Hi Everyone,
First time posting on this thread, my son has just turned 3 and has had the first part of his autism assessment with the speech and language therapist that we see and we are having the final one towards the end of January with her and someone else from the children's centre we have here, does anyone know what this involves? I think its like a nursery setting?
I noticed my son was showing signs of autism around the age of 1 as he would hand flap constantly (still does and jumps around all over) he still doesn't talk and has no idea about potty training, getting himself dressed and so on..
He bounces about all over, sleeps about 1am, has meltdowns about most things, i cant take him in a shop without him wanting something, if he cant get it he will go crazy! He is getting quite heavy too so its quite difficult if I'm on my own as i cant manage him sometimes when he's throwing himself all over. He's still in a pram too, i honestly couldn't take him out without one and he has no sense of danger.
My daughter at his age was completely different so i knew something wasn't right.
My son is at nursery during the week and he absolutely loves it and has really come on a lot since going. He follows instructions a lot more and can go and get his cup, coat etc.
Nursery have told me that he wouldn't be able to cope in a mainstream school which i knew anyway. I am hoping to get him in to a great SEN school near us.
I wondered if anybody else's children that are autistic are rough when playing with others?
If i take my son to a play area or the park etc he pushes children, hits them and can be nasty.
I don't like taking him places like this anyone as it made me feel awful when i had to explain my son had additional needs and didn't know what he was doing or when other children were calling him 'the devil child' etc.
I recently went to a family members house where they had a toddler who my son loves.
My son started getting a bit rough and the family members were getting concerned and were making remarks like 'watch him he might strangle him' .. 'hes like a boxer' ... 'he might pull the christmas tree down' .. 'is he always like this' ...
It made me feel so uncomfortable along with my daughter (11) and my brother that we left.
On my way home i started crying as it made me feel so
tit that they were talking about my son badly right in front of me. Its been on my mind ever since.
They don't understand autism and unfortunately you cant educate some people.
Thing is if i tell my son off, which i do, its in one ear and out of the other and he just carries on. He has no idea and doesn't care at all.
Sorry for the rant