Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
My 4 year old son has his first paediatric appointment on Wednesday with suspected asd. I have no idea what to expect! I know it varies depending on area but can anyone give us a clue what to expect? I’m a nervous wreck already, I so want him to get a diagnosis before he starts full time school in sept so he can access the help he requires. I would say he is high functioning or maybe more aspergers.... I don’t know, I just know that we all need help and support as a family to help him and to help us handle him! I don’t know where else to turn if he doesn’t get a diagnosis....
Hello, my 4 year old had his community peaditrician appointment last Thursday. Talked through our concerns and nursery concerns. She said she felt our child has High Functioning Autism and has put him on the waiting list for the Ados test which then gives you an official diagnosis. Down side is where I live (Lincolnshire) there is over a year wait for it. So my little chap will be in year 1 before that happens :Senco is working hard to get him support with his current semi diagnosis and try and get him an EHC in place to help with school.
Thanks for getting back to me, that’s good that your Senco is trying to get the support in place without an official diagnosis. My son is due to start I’m Reception in September... my concern was that nothing could be done without a diagnosis so this gives me hope. He is in nursery which is attached to the school at the moment and they have been brilliant with him I just hope this continues. It’s always such a long wait isn’t it, we were told back in feb that we would wait a year for this first appointment and it has come through quickly so hopefully the next stage will be the same. Can I ask what the Ados test is? I’m relatively new to all this!
No probs! It's very new to me too although my chap as always been a little quirky i never imagined being in this position. Yes reception in September for us too. The school is very big so it's such a worry. If I'm honest I had to Google the ados test but it puts them in a range of situations to look at the reaction and how they handle it in short. I'm not getting my hopes up with the Ehc as they get turned down quite a lot on first attempt with this kind of thing.
I've only joined this forum this evening. I'm on a couple of others but find it a bit overwhelming sometimes. It's good to talk to people who are going through things at a similar time!