My son has some problems. We have been aware for the last 2 years that something wasn't quite right with him. So that this post doesn't turn into an essay, he has red flags for autism, he has symptoms of ADHD and nursery think he may have dyspraxia. He also has some major sleeping, eating and sensory issues. All these started displaying just after he turned 1 but we brushed it off as we thought maybe he was a little spirited.
He is now 4 and far from easy. I don't manage very well alone with him and I also have a 7-year-old daughter too.
I have been to the GP around 3-4 times now in the past 2 years and asked for a referral to see a paediatrician. Every time we see the GP, we are turned down and sent back to the health visitor who refers us to sure start or to do a course or something else. Last year we were sent on a course that the health visitor recommended through SureStart called 123 magic. We attended all meetings and then the lady who was doing the course with us just stopped turning up. We didn't know her name, her number or which SureStart she worked at.
Basically, I cannot get a referral until I have done this course, which I have already done but I am expected to do all over again. The next course date is in February but it's at a totally different centre as before with no public transport too. The course runs till the time I need to pick my daughter up from school and Is 2 towns over (we don't own a car)
It's just all very inconvenient for us and it may sound like I just can't be bothered but I have been trying to get a referral for 2 years now and I am being fobbed off.
I have spoken to other parents who just see the GP and then they are referred but it doesn't work like that in my area.
We have already done speech and language at age 2, 2 courses, one of which we need to do again because we never completed it due to the lady not turning up. The lady won't give me any evidence I did the course to allow me a referral because I didn't fully complete it.
Is there any other way to get a paediatrician referral? I can't self-refer in this area either.
I am getting very frustrated with the lack of help I am getting. Nursery knows he has some problems and we discussed this at the latest parents evening but they haven't really mentioned helping in anyway.
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