Published on 12, July, 2020
Morning everyone,
I am a mum to a ASD boy who is 4 1/2. He was diagnosed at 3 due to his severely delayed communication and play skills. Since the diagnosis his communication had developed slowly: noun labelling; noun and adjective; some use of verbs (he recognises them more than he uses them). His ability to make requests is also progressing through the use of pecs cards and a request board.
I am finding his behaviour very difficult at the moment as I think as his requests have become demands! This leads to him launching himself into massive tantrums if he doesn't get his own way immediately... These have come as a huge shock to the system as he was always a very easy-going placid child. I feel like my nerves are on edge all the time and that he could erupt at any second.
Hace a lovely (peaceful - lol) Sunday everyone. I'd love to hear from other parents.
Hi Angelwings,
Thanks for your reply. Hope you're not finding the assessments process too stressful.
My son has speech therapy once a month and is currently at a nursery with specialist provision for ASD kids.
In terms of his tantrums, we have just had our first public major meltdown: kicking, screaming, flopping to the floor, screaming louder... It went on and on and on. What set him off was not getting his own way - he wanted to stay looking at the church clock and I (after 15 minutes) tried to get him to actually enter the park (evil mummy!). I think I need some strategies in place before our next visit to that particular park!