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cm club_ how do you tell a mother you suspect her child has autisum???

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dmo · 12/03/2008 14:13

i have tried to raise the subject before as i have concerns their is something not quite right, but mum got upset and said x was just shy that he knows his ABC and numbers etc etc
i have never heard x say more than 2 words in 2yrs he will be 3 in may.
after looking around i looked at autisum but dismissed it but then today somebody asked if he was autistic (another cm who has seen him twice a week for 2 yrs) we dissucused what he was like as a baby and she told me about a boy who she had in her care who was autistic and it sounds simier.
we are not doctors so we cant say for sure but how do i tell mum??? or should i tell her at all??

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Iklboo · 12/03/2008 14:18

Not if you're not medicaly qualified you shouldn't.
DH's nephew hardly said a dickie bird till he was in pre school and he is not autistic, just lazy.

ruty · 12/03/2008 14:18

you don't. Quite a few children don't speak much till their 3. If the mother has concerns it is up to her to approach a doctor/think about diagnosis. IMO.

NAB3wishesfor2008 · 12/03/2008 14:18

I really think you should stay out of it. Nor should you be discussing another child with someone else regarding something so serious.

The mum clearly does not want to discuss it with her and if you are able to care for him without any problems it is really none of your business.

stuffitllama · 12/03/2008 14:16

No I really wouldn't.

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