Today was the start of a long road, my son (7years old) just went for his specialist appointment at the hospital, although true diagnosis is a long way off, the very nice pediatrician we worked with today does think that he is quite probably on the autistic spectrum luckily at the high end so probably more likely to be aspergers rather than full on autism.
We have all seen this from a very young age, but I decided that there was no need to act unless it became a problem in school, which it did within the last 6 months.
This isn't a sob story by any means, I love my little man, quirks and all, it can be frustrating at times, but patience and understanding goes a long way.
I freely admit that I don't always have the required patience, and my partner struggles sometimes to understand that he doesn't perceive things in the same way as we do. But then this is why we wanted him to be diagnosed, so that we can manage his upbringing properly, and know which things are difficult to for him to understand even though to us it would be completely normal to not even consider this as something that is hard to understand..
I'm not even sure why I Am posting this, I think it's just like a sound board type thing, sometimes it's just good to sound it out, and if anyone can offer advice or any good reading material to help us out that would be good.