Published on 12, July, 2020
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Hi everyone. Have only been able to get onto the forum today but very happy I am able to! Been waiting ages to be able to use it!
I am married mum of 4 children, ranging from 11months to 7years old. Our eldest son, who is 5, was diagnosed in June 2010 (Budget Day to be precise) with Childhood Autism. A big sigh of relief came from the diagnosis as we had suspected it for years and had even asked his private nursery who dismissed it.
Our son is high functioning and very intelligent. He is excelling in Maths specifically and he is obsessed with numbers. The teachers have recognised this and are given him harder work than the rest class. He also has speech problems and yet is very good with his phonics (shocked me by reading the words shop and fish the other day). So far he is coping with mainstream school and we have been told it is highly unlikely he will get a statement but have been told about a fantastic high school he can attend when the time comes that he will not need a statement for and will more than accomadate his needs.
His brothers and his sister love him very much and accept his diagnosis as that is the boy they have always known. Daily life can be very stressful as we never know what might set him off, but it is totally worth it as he is a very special boy!