Children with ASD

[accymel]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Not really hard Mel, have you never wondered why those 2 get on so well. They are on each others wave length.

Im freaked now lol cos funny u should say that the Dr on intial assessment asked him about friends at home he said he only had 1 that he gets on with & u know who that was LOL!!

[WillowTheWhisp]

A very worthwhile campaign.

One of my daughters, like Doug, is dyslexic but it was never understood at school - she was just nagged at for not concentrating although she did try very hard - it took an accident and a period of convalescence with more personalised teaching for the teacher to suggest she needed an assessment.

[Tinkerbelle]

Awww Make sure you make the doctor aware of that on any follow-up consultations so he can be properly diagnosed.

[Tinkerbelle]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

One of my daughters, like Doug, is dyslexic

Thankfully dyslexia is very much recognised these days. Sadly ASD children often aren't

[accymel]

Is that the whole lots of difficulties being labelled as ASD, cos on discussion on consultation is that he has varying degrees of all but is most severe on the dispraxic side handwriting pen grip, fine motor skills. Gee confused now what the diagnosis outcome will be ... dispraxic spretrum disorder lol labelling severe 1st

[Tinkerbelle]

Originally Posted by accymel

Is that the whole lots of difficulties being labelled as ASD,

No that was just some of the typical symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome Mel.

Originally Posted by accymel

cos on discussion on consultation is that he has varying degrees of all but is most severe on the dispraxic side handwriting pen grip, fine motor skills.

I wouldn't try to diagnose him yourself. It's like reading a medical encyclopedia, you'd convince yourself from the list of symptoms that you have some terrible terminal illness. That's what the professionals are for

Originally Posted by accymel

labelling severe 1st

The only thing he should be labelled is the name you gave him at birth

[accymel]

LOL noooo im not self diagnosing he's actually under school doc & consultant for it seperately those are what he is definately having probs with in full view of full diagnosis but he needs more in depth assessment which on waiting list for

[QUOTE ]Be unable to recognize subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that alter the meaning of others’ speech. Thus, your child may not understand a joke or may take a sarcastic comment literally. Likewise, his or her speech may be flat and difficult to understand because it lacks tone, pitch, and accent.[/QUOTE]

^^ needs speech & launguage assessment which got letter that will have a waiting list of upto 36 mths, so in meantime it can be only therectical as we wait. Trouble with the spretrum diagnosis is that it take a long time for assessments, whereas occupational therapy which we are on list again takes upto 6mnths for another part of spretrum aka aspergers problem part & dispraxic disorder.

[cashman]

interesting site thanks tinks, have two nephews that went to special schools, one was far worse than the other behaviour wise, i understand a little more now the differance.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Thankfully dyslexia is very much recognised these days. Sadly ASD children often aren't

There's been some annoying clever sticks recently trying to claim that there is no such thing as dyslexia and that they just need to try harder! That made my blood boil. We want more recognition of all the different problems children face, not going back to the dark ages and dismissing the ones we're already aware of.

People who don't have children with problems can sometimes be very intollerant of those who do. I knew a lad who had learning difficulties who was just branded as naughty and disruptive at school, with other parents blaming his mother for lack of discipline. It took ages before he was assessed and finally sent to a special school which worked wonders. But he'd had all the years previously of struggling and being punished and told he was a bad boy