress to the whole family.  The problem is, one professional decides an opinion and passes it on to other professionals and they automatically believe it without question.  It goes on records left, right and centre, without your knowledge.  Until someone makes you wake up to what they are like and you get copies of your records and see what lies and unsubstantiated rubbish they have been recording about you and your children.  These are people who are supposed to be autism aware and are not, judge by neurotypical standards and make their moves based on those misjudgements.

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