I'm struggling here. I have a 5 year old boy with moderate autism who was diagnosed 18 months ago.
He is beginning to say words after you say them to him and can repeat finally after me. But we are only at the 1 word stage and he uses my hand (or screams) to request or ask for things. i still feed him using a spoon and engaging him in anything is a nightmare. Thankfully hes toilet trained- this took 2 years.
He has support at school with a brilliant ta and is fully statemented. school are really positive and he has intensive speech therapy and ot so i cant fault our lea.
But days like today, when he just wants to throw balls around and stim or use the ipad to watch a cartoon (reward and very restricted), i just feel like hes never going to learn to speak, read or write.
I feel so far awy from normal mums.
Hes my only child, we couldnt do this again.
im so sorry for my rambling post.
i just wanted to know if it will ever ever get better from other mums whose children have asd? (i'm aware the variation is asd is huge).
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5 year old son with Moderate Autism - Does it get easier??
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Givemeabreak22 · 23/11/2013 16:19
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