hi all, my name is tracey and i am a mother to 6 children. my youngest 2 children are still living at home, they are nat who is 19 and dion who is 14. my son dion has downs syndrome and was diagnosed 3 years ago asd, i had been battling for 6 years for his diagnosis. dion has hardly any speech but uses makaton quite well, he has severe developmental delay. dion has always been the kindest of children, cuddly and friendly, does as he is told and a real star in our lives....but then....5 weeks ago there was a minor incident at school during changing in p.e lesson, the incident snowballed and as the school said "there were errors in the handling of the incident" the end result being the restraint of my son. since this day our whole life has changed and my son has changed also. he is anxious and nervous and has had a few more meltdowns. last night the lady that looks after him 2 nights a month phoned as he was having a meltdown, she admitted fueling the situation by shouting at him and then crying. i feel like just keeping my son with me all the time, am i the only person that can see the early warning signs? i have told these professsionals triggers, things that calm dion quickly etc but they just do there own thing. i can see us becoming isolated from the world as these different parts of his life are falling apart. could do with some advice from those that really understand, you parents out there that reallyunderstand...
