First social com clinic appt, I've accepted she is for a long time but wasn't pursuing a diagnosis as I thought the hoops/ arguing not worth it. Plus I'd taken her out of nursery/ not applied to school to further hinder the process. Just my report, SALT we'd never met there and a consultant we had. I'd been referred from another hospital clinic, but actually refused the assessment. I'd been railroaded a little into it after a home visit. The opposite of all the stories I hear of people fighting for assessment.
In the last 6 months her language as gone from near zero to quite advanced suddenly, so disordered and odd but not delayed. So quite far now I think from how people imagine autism. She is though obsessive, struggles with communicating effectively etc to quite an extreme point (eg askes for a Kinder Egg whatever her need is hungry/ thirsty/ tired/ wants to go home). I think I find it hard to recognise at times, I relate to her and I forget what others consider odd just isn't a worry in our house as much. Her behaviour is mainly hyper good, though she will repeat stock phrases to the extreme until YOU scream.
They just believed me, didn't even send me out to confer about it. Bang, straight out pretty quickly (she does have a long history of contact to look at from other services). Talked about her being a high-functioning girl and the type to be missed.
I'm just a bit wow....no barriers, no fuss, lots of support offered (not sure if for me, but offered).
I'm also confused, I feel it's so much on my words, I did confer with family and tried to be very factual... but you just end up doubting yourself. Such a big thing to suddenly process, from very quirky to formal diagnosis and the change in how we are seen.
I'm waffling....
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Here are some suggested organisations that offer expert advice on special needs.
SN children
ASD diagnosis for my bright nearly 4 yr old girl, a little shell shocked
11 replies
SexDrugsAndABriocheRoll · 06/10/2016 09:42
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.