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HELP !!!!!

Dawn

Hi, oh where to start ! Well my son is now 13 and was diagnosed with ADHD at about the age of seven, that being after i spent 4-5yrs fighting my GP to actually get a referral (incidently still waiting for that, had to take a diversion). Tom has been seing a phyciatrist ever since and currently takes Concerta xl and as thought was plodding along nicely. So to cut a long story short we went on tuesday for our 3 monthly appointment. The Dr told me that she has been seing Tom for a long time now and wasnt going to say anything as she didnt want him to have another "label" to deal with (he was also born with a hand deformity) anyway it seems she thinks he also has ASD and asked if i wanted her to begin getting a diagnosis. YES ! I had never heard of this before so came home and read up on it and to be honest deep down i know that its a case of WHEN and not If we get the results ! He is the same little boy i know and love so why do i feel like my whole world has caved in !! Im worried about what the future holds for him now ? Any advice would be good right now ! Thanks.

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  • Hi, its been a strange old week since i was told to be honest, the school, my good friend and my partner all instantly said that it "made sense". But strangest of all was shopping with Tom on Saturday we were strolling along chatting when we spotted a man out side a book shop having his photo taken, Tom looked at him and shouted freak to him !! i took him into a shop and took him to the corner and explaind (again) that it was rude to do this (all the time struggling to get him to look at me) and that next time he done this i was going to make him apologise to the person he had been rude to (talking to a stranger his idea of hell). After our chat i noticed the secrity gard was watching us so as usal apologised ! He just lookedat me and said ohhhh are you ok love does he have autism ? never bloody heard of asd till this week and now this ! To be honest though it made things more pleasant and less embarassing to jst say yes he has :-) x

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  • Hi, its been a strange old week since i was told to be honest, the school, my good friend and my partner all instantly said that it "made sense". But strangest of all was shopping with Tom on Saturday we were strolling along chatting when we spotted a man out side a book shop having his photo taken, Tom looked at him and shouted freak to him !! i took him into a shop and took him to the corner and explaind (again) that it was rude to do this (all the time struggling to get him to look at me) and that next time he done this i was going to make him apologise to the person he had been rude to (talking to a stranger his idea of hell). After our chat i noticed the secrity gard was watching us so as usal apologised ! He just lookedat me and said ohhhh are you ok love does he have autism ? never bloody heard of asd till this week and now this ! To be honest though it made things more pleasant and less embarassing to jst say yes he has :-) x

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