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IS IT ASD?

bastet
Hi everyone

Please can someone advise.  My younger son is 5 and I got him diagnosed with ASD with speech and communicaiton problems last August.  I them manged to get him into a really good special needs school for children with autism and other learning difficulties within the ASD area.  I have a 10 year old with cerebral palsy ASD, and severe learning difficulties and husband walked last September and now am divorced.

I have seen the other 4 little boys in my sons class with ASD and they are totally different to him, they are calmer but obviously are ASD.  I have a really bad feeling that he is hyperactive as well.  He cannot sit still, concentration poor, he fidgets when he is sat down, he is aggressive at times, if you tell him off it goes in one ear and out the other he is constantly on the go the only thing that is positive is that he goes to bed at 7pm sleeps till 530am or maybe 6am which I know is good, but he just doesn't no where to put all this energy.  I have all the strategies in place, behavioural management and visual times tables, now and next, but nothing is working.

I realise that with the summer holidays all our children are anxious because they are out of routine, but its more then that it is really bad and I can't split myself in two for my other son.

Their father has no contact and has left me to get on with it.  I get maximum respite for my eldest son and 8 hours amonth for the youngest plus 4 hours in this 6 week period.

Is this ASD or are my insticts telling me right?

 

  • Hi,

    My 5-yr-old (AS) is also hyperactive, fidgety and impulsive, and is particularly so when anxious or stressed or isn't interested in an activity. He also displayed this very clearly at his diagnosis! He finds it hard to sit still, e.g. at meal times, and he has problems at school with the likes of assembly and carpet time (though this has improved as he has got used to the routines and teachers have been a bit more understanding and accommodating). Also similar to your son in being aggressive, or at least very physical, at times, and in getting him to listen. He too sleeps a good 10-11 hours but can take a very long time to settle and can be moving around his bedroom, as if he is unable to stop and stay still.

    All the best.

  • Hi,

    When my son was 6 we got two nights a month at the local respite unit. That was increased to 3 nights a month when he was 9. He then got 8 hours a week Direct Payments. During the summer holidays he goes to a complex needs summer playscheme 3 days a week for 4 weeks.

    I know that it aries accross each authority but you do not appear to get much support

    Keep calling

  • Everyone on the Autistic Spectrum is different.

    Some are hyperactive, some are not. Some are loud, some quiet. Some you can't shut up, some barely say a word.

    And so on, and so on.

    For almost every behavioural trait you can think of you will find people on the spectrum that both have and don't have that trait.

  • Hello

    Thank you for replying, so the constant "on the go" is all part of the ASD then and not added symptons. 

    If you don't mind me asking, what sort of support do you get?  I get 8 hours a month Community Support Worker and only in this summer holiday will I get an extra 4 hours a week on top.

    My social worker who cares for both of my sons says that is all I will get and that her boss won't sanction any more at this stage.

    Do you have any advice as to what more I could do?

    thanks again

  • Hi

    Yes I think it is, my son is also very lively!! He spends most of his time on his trampoline bouncing for hours. Your support from children's services is very poor I would demand some more help! I am very fortunate and get a high level of support (My husband also cleared off!!!) and I find it much easier with more support. Ring them up and ask them what they can provide. I hope they are more sympathetic.