Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi I'm new to the forum, I have a 2 year old son who is currently on the waiting list for autism diagnosis. He's far behind in his development and isn't talking or interacting at all. Our health visitor came out to see us a few weeks ago and she informed us she thinks its possible for him to be autistic as he is showing a lot of autistic traits.
Myself and my husband don't know very much about autism and are feeling a little lost at the moment.
We don't know where to begin with learning about autism or helping our son. We feel very helpless at the moment and unsure of what we can do to help him.
is there anyone here who has been in a similar situation if so could you please get in contact with us we could really do with some advice.
thanks everyone :)
Supermarkets seem to be difficult for a few sufferers for some reason, it has come up in other threads. It may be something about the lighting or the number of people or the amount of things to look at.
Playgroups are liable to be simply unpleasant from an autistic point of view. Playgroups tend to be loud and busy environments that will overload an autistic child. Most children will thrive and learn social stuff at playgroup but an autistic child may just feel tortured. Also if you invite a lot of people to the house he may be overwhelmed - perhaps try and limit it to smaller numbers of visitors?
Getting diagnosed has been pretty good for me, I can suddenly begin to understand why I have struggled in lots of situations. It hasn't solved everything though but I get much less frustrated now. :-)