Hi My little boy is just 5 years old . He has recently been diagnosed with austism mainly because of this speech and understanding which is very delayed . He also changes his obsessions the current one s dinosaurs . What happens after diagnosis ?? the pedeatrician said he wld write to school , is there anything else i should be doing . anyone else have a child with similar problems ?? xx thank u
Hi
Ive only been on here a few times myself, but have a son who in may was diagnoised
With Autisum high functioning. He is also 5, he'll be 6 in october. He has just started year 1 in mainstream school.
Following our diagnosis i was also quite lost, im starting to find my way now, our dr gave us supoort groups etc, one of which i am doing a course with. And the support groups also this fourm just give u people to talk to that is or has been thro same thing.
We also got a regular play theripist thro a team called 'jigsaw' ( probley different in your area) she comes once a week and encourages positive play, and i also have a 20 month old son and they fight all the time :-( my eldest does n't understand hes a baby and has no empthy for hitting him etc.
My son also is delayed in speech and language, he also speaks totally out of context, and has a lot of echolia. he also has a stutter which he deals with by leaving the room work out what he wants to say then he retns and gets it all out.
His stutter is worse when excited or upset.
A bit like what crystal above said my son wants to talk on his terms, do everything on hi terms, and when u try to explain or just talk he cannot handle it, he is the centre of his universe! he cannot have a 2 way flowing conversation.
He 2 has a long lasting obsession 'starwars' bless him.
School....... Where to start.
Before he started reception before diagnosis we kn some thing was up and so did his preschool, as he doesnt want to be with other children.
The same has continued thro school and the same now at begg of year 1, he will say hello if prompted (almost robitic) to orher children and had become with help from teachers quite happy to do group tasks in class. But before school, in the play ground and after school he just wondere's around on his own 'getting breeze'
To be honest i get upset but i shouldn't he is still young enough to get away with spinning on own etc but he is happy, he loves school, cant wait to go everyday, is a teachers pet and wants to be alone at play time!!
I am just being realistic and keeping a local autistic school in mind, incase he continues to want to be alone etc but the gap between him and peers becomes so big he is alomst a target. Then i wont hesitte to move him.
He likes to know whats happening next, we use a visual timetable at home.
His emotions are way off the mark, he gets soooooo emotional absolute breakdowns when i tell him off. And he has meltdowns but they are not violent ( they was at about 4 years old for about 6 months punching pushing etc but they stoped) its just v emotional and loud and takes a while to calm down.
One thing ill mention dont want to ramble to much lol is bed time his 'brain' does complete overtime and he worries about everything, topics at school , easter story, spiders in other countries etc also films he thinks about beasts, but mainly he just cannot switch off at night i now have a technique i use from his play theripist that sends him off its taken 3 months but its working and he falls asleep.
Hope ive helped and not just rambled. I just kn that he see's thing differently to te rest of us and i try to undertand and make adjustments to reduce his anxity.
But get support its a must for you all .
Stacey xxx
Hi
Ive only been on here a few times myself, but have a son who in may was diagnoised
With Autisum high functioning. He is also 5, he'll be 6 in october. He has just started year 1 in mainstream school.
Following our diagnosis i was also quite lost, im starting to find my way now, our dr gave us supoort groups etc, one of which i am doing a course with. And the support groups also this fourm just give u people to talk to that is or has been thro same thing.
We also got a regular play theripist thro a team called 'jigsaw' ( probley different in your area) she comes once a week and encourages positive play, and i also have a 20 month old son and they fight all the time :-( my eldest does n't understand hes a baby and has no empthy for hitting him etc.
My son also is delayed in speech and language, he also speaks totally out of context, and has a lot of echolia. he also has a stutter which he deals with by leaving the room work out what he wants to say then he retns and gets it all out.
His stutter is worse when excited or upset.
A bit like what crystal above said my son wants to talk on his terms, do everything on hi terms, and when u try to explain or just talk he cannot handle it, he is the centre of his universe! he cannot have a 2 way flowing conversation.
He 2 has a long lasting obsession 'starwars' bless him.
School....... Where to start.
Before he started reception before diagnosis we kn some thing was up and so did his preschool, as he doesnt want to be with other children.
The same has continued thro school and the same now at begg of year 1, he will say hello if prompted (almost robitic) to orher children and had become with help from teachers quite happy to do group tasks in class. But before school, in the play ground and after school he just wondere's around on his own 'getting breeze'
To be honest i get upset but i shouldn't he is still young enough to get away with spinning on own etc but he is happy, he loves school, cant wait to go everyday, is a teachers pet and wants to be alone at play time!!
I am just being realistic and keeping a local autistic school in mind, incase he continues to want to be alone etc but the gap between him and peers becomes so big he is alomst a target. Then i wont hesitte to move him.
He likes to know whats happening next, we use a visual timetable at home.
His emotions are way off the mark, he gets soooooo emotional absolute breakdowns when i tell him off. And he has meltdowns but they are not violent ( they was at about 4 years old for about 6 months punching pushing etc but they stoped) its just v emotional and loud and takes a while to calm down.
One thing ill mention dont want to ramble to much lol is bed time his 'brain' does complete overtime and he worries about everything, topics at school , easter story, spiders in other countries etc also films he thinks about beasts, but mainly he just cannot switch off at night i now have a technique i use from his play theripist that sends him off its taken 3 months but its working and he falls asleep.
Hope ive helped and not just rambled. I just kn that he see's thing differently to te rest of us and i try to undertand and make adjustments to reduce his anxity.
But get support its a must for you all .
Stacey xxx
