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I recently posted about my 5 yr old dd, dyspraxia diagnosis, over Christmas she's said some worrying things - she gets very angry and upset if she thinks she's being told off, my husband told her not to jump on him while he was unscrewing a toy with a knife (no screwdriver) she tried to grab the knife and said 'I'm going to cut you with this knife' she also said to my SIL 'I'm going to cut your neck' out of the blue and before has said to my husband 'I'm going to punch you in the face' - this she may have heard at school but I cannot believe the cutting and knife things would be heard at school, I'm feeling sick about these comments and planning on going to the gp, am I overreacting?

We got the diagnosis same day

@IvyandStan thank you! Will keep you posted

Hope all goes well 🙂

Thank you!

My ds used to say some inappropriate things. His logic, they are just words, I wouldn’t actually do them.

He was being bullied at the time.

@Claw001 hello again!! You're on my other thread :-) it may all become a little more clear after the assessment!!

👋🏻 good luck x

How are you getting on? Is the ADOS coming up?

@IvyandStan hi! we had the ADOS and they diagnosed autism 😱

How are you feeling about it? Just remember they are the same child they were before and this should help with trying to understand them. Be kind to yourself x

I'm shocked but not shocked, relieved but angry, also finding it so difficult to cope with the behaviour that has definitely got worse over the last few months, trying to get anywhere and get anything done is just exhausting and draining, it feels a constant battle. I just hope there's going to be support in place now but I'm not holding my breath!!!!

Thank you for asking, I appreciate that!!

I know I felt a little strange after. Relieved but a bit sad and deflated. I hope you can get some support in place and hope at very least school will be more supportive. It can be utterly exhausting at times. If you are interested you can apply for dla even for high functioning autism. This can help with costs e.g sensory lights and equipment to help when they are overwhelmed /books and games to help them process difficulties.

Thank you, I will definitely look into that as the extra cost is overwhelming alone at times! It's just so exhausting, I don't know if it's better or worse now that I know there's a reason, nothing has changed as I was already doing all the things that have been recommended, just hopefully the school will now change and that might make things better at home? Home is so bad because of holding it together all day at school!

Quite usual to mask at school and let it all out at home. Not easy for you though ☹️hopefully school will be on board now. Send any paperwork you have with dla form inc ados report. Use cerebra guide online to help with filling it out and base it on your worst days x

Thank you so much xx