Hello ! Mum of newly diagnosed 22 year old here !

Hi and welcome to the community! 

I'll share below the same information that I'd normally share for someone with a recent diagnosis. On which note, perhaps your son might also like to consider joining the community? He can be sure of a warm welcome from us, if he does  

The NAS has a great set of articles focused on "after diagnosis", including one covering how he might feel during the subsequent days / weeks / months, and others covering the kinds of support that he can access. You might both find them helpful as a starting point:

NAS - How will I feel after receiving an autism diagnosis - includes perspectives from other autistic people

NAS - Other advice covering post-diagnosis - including:

• Talking about and disclosing your autism diagnosis
• Emotional support for family members after a diagnosis
• Formal support following an autism diagnosis
• What can I do if formal support is not offered or is not enough

More generally, the NAS has a host of other great articles - accessed via Advice and guidance.

Therapy or counselling are often recommended after a diagnosis, as a follow up action for our GPs to arrange. If your son prefers, and depending on where you live in the UK, he might instead be able to self refer for talking therapy on the NHS. 

Before arranging anything, you might both find it helpful to borrow or buy this book, which includes discussion of various types of therapy and counselling, together with advice on choosing the right therapist or counsellor - all from an autistic person's viewpoint. Several of us here have found it very helpful:

The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy

Finally, I'll just mention a couple of books that I and others have found helpful early on in our post-diagnosis journeys:

Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask!

How to Be Autistic (free download currently available via this page)

Hi and welcome to the community! 

I'll share below the same information that I'd normally share for someone with a recent diagnosis. On which note, perhaps your son might also like to consider joining the community? He can be sure of a warm welcome from us, if he does  

The NAS has a great set of articles focused on "after diagnosis", including one covering how he might feel during the subsequent days / weeks / months, and others covering the kinds of support that he can access. You might both find them helpful as a starting point:

NAS - How will I feel after receiving an autism diagnosis - includes perspectives from other autistic people

NAS - Other advice covering post-diagnosis - including:

• Talking about and disclosing your autism diagnosis
• Emotional support for family members after a diagnosis
• Formal support following an autism diagnosis
• What can I do if formal support is not offered or is not enough

More generally, the NAS has a host of other great articles - accessed via Advice and guidance.

Therapy or counselling are often recommended after a diagnosis, as a follow up action for our GPs to arrange. If your son prefers, and depending on where you live in the UK, he might instead be able to self refer for talking therapy on the NHS. 

Before arranging anything, you might both find it helpful to borrow or buy this book, which includes discussion of various types of therapy and counselling, together with advice on choosing the right therapist or counsellor - all from an autistic person's viewpoint. Several of us here have found it very helpful:

The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy

Finally, I'll just mention a couple of books that I and others have found helpful early on in our post-diagnosis journeys:

Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask!

How to Be Autistic (free download currently available via this page)

Thankyou so much Bunny ! It was the Psychiatrist who diagnosed him who pointed us to this website so he is aware and I'll encourage it for sure ! Looking forward to learning as we travel this journey together ️