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My 2 year old son has autism

happymum

Hi

I am a 41 year old mother to my daughter who is 21 and son who is 2. My son has autism. I am so afraid for his future, i read lots and lots of information on how i can help him. I totally stressed out because i dont know what to do for the best. How will my son develop. I have some understanding about autism, my son says one or 2 words occasionaly but not much eye contact, he plays in his own little world. Im worried he doesnt even know im around.

Can anyone talk to me about positive experiences and the best stratagy to help my son. I cant eat, sleep, or think clearly.

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  • Thats great to know.Im so scared of putting my son in nursery as he has no form of communication other than pulling me to different areas/ things that he wants by the hand. If he cannot have something he just has a terrible tantrum, however he is accepting the word no much more. My son also hates different textures and realy cringes as play do, but he's not too bad with paint, and mud.

    I am waiting on his support interventions to begin. I would be prepared to pay for private speech therapy since we are unable to recieve this under the regulations of our council until my son is 3 years old. so a whole year away, my heart breaks for him. I will look into some nurseries, however many nurseries do not cater very well for children with additional needs and so was hoping that his early support adviser will help stir me in the right direction, when this finally begins.

    I too play taking turn games, 2 simple choices ect, but my son does not have any attention span or eye contact so needless to say, a lot of my efforts are not being internalised, but i will never give up trying.

    Its also comforting to know that i am not alone and there are other mothers out there who are experiencing the same challenges as me and my son, so thank you for your support and words of encouragement.

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  • Thats great to know.Im so scared of putting my son in nursery as he has no form of communication other than pulling me to different areas/ things that he wants by the hand. If he cannot have something he just has a terrible tantrum, however he is accepting the word no much more. My son also hates different textures and realy cringes as play do, but he's not too bad with paint, and mud.

    I am waiting on his support interventions to begin. I would be prepared to pay for private speech therapy since we are unable to recieve this under the regulations of our council until my son is 3 years old. so a whole year away, my heart breaks for him. I will look into some nurseries, however many nurseries do not cater very well for children with additional needs and so was hoping that his early support adviser will help stir me in the right direction, when this finally begins.

    I too play taking turn games, 2 simple choices ect, but my son does not have any attention span or eye contact so needless to say, a lot of my efforts are not being internalised, but i will never give up trying.

    Its also comforting to know that i am not alone and there are other mothers out there who are experiencing the same challenges as me and my son, so thank you for your support and words of encouragement.

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