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My son has just been diagnosed with autism
Kellyf
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Hi I am a mum of 3 beauties. My eldest son 8 is in the process of being diagnosed with autism. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Some days i am at my witts end and would love to chat to other parents going through the same. xx
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Good Evening & Welcome it’s great to meet you today.
Here’s some info for you below:
https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/families-with-disabled-children
Please let me know if there’s anything that I can help you further with????
@steve51 ;
Hopefully our members will be in touch to offer some words of wisdom. For now, I'm tagging in @Coco2, @hjstewy, @Dianne12 and @PegsPendorf in case there's anything they'd like to share.
You may also be interested in our Ask An Autism and Asperger's Advisor category!
I am mum to an autistic girl (almost 7, diagnosed at 3) and we suspect our 11 year old son is also on the spectrum, although no diagnosis as yet. It's quite bewildering at first, isn't it? I like to call it 'diagnosed and dumped'!
What is it that you are struggling with in particular? Is it your son's behaviour? How is he managing in school?
Do you have any family support?
Have you looked for local support groups - either online or that you can go to to meet other parents? One of my main pieces of advice to parents is to 'find your tribe'! It can be daunting at first, but once you realise that every person there has been where you are now, you can take some comfort and know that there will be plenty of advice and practical support.
I blog at www.itsatinkthing.com and have some articles there that you may also find helpful.
Best wishes
Kelly
and im not going to lie but getting him the benefits he was entitled to has been a real slog
i dont post on here much but there is a post telling of my sons claim and what we went through as a family to win the claim
please get in touch with as many helping societies as you can
to help you through the process of making claims and so on like day to day living you may be surprised at what help you can get even if you are working
there is plenty of help out there as we found out after 21 years of having no help, as we wernt aware of who or where to ask for help
hope you and your son and family are well
and please dont give up on any claims you may get turned down for as they do get claims wrong
and any money you claim will get back dated
all the best steve
A warm welcome 😊
I'm a mother of 3 beautiful daughters and my adorable 2 yr old was recently diagnosed with autism though i have known for past 6 months when all the appointments to specialists started. She is delayed in all aspects especially communication. She has recently learnt to walk which is great.
I don't have much advice to give but I can chat 😊
Shelby