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How to tell my child!!!!

NAS66126

Hi everyone my son was diagnosed yesterday and I was told about some information books that can help us as parents and also for my son to help explain what autism is. Has anyone on here got any recommendations especially for my son please? 

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  • Hi NAS66126,

    We have some resources here on the NAS site that it sounds like would be helpful for you. In particular you might want to look at the 'After your child's diagnosis' section - https://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/children/recently-diagnosed.aspx - which details financial, social and educational support that is available as a parent of a child with ASD, and has a section on how to talk to your child about their diagnosis, with some links to NAS materials and recommended books to look at as well. If you would like more direct support, at the bottom of the page linked you can find the information for the NAS Helpline and Family Support Services as well.

    Hope this will provide some help,
    Ross - mod

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  • Hi NAS66126,

    We have some resources here on the NAS site that it sounds like would be helpful for you. In particular you might want to look at the 'After your child's diagnosis' section - https://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/children/recently-diagnosed.aspx - which details financial, social and educational support that is available as a parent of a child with ASD, and has a section on how to talk to your child about their diagnosis, with some links to NAS materials and recommended books to look at as well. If you would like more direct support, at the bottom of the page linked you can find the information for the NAS Helpline and Family Support Services as well.

    Hope this will provide some help,
    Ross - mod

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