Published on 12, July, 2020
We were woken at five this morning by our 9 year old son screaming in pain saying his tummy hurt. Its so difficult as he would do this over a paper cut. We have him Nurofen and Calpol and he seems fine now. It is so difficult to judge with him exactly how ill he is.
Last week he was lying down on the floor church (this is something he does a lot anyway so we thought nothing of it) when we got home he said he didn't want lunch but we thought this was because he wanted to play on his computer. We took him out to a charity open garden, it was a 40 min drive and he was lying on the back seat (again he does this a lot) when we got there we paid a tenner on entry,, parked the car and he threw up so we drove home.
He doesn't seem to have the language to tell us he is not well and or describe intensity. Two extremes being v vocal versus not saying anything.
Does anyone else's child do this ? Any tips ?
Hey raindrops and roses,
You may find our Parent to Parent service helpful. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism. You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Or alternatively you can use contact the team via web form:
https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx
Hope this helps,
SteveMod
Thank you.
I have tried ringing both this and the other helpline but after forty minutes on hold each time I gave up. I will try the website.