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Good Evening everyone,

I have recently been at the GP with my 3 n 1/2 year old son. The GP has said he believe my son to be on the spectrum, leaving me to enter into a new world completely blind.

This has come about because my son physically attacks me and has soo much aggression towards me but at the same time can be soo clingy and loving. It gets very confusing as to why he does this when there is no obvious reason for his actions. Since the GP tol me this I have researched alot and my son is getting alot worse day by day and i am really struggling as a single mum with limited support. I feel my son is changing far too quick and any stratagy i try is just infuriating him more.

I completed a criteria checklist for PDA a my son scored 66 which is extremely high at this point. I am alone in this at the moment as the GP has tried to get CAMHS to see him but they refused despite te fact the GP said my son is the worse he has seen in his entire career for aggression towards me for no apparent reason. 

Anyway I have rambled enough now I just dont know what to feel, how i should be parenting him or literally anything now I just feel so helpless for my little one as he must feel so mixed up in his own young mind.

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  • Hi my son is 3 years 3 months and I am having the same problems. He got a diagnosis at age of 2 but since turned 3 his behaviour and everything has got worse. I constantly get pinched all the time and bitten, kicked everything really. He arm flaps and high pitched screeches when he is exciting (it's so loud it gets everyone's attention and is becoming a bit of an issue) constant melt downs and we can't work out why. I have attended a few courses such as sensory and more than words but am still waiting for a behaviour specialist to get in contact. He goes pre school every morning and has a 1 to 1 teacher and on a wed morning he attends a specialist nursery called tracks which is for autistic children. I have no communication or understanding apart from screaming really and take me to a room! just wanted to share my experience. 

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  • Hi my son is 3 years 3 months and I am having the same problems. He got a diagnosis at age of 2 but since turned 3 his behaviour and everything has got worse. I constantly get pinched all the time and bitten, kicked everything really. He arm flaps and high pitched screeches when he is exciting (it's so loud it gets everyone's attention and is becoming a bit of an issue) constant melt downs and we can't work out why. I have attended a few courses such as sensory and more than words but am still waiting for a behaviour specialist to get in contact. He goes pre school every morning and has a 1 to 1 teacher and on a wed morning he attends a specialist nursery called tracks which is for autistic children. I have no communication or understanding apart from screaming really and take me to a room! just wanted to share my experience. 

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