I post on here quite often about my just turned 3 year old son who was diagnosed with autism a few months ago. He is gorgeous and lovely natured and him and his twin brother are our entire world.
He is non verbal (lost his words at 19 months after major regression), but generally easy going until recently. Repetitive behaviours are vitrually non-existant, no routines or meltdowns, no behaviour issues at all. He is very gentle and affectionate.
The past few weeks I've felt more and more upset and worried for his future than ever before. A few weeks ago him and his brother caught a cold from a play centre we had been to. This disappeared after a few days and then a week later DS had diarrhea and an upset tummy. This whole time, he seems to have gone downhill alot. He has gone from being very easy going to grumpy and frustrated. He doesn't like me singing or reading his books to him anymore - he just growls at me, which makes me sad because these were things he loved to do together. This weekend has been the worst because we've had visitors and he just looked more severe than ever especially compared to his twin brother.
I'm worried terrified about sending him to nursery, I don't know how he will cope. I can't imagine him going to school next year.
He completely ignores his brother and I feel heartbroken for him when he's wondering why DS doesn't return affection or play
He is non verbal and I can't imagine him ever speaking
Ever since him being diagnosed I have put so much effort into getting him the most help. I've started doing ABA myself with consultant supervision but feel like I'm rubbish at it. I'm now looking at hiring somebody to do it for me as I know I will blame myself if he never talks and doesn't improve He has so much potential and picks things up quickly but I just feel like I'm failing and ruining his chances.
I feel under so much pressure with this 'early intervention is best' stuff that I feel so stressed about messing up his life chances. I will never feel like I've done a good enough job...
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Laurajay84 · 07/08/2016 21:30
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