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Steve

I'm hoping we have some seasoned supporters here. We have just received formal diagnosis of our 14 Year old son, who has both ASD and ADHD and wondered if any parents and/ or carers could offer some early advice on next steps? I appreciate it. 

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  • My younger brother was diagnosed at 14 with ASD and definitely has some ADHD traits.

    The big thing for us was making sure the school support was in place, and that he began to get used to using the things he needed help with (leaving class for safe space when overwhelmed rather than holding it in and having later for example).

    School was sufficiently convinced he was autistic that a lot of that started before the official diagnosis, but he took some getting used to it and working out what coping skills worked for him.

    So in total, trying to figure out what the difficult bits are the main challenges, and then starting to workout what might help and get the support put in place? It may take your son a bit of time to understand, and realise what bits are possibly due to with autism.

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  • My younger brother was diagnosed at 14 with ASD and definitely has some ADHD traits.

    The big thing for us was making sure the school support was in place, and that he began to get used to using the things he needed help with (leaving class for safe space when overwhelmed rather than holding it in and having later for example).

    School was sufficiently convinced he was autistic that a lot of that started before the official diagnosis, but he took some getting used to it and working out what coping skills worked for him.

    So in total, trying to figure out what the difficult bits are the main challenges, and then starting to workout what might help and get the support put in place? It may take your son a bit of time to understand, and realise what bits are possibly due to with autism.

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