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NAS65948
over 4 years ago

Hi, I'm new to this so forgive me if it's already been discussed. 

My son is 3 and only got diagnosed with autism in November 2019 and is non verbal at the moment, he attends nursery 5 mornings 8-11am so that he can socialise with kids his ages. From an early age he was always at play groups and what not but never really liked other kids much he preferred to play on his own. 

It just got me thinking that would he benefit from having a sibling? He gets quite protective of me and when ever I'm holding one of my friends babies he hates it and tries to hit the baby or pull at the baby to get it away from me. I'm just thinking that if I was ever to have another baby if he would cope with it for one, and if it would actually be beneficial for him.

If anyone has had similar thoughts and went through with it, can you please help, what was the outcome and any info you could provide would be great. 

Thanks in advance. 

Sinead

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  • over 4 years ago

    Hi Sinead,

    You may like to contact our Parent to Parent service who offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. 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. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx

    I hope this helps!

    Kind regards,


    Dani Mod

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  • over 4 years ago

    Hi Sinead,

    You may like to contact our Parent to Parent service who offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. 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. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx

    I hope this helps!

    Kind regards,


    Dani Mod

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