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Moving from Germany to the UK

Lostfather

Hi all,

I will start off by saying that I'm autistic and so is my 3½-year-old son. My son has just received the official autism diagnosis, which indicates moderate to severe symptoms of autism. Please note, this is early-age autism and he will have another assessment when he is 5 or 6.

My wife and I are planning to move back to the UK so that my wife is closer to her family, which has now caused a bit of worry for me. For the past year or so, we have had many arguments about which country is better for our son as my wife believes the UK provides better support for children with autism. I have no experience with the education system in the UK, and I didn't attend school in either the UK or Germany, only university. So, I need to understand which country is better for my son.

My source of information is primarily based on things I've read and heard.

I need to understand things better, because I don't want my son to grow up without proper support like I did.

Parents

  • Hi.

    Did you decide to move in the end? We are considering returning from Sweden. My daughter is 18 now and we are struggling here. It would be nice to not struggle with a second language too!

  • in reply to PrettyPurpleDaisy

    Hi, 

    We are still thinking about it. Looking at job market and housing cost in the UK makes it very difficult to justify the move.

    I might be totally wrong here, but I have had a few discussions with professionals over the past few weeks that are based in the UK. Many of them said that we will have the right to services, but realistically will have issues accessing them. Reached out to a few parents too, and heard the same thing. 

    At the end of the day, it is a postcode lottery, how many resources the local NHS has and the quality of the personal. 

    However, since I posted, our son has achieved a lot in the past 5 months: regular speech in German and English, playing with the different toys for hours, interacting with others, made friends, imaginative play, roleplaying, etc. This is mainly due to the support we received in Germany. 

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  • in reply to PrettyPurpleDaisy

    Hi, 

    We are still thinking about it. Looking at job market and housing cost in the UK makes it very difficult to justify the move.

    I might be totally wrong here, but I have had a few discussions with professionals over the past few weeks that are based in the UK. Many of them said that we will have the right to services, but realistically will have issues accessing them. Reached out to a few parents too, and heard the same thing. 

    At the end of the day, it is a postcode lottery, how many resources the local NHS has and the quality of the personal. 

    However, since I posted, our son has achieved a lot in the past 5 months: regular speech in German and English, playing with the different toys for hours, interacting with others, made friends, imaginative play, roleplaying, etc. This is mainly due to the support we received in Germany. 

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