"He doesn't act autistic"

My Husband and son are both really good at masking. I have been told before by teachers that my son is fine, its just his age and told that compared to other special needs children in the same class he is fine as they are 'clearly much more autistic than him'!!! aahhggg! it makes me so frustrated. My son is 8 at the moment but i am dreading when he goes to senior school (high school?), as it was around that age that my husband started to be labeled as a trouble maker etc, no one even noticed there was anything wrong untill i met him and made him go for a diagnosis when he was 31. Luckily because of this we were aware of the signs and my son has had a diagnosis now, but people are still ignorant, even teachers, who still frequently tell me that he isn't that bad!! I think you just have to learn to ignore most of what other people say, because they are not specialists in the field and they do not know your child like you do or how hard he works to appear like everyone else.

My Husband and son are both really good at masking. I have been told before by teachers that my son is fine, its just his age and told that compared to other special needs children in the same class he is fine as they are 'clearly much more autistic than him'!!! aahhggg! it makes me so frustrated. My son is 8 at the moment but i am dreading when he goes to senior school (high school?), as it was around that age that my husband started to be labeled as a trouble maker etc, no one even noticed there was anything wrong untill i met him and made him go for a diagnosis when he was 31. Luckily because of this we were aware of the signs and my son has had a diagnosis now, but people are still ignorant, even teachers, who still frequently tell me that he isn't that bad!! I think you just have to learn to ignore most of what other people say, because they are not specialists in the field and they do not know your child like you do or how hard he works to appear like everyone else.

My son is 9 and to me and my husband we are starting to think he stands out more because of his unusual behaviour and how he is getting so tall. He went back to school into year five with a cuddly cat for extra support.