Hi,
I'm posting here rather than the sen boards for a wider variety of opinions.
My 12 yr old DS is currently on the waiting list for an asd assessment. We have been waiting since oct/nov so I think we still have a good few more months of waiting yet.
I am really torn as to whether pursuing this is in my son's best interest. I am concerned that the assessment process will be stressful and make him feel like there is something wrong with him and that if he did go on to be diagnosed that he wouldn't take it well at all and it could actually make things worse.
He is coping relatively well at the moment. He is prone to outbursts of anger, these have been occuring maybe twice a month since starting high school in sept. Only at home not at school.
At primary he did have angry outbursts at school but only about once every 5-6 months his behaviour at home was mostly ok during this time.
His schools have never mentioned asd as a possibility it has all come from me, I suffer with anxiety and worry that I have just read too much about asd (on munsnet mostly) and have convinced myself there is a bigger problem than what there is.
He is at such a sensitive age and his self esteem is so fragile.
I also wonder what support is actually available, he would be at the much higher functioning end of the spectrum and I'm not sure what could be offered that would be helpful.
I myself fit a lot of the criteria for asd, I think that if I had been told at age 12/13 that I had asd I wouldn't have pushed myself to do things that I have.
This is just going round and round in my head, I am driving myself crazy!
Any opinions/advice would be much appreciated.
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to not pursue asd diagnosis for 12 yr old?
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cabsarehere · 09/02/2016 11:46
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09/02/2016 13:14
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