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Melliemoo

Good evening! I am new to the forum, my 8 yr old has recently been diagnosed with ASD, I am shell shocked as I have been saying this for so long and have recently gain a massive ammount of support from school... just because the senco has got to know him and his CT was new to the school in september. 

  • Hi Misskittykat (love the user name!)

    I have suspected this for a while but when I first approached school 3 years ago, the Paedatrician was there, the senco was fairly new to the school and the Level 4 TA said she had worked with dozens of children on the spectrum and my son wasnt on the sprectrum so I came away feel very much unsupported etc.

    I knew something wasnt right, I am a TA myself... My son has seen his consultant paedadrician since birth, due to health problems etc, so she knew him, and for a while put his behaviour etc down to him being developmentally immature, more recently (feb) she has agreed to look into diagnosis as she has seen him, regularly. She intially was going to diagnosis ADD and DCD, we agreed school and her need to meet again, which was arranged for last week.  I have been having regular meetings for about a year now. School have never committed themselves until an incident with a teacher where he was "manhandled" (But thats another story), and I mentioned what the CP had said about ADD DCD and she pretty much said, they were the least of his problems and in her opinion he was on the spectrum (No sh#t sherlock!!)

    Well at the meeting the class teacher (was pushing for PDA) the senco and the home/school support worker were all brilliant, providing oodles of evidence and examples to support a, ASD diagnosis. 

    We discussed the triad of impairment and it was overwhelmingly obvious, without even any home input that he has ASD. We all agreed to her proposal of an immediate diagnosis, and that was that!

    CP said she would put it all in writing. But my next question is what happens now? 

    Will he get any additional support? Should he have an IEP therefore be on school action? He is terribly difficult to keep on task, he demands a lot of adult attention and has major meltdowns, resulting in a big temper.

    Thanks x

  • hi.  i don't know for sure if i have this.

    but reading things, i feel i do.

    i do and always have found life so heard. i always feel diffarent, on the outside looking in.

    i find life and dealing with people so heard, i always have all my linf.

    But i don't really know how to find out, don't know if the doctor will take me for real or that i'm being silly.

    is there some test i can take to find out?

  • Oh Dear I think I have posted the above in the wrong place, I do apologise.  I haven't learnt my way around yet. I am so sorry. put it down to my age.  Yell  

  • Good evening. I am new to this site, and my question is how we deal our grandson 25 who has Aspergers and has an addiction to scratch cards and internet gambling sites. Apparently no amount of talking to him makes any differnce. His mum thinks she has sorted it out for him and just continues. His mum is at the end of her tether, as she struggles to make ends meet. He realises that he mustn't do this, but obviously its an addiction, and I do realize that he is not going to be able to do this just like that. His mother has never had any help (to my knowledge) or advise or any support of anykind in regard to her son. (Until he was 20 years old,) when he used to get very distressed around people and would shout to people in the street if they were looking at him. (That is only one example.  BUT at the moment the overriding problem at the moment is the gambling.    Sorry I am rambling.  

  • Hi Melliemoo

    Its good to hear that you are getting support from the school.  There are some good teachers about.  

    Were you expecting the diagnosis?  My daughter was diagnosed late (at 13) but I'd known for a good few years so I was relieved to get her diagnosis.