Autism

[Laura0609]

Hi,

I don't want this to seem negative at all but I've been thinking about it and just need some advice. My partners uncle (mums side) is autistic. As far as I know no one else in either side of our families are autistic. Is there a high chance our baby could be? X

No, Indomitable don't worry, I wasn't being critical, I dont know either and it seems there is some confusion over it all.

I have a dyslexic child (definitely not autistic), and an autistic one (definitely not dyslexic) and the difference is vast.

Particularly the social difference between them.

So I would be very puzzled to think that dyslexia really is part of the same condition.

Ho hum!

It's a spectrum of conditions presenting differently but related is my understanding. For example PDA/ODD - presents very differently but is part of the autism spectrum.

I have no idea, and no relevant qualifications.

DH's behaviour, decision making and thought processes seem to be erratic. His son has dyspraxia. His brother is now, early forties, taking medication having been recently diagnosed with ADD. MIL is either simply a nightmare or she could have ADD, she's never been assessed.

One of my DDs could be described as abusive if she were an adult, although is also a lovely person. Another family member is bi-polar.

Either there is a genetic link in DH's family or all of the above are just wilfully awkward, sometimes obnoxious individuals. As this started showing itself in DD when she was two I'm inclined to believe it's down to the genetics in this instance.

When I heard about BIL's diagnosis so much of what I have witnessed and experienced since meeting DH makes perfect sense.

My DS has ASD (Aspergers). My ex-h is almost certainly autistic and I am now able to see this given what I have had to learn about the condition. However I have seen families where a diagnosis is an isolated case, others where it runs. There are no guarantees with anything unfortunately, but also, ASD is not the worse thing that can happen (in my experience).

I have been very fortunate to have received a huge amount of support, been given access to a lot of resourses, courses in sensory impairment, courses for speech and language etc which have given me the tools to help my little boy. This means that he has improved from being a really really difficult child with an awful lot of problems to one who is high functioning, at mainstream school and much more socially adept than he once was. Indeed, it will never be cured, and I worry that there is a suggestion here that that is a possibility, however, there is no reason for me not to believe that he will live a full life. I totally agree with others who say early intervention is the key and I feel very sorry for those who struggle to get this.

OP, please don't worry about something that might never happen, if it does, you will manage because you just do!