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nicw3

Evening everybody. My name is nic and im a single mum to 3 fabulous children. I will try and keep this as short as poss. For some time I have noticed my sons behaviour as being unusual. This is the part where I wont bore you all for the past 5 years ive tried to get school and gps on bored. Anyway since nov last year things have dramatically and rapidly declined. After several exclusions from school, gp visits my 10 year old son tried to strangle himself when he was admitted to hospital we finally saw a camhs dr!!!!! In may the camhs dr said he believes my son has some sort of a s d and it could be aspergers. My  son suffers from extremely angry aggressive and violent outbursts. Today I have found out that school will not take him back in September and he has been refered to a pru! I asked the question today of hes getting support but where do i get support from?? How do I protect myself and my other 2 children from these outburts of violence?? How do I explain to my son hes not going back to his normal school in sept?? Whilst im awaiting camhs and a possible diagnosis which will take 7 months, how do we get support at home?? Feel ive been dropped with a big bombshell and no support. Please can anyone advise or chat to me?? Also I work part time and don't know my legal rights for time off to support my son? Thanks

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  • There may be a parents group in your area, either an independent or a branch of NAS. They function for parents of autistic children, and provide resources and advice, and opportunities to meet and chat to other parents. They also provide training courses on how to cope.

    NAS website Home and Community pages have a little pink map of Britain in one corner, where you can search for services in your area. Its not perfect as it sometimes comes up with long lists starting London when you've asked for Truro or Cromarty, but if you patiently scan down the lists you can usually find someting.

    Alternatively search autism support in your town or county on Google.

    The only downside of parents groups is they all talk agitatedly about living with autistic kids - you can get desperate for an uncomplicated chat about knittting or flower arranging.

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  • There may be a parents group in your area, either an independent or a branch of NAS. They function for parents of autistic children, and provide resources and advice, and opportunities to meet and chat to other parents. They also provide training courses on how to cope.

    NAS website Home and Community pages have a little pink map of Britain in one corner, where you can search for services in your area. Its not perfect as it sometimes comes up with long lists starting London when you've asked for Truro or Cromarty, but if you patiently scan down the lists you can usually find someting.

    Alternatively search autism support in your town or county on Google.

    The only downside of parents groups is they all talk agitatedly about living with autistic kids - you can get desperate for an uncomplicated chat about knittting or flower arranging.

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